Two Economic Hands: Which Is The Left, And Which Will Be Right?
On the one hand are the economists at UCLA: “…the housing collapse won’t cause a California recession because the sector is too small to cause the state’s overall economy to…
Some Relative Perspective On The Position Of The Transbay Project
Neither Millennium (M) nor 555 Mission might appear in most (any?) of the initial design renderings for the proposed Transbay Terminal and Tower by Pelli Clarke Pelli, but at least…
Coming Soon Here And Now “Off The Market”: 1158 Sutter Street
We’ll see if we can’t get an official answer this afternoon, but in the meantime we’re wondering if a plugged-in reader or two might have the inside scoop on why…
A Liquidity Boost (And A Chance To Launder Some “AAA” Securities?)
“The Federal Reserve, struggling to contain a crisis of confidence in credit markets, plans to lend up to $200 billion in exchange for mortgage-backed securities. The Fed coordinated the effort…
A Reader Starts Singing The BLŪ’s (631 Folsom Website Now Live)
The subject line only tip that just arrived from a reader: “SFBLU’s website is finally up!” The 631 Folsom Street development includes 108 two-bedroom two-bath condos on floors 2-19, and…
San Francisco’s Transbay Terminal: Website And Community Meeting
The Pelli Clarke Pelli website dedicated to their proposed Transbay Terminal, Tower and City Park has added a number renderings, charts, and animation since the last time we looked. And…
Another Single-Family Apple On The Noe Valley Tree: 480 Duncan
Yes, it’s another “apples to apples” comp in the making for a nice single-family home in Noe Valley. Purchased for $2,265,000 sixteen months ago (on 10/31/2006), 480 Duncan is back…
And What Happened Seven And One Half Years Ago In San Francisco?
As we’ve often pointed out, sales volumes and home price appreciation have been falling in San Francisco over the past couple of years despite the fact that that by most…
A Few June Ballot Measures Guaranteed To Raise Some Ire
San Francisco Supervisor Daly’s ballot initiative to mandate that 50% of the 10,000 proposed homes for the Hunters Point shipyard and Candlestick Point be affordable (as opposed to the 25%…
A New (Hopefully Less Sucky) Custom Search Engine For SocketSite
We recently received the following email: “I love SocketSite, but the search sucks.” To which we respond: Thanks, and yes it does (or rather has). And as such, we’re trying…