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“Regulators for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac cut the companies’ surplus capital requirement in an effort to expand their combined $1.5 trillion in mortgage investments and revive the U.S. home-loan…
First and foremost, the property is across the bay in Oakland. We repeat, this is across the bay in Oakland. That being said, we’re in love. (And then some.) Wood…
“The Federal Reserve cut its main lending rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to 2.25 percent as officials try to prop up the faltering economy and restore faith in…
According to a plugged-in tipster, ICI Paints acquired the remaining 17-year lease for 1575 South Van Ness from Hollywood Video’s bankruptcy auction (“outbidding the owner and several other bidders”) and…
It’s a top floor, two-bedroom, and seismically retrofitted condo with 2 car parking in the Marina. Its list price was recently reduced $46,000 (3.6%) after just over a month on…
What was a two-story commercial building has been razed and in its place a five-story mixed-use building with 1,150 square feet of ground floor commercial space, seven off-street parking spaces…
∙ Listing: 580 Diamond (1/1) – $895,000 (“Contractors Special!”)
If you actually attended yesterday’s open house for 425 1st Street #2403 (and aren’t just looking at the pictures), now’s your chance to share your impressions. And even if you’re…
From a broker update passed along by a plugged-in tipster: Countrywide, America’s Wholesale Lender will begin accepting loan submissions under the temporary “jumbo conforming” loan limit increases of the Economic…
The inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco increased 9% over the past two weeks and is now running 49% higher on a year-over-year basis.…