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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 Listings (for sale)

From Rendering To Reality (And The MLS): 1446 Jackson Street

February 25, 2008

Previously known as “Unit 1” at 1440 Jackson, 1446 Jackson has officially hit the MLS. The fixtures and finish are high-end (Bulthaup, Miele, Subzero, Dornbracht, Lefroy Brooks, WET, Bonelli); we’re…

Real Estate Economics

JustQuotes: Damn Those “Broader Effects”

February 25, 2008

“Sales of existing homes in the U.S. fell in January to the lowest level since records began nine years ago and prices slid for the sixth time in seven months,…

Listings (for sale) SocketSite Readers Report

A “Bitter” Renter Reports: Repossessed In Lower Pacific Heights

February 25, 2008

The listing for 1944-1948 Buchanan, a three-unit building in Lower Pacific Heights, notes “Nice building in good condition with good rents” (which add up to $6,425). The listing also notes…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

A Few More Renderings For Seawall Lot 337 As Seen By The Giants

February 25, 2008

A plugged-in tipster directs us to a few more renderings for the Giants/Farallon/Cordish proposal for Seawall Lot 337 (and Pier 48). ∙ Projects: Mission Rock District ∙ The Rendering And…

Bay Buildings Design & Architecture

Wet Weekend Special (And Scoop): The Designs For 680/690 Folsom

February 23, 2008

A plugged-in tipster brightens our weekend (and hopefully yours) with a current shot of 680/690 Folsom (above) and the scoop on what’s to come via a redesign (below). As out…

New Developments

Millennium Tower San Francisco (301 Mission): Sales Update/Facts

February 22, 2008

While you’ve probably already heard that one of the two top-floor (60th) penthouses is in contract for $11,000,000 (unfinished), and in total hard contracts have been written for roughly 60…

Bay Buildings SocketSite Readers Report

Conversion Of 140 New Montgomery Moves To Environmental Review

February 22, 2008

It was nine months ago that the news broke about Meany Sullivan’s purchase of the 26-story Pacific Telephone Building at 140 New Montgomery with plans of converting it from an…

As Proposed Design & Architecture

Some Hints At What’s In The Design Works For 555 Washington

February 22, 2008

We still in need of a rendering miracle (tipsters?), but some hints at what’s in the works for the proposed 38-story residential tower at 555 Washington adjacent to the Transamerica…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments

The Community Delivers Once Again: 1536 Pacific Drawings/Details

February 21, 2008

The community good karma continues to flow as illustrations and additional details for what’s rising at 1536 Pacific promptly arrive via our tip line (tips@socketsite.com): Six more or less identical…

New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

Infinity And One Rincon Hill: Comments On Closings And Walkthroughs

February 21, 2008

One plugged-in reader in contract at Infinity needs a new lender (“my loan provider citibank is dropping Infinity as an approved project”) and seeks some other readers’ thoughts on choosing…

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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

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  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 -…

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