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Latest Posts

Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But… Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale
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The Latest Listing For The Captain’s House Sails Into The Sunset

June 25, 2008

After an effective 65 months on the market, an $8,000,000 renovation and $2,400,000 price increase (followed by a $3,900,000 reduction), the latest listing for 300 Sea Cliff (a.k.a. The Captain’s…

New Developments Tech

Here’s A Spot, There’s A Spot, Everywhere’s A Spot, Spot

June 25, 2008

Following the lead of new zoning plans that are already in place for a few neighborhoods, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors have approved new parking legislation for throughout the…

Seemingly Random

Psst! Hey Buddy, You Need A Kitchen To Go With That New Condo?

June 25, 2008

Last week the sale of 151 Alice B. Toklas Place #708 closed escrow with a reported contract price of $580,000 ($40,000 under asking). To recap, purchased on 10/05/06 for $865,000;…

New Developments

Heritage On Fillmore Update: 90% Sold, Reductions And Incentives

June 24, 2008

According to a plugged-in tipster the Heritage on Fillmore sales office has been hitting the phones: Received a call from the Heritage sales office yesterday…7 units remaining, prices reduced and…

Trends

OFHEO: California Leads U.S. House Price Declines (YOY) In Q1 2008

June 24, 2008

According to the OFHEO’s first quarter 2008 House Price Index (HPI), California registered the sharpest year-over-year depreciation (-10.6%) of any state; Merced, Stockton and Modesto registered the sharpest year-over-year depreciation…

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JustQuotes: The Big (As In Jumbo) Difference Between Can And Are

June 24, 2008

“Three months after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac won the freedom to step up home-loan purchases, the government-chartered mortgage-finance companies are doing what critics in the Federal Reserve and Congress…

Trends

April S&P/Case-Shiller: San Francisco MSA Declines Across All Tiers

June 24, 2008

According to the April 2008 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 2.2% from March ’08 to April ’08 and are down 22.1%…

New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

Our Ritz-Carlton Residences Monday Morning Redux: The Update

June 23, 2008

From a trusted plugged-in tipster on the heels of this mornings post: I’ve heard that one-third of the Ritz units fell out of escrow. I gather some buyers were upset…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) SocketSite Readers Report

You’ll Have To Pardon Us If We Avoid Swapping Any Spit (125 Mono)

June 23, 2008

While we had been waiting for the website for 125 Mono to go live, a plugged-in reader simply reports: Just went to the open house on Sunday and it is…

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A Concerning Comp (And Empty Shell) At The Ritz-Carlton Residences

June 23, 2008

Last week #1805 at San Francisco’s Ritz-Carlton Residences (690 Market) closed escrow with a reported contract price of $1,300,000. Not too shabby considering it’s a one-bedroom. But perhaps a bit…

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