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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
Real Estate Economics

JustQuotes: At Least It’s Getting Cheaper For Those Foreign Buyers…

March 27, 2008

“The difference between the 10-year government bond yield and the average U.S. fixed mortgage rate was 2.7 percentage points last month, the widest spread since 1986, data compiled by Bloomberg…

Bubble (Or Not) Seemingly Random Trends

Going Once, Going Twice…“Sold” For $700,000 (41 Federal #42)

March 26, 2008

With around sixty people in the room, but only a few active bidders, the high bid at today’s auction for 41 Federal #42 was $700,000 (and apparently it wasn’t “outbid”).…

Listings (for sale) New Developments

From Rendering To Reality (At Least For Three): Homes On Esprit Park

March 26, 2008

For those who don’t put a lot of faith in renderings, but have long been interested in the Homes on Esprit Park development, three “preview” units in the South Court…

Listings (for sale) Seemingly Random

A Second (Coming) And A First (Approach): 2502 Leavenworth

March 26, 2008

It didn’t sell last year when it was listed for $5,495,000 (having been reduced down from $6,450,000). Nor does it appear to have been rented for the Craigslist advertised $33,000…

Being Green Neighborhoods

We’re All In Favor (But Wondering If It Will Actually Work)

March 26, 2008

District 11 Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval’s legislation empowering Planning Department inspectors to issue citations for having an illegally paved-over front yard (or other planning code violations) has received initial approval by…

Real Estate Economics Trends

No Real Signs Of Recovery (Much Less Of Simply Stopping Its Slide)

March 26, 2008

While U.S. existing home sales were “up” in January (but once again, down 23.8% on a year-over-year basis and with prices down 8.2% nationally and 13.4% in the West), the…

Listings (for sale)

Two Of The Four Copper Clad Condos Atop 17th Street Hit The MLS

March 25, 2008

As both a plugged-in tipster and a few readers have noted, two of the four copper clad condos atop 17th at Clayton have hit the MLS. One car parking (in…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale)

Victorian Character, Updated Floor Plan, And A Little History To Boot

March 25, 2008

1900 Green offers Victorian character (both inside and out) but with an updated floor plan and modern amenities; four wood burning fireplaces (including two in the master suite above); and…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

You Know You’ve Always Wondered (And Here’s Your Chance To See)

March 25, 2008

It’s one of those little buildings that you’ve probably driven by a thousand times and always wondered what’s inside (at the corner of 5th and Folsom). And now here’s your…

Trends

January S&P/Case-Shiller: San Francisco MSA Continues Decline

March 25, 2008

According to the January 2008 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (pdf), single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 2.9% from December ’07 to January ’08 and are down 13.2%…

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