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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
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JustQuotes: The People (And Politics) Behind Buildings And Design

March 24, 2008

The Quote: ADCO is proposing a 38-story, elliptical-shaped glass building with five levels of underground parking. Market-rate condominiums would be built on top of the tennis courts and next door…

New Developments

Serving Up The Seniors (Rather Than The Copies) At 1754 Clay Street

March 24, 2008

As far as we know what is currently a two-story FedEx Kinko’s on the northeast corner of Van Ness and Clay is still slated to become “The Sterling of San…

Seemingly Random Trends

The Good And The Bad (But Not Necessarily The Ugly)

March 24, 2008

The good news on Wall Street: JPMorgan has raised its bid for Bear Stearns to about $10 per share. The cumulative bad news on Wall Street: 34,000 jobs have been…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Interesting Opportunities Listings (for sale)

Going Once, Going Twice (For Real?*) At Shore|Line: 41 Federal #42

March 24, 2008

From a list price of $939,000 to $869,000 to $850,000 to $830,000 to $813,400 to $797,150 to an auction this Wednesday (3/26/08) at 4:15 PM. As you might recall, 41…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Seemingly Random

JustQuotes: Resolution Trust Corporation Redux?

March 24, 2008

“Even after cutting rates by 3 percentage points since September, expanding the range of securities it accepts as collateral for loans and giving dealers access to its discount window, the…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

Through And Through And Throughout On A Sunny Saturday Morning

March 22, 2008

While it appears as though 2311 Scott Street #1 last changed hands for $1,090,000 in 2005, it has been completely overhauled since (so no apples, but soon to be contributing…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

An Admittedly Incomplete Update For A Few Featured Properties

March 21, 2008

From $992,000 in December, to $895,000 in January, to $825,000 today, a short sale at the current list price for 1150 Folsom #1 would represent no appreciation for this Sternberg-Benjamin…

Seemingly Random

An Altogether Different Approach To “Going Green” In San Francisco

March 21, 2008

Through the lens of “oscar champagne” and in the subtle words of our tipster, “yikes.”

New Developments Sales & Deals

“A” Final Release (And “Substantially” Reduced Prices) At The Potrero

March 21, 2008

From a plugged-in tipster: “On Sunday, March 30th, The Potrero will release all remaining homes in the north building at substantially reduced prices.” Unfortunately no word on exactly what constitutes…

Coming Soon

Faults: It’s Not Exactly Good Friday Fun (Sorry, We Couldn’t Resist)

March 21, 2008

It’s not exactly one of those feel-good Friday topics, but it is a reality of living in the Bay Area: earthquakes. And with the 140th anniversary of the 1868 Hayward…

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    152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market

    Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…

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