RandomRumors: Bono Buys Big Atop One Rincon Hill?
Every so often we receive a rumor/tip that leaves us a little stunned. And while most are busted behind the scenes and never make it onto the site, this one…
San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the local scoop: "Plug In" to SocketSite™
Every so often we receive a rumor/tip that leaves us a little stunned. And while most are busted behind the scenes and never make it onto the site, this one…
It was a spillover crowd of well over 500 people at the Presidio Trust’s public hearing on the redevelopment plans for the Presidio’s Main Post last night. And while we…
A tongue-in-cheek (we think) tip and chuckle from a plugged-in reader: “What does it say about the market when one of the top agents has a sign like this?” UPDATE:…
A plugged-in tipster delivers a rendering of the SOM/Craig Hartman design to compliment the scoop on 350 Mission Street, a 27-story green tower that’s in the works for the corner…
Having been listed at $3,445,000 and $3,345,000 earlier this year, the new listing for 2170 Pacific isn’t entirely (new that is). But along with the asking price ($3,250,000) and “days…
Speaking of new development websites and monikers, the Citizens Housing Corporation development that’s filling the block bordered by 18th, 19th, Alabama and Florida has been dubbed Mosaica 601 (or 601…
From a plugged-in tipster late last week: Just got an email from my mortgage broker…countrywide is now requiring 25% down payments on jumbo mortgages in the bay area. No word…
818 Van Ness is still literally “under wraps” (although not figuratively), but the building’s name (The Artani) and placeholder website have been unveiled. Once again, 52 condominiums, design by Forum…
First IndyMac, and now Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, it’s been a mad week of bailing and pre-bailing backstopping for the Federal government. And what normally would have been an…
A plugged-in reader went to the head of the site fifteen months ago for a must read comment concerning the actual cost of building a home in San Francisco. Our…