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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
Design & Architecture Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Neighborhoods New Developments

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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    I completely agree, and if you're looking for a natural test of whether or not the extremely heated market dynamics…

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on 141 Below Market Rate Modular Studios Even Closer to Reality

    We now have two more recent data points. Tahanan Supportive Housing (at 833 Bryant St.) completed in winter 2021, was…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Beaux Arts Beauty Suddenly Back on the Market

    Maybe the seller knew what they had, didn't want to take a more than $1 million haircut and was willing…

  4. Brahma (incensed renter) on Contemporary Little Saigon Condo Listed for Nearly 30 Percent Less

    The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin #705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…

  5. Aaron Goodman on Parkmerced: From The Plans To Develop, To The Plans To Preserve

    Gabriel Metcalf should apologize, 6 national organizations signed a memo against the destruction of Parkmerced, and to date they have…

  6. Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…

  7. The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…

  8. Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…

  9. Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

    Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…

  10. Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price

    Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

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