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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 Neighborhoods New Developments

Now And (The Future) Then: 50 Condos Coming Soon At 1645 Pacific

February 19, 2008

As a plugged-in tipster notes, it’s not just the corner of Polk that’s being developed up on Pacific. Next up, a sketch of the 50 condos that will replace the…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Neighborhoods

JustQuotes: If Only It Were The Exception Rather Than The Rule

February 19, 2008

“A year ago, four empty lots along were awarded to architects and developers who won a civic competition. Neighborhood leaders helped draw up the rules. They praised the winning designs.…

Trends

SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory Update: 2/19/08

February 19, 2008

Despite some reports to the contrary, new listings continue to outpace new contracts in San Francisco as the inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco…

Design & Architecture New Developments

Another Plugged-In Reader Responds With A Rendering For 1299 Bush

February 15, 2008

The plugged-in readers are on fire today as Luba (of Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog) comes through with the rendering of what’s rising up at 1299 Bush Street. That’s…

As Proposed Breaking News Neighborhoods

Four Teams Submit Development Proposals For Seawall Lot 337

February 15, 2008

In addition to the Giants/Cordish/Farallon proposal for the development of Seawall Lot 337, three other proposals were received by the Port. The four suitors: 1. San Francisco Giants; The Cordish…

Neighborhoods

A Reader Asks (And We Can’t Answer): Corner Of Pacific And Polk

February 15, 2008

A reader asks and we don’t have a clue (hey, it happens): I live in Russian Hill and noticed that the corner of Pacific and Polk there is a small…

Breaking News

When Hell HELOCs Freeze Over…

February 15, 2008

A local heads-up from Julian Hebron at RPM Mortgage: Be advised that most banks and lenders nationwide have begun freezing Home Equity Line of Credit 2nd mortgages. Even borrowers with…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

Okay, So The Fifth Time Wasn’t A Charm But Perhaps The Sixth…

February 15, 2008

Having just recorded its sixth price reduction, the resale list price for 41 Federal #42 has dropped from $939,000 to $869,000 to $850,000 to $830,000 to $813,400 to $797,150 to…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Neighborhoods New Developments

JustQuotes: A Reminder That They’re Not Just Building Down In SoMa

February 15, 2008

“A half-dozen housing projects are under construction or recently finished, including 130-unit Symphony Towers at 724 Van Ness Ave., a 54-unit 818 Van Ness Ave., a 50-unit project at 77…

New Developments

A Reader Asks, We Respond, You Embellish (Hopefully): 1299 Bush

February 15, 2008

A Reader wonders if we know what’s being built at the corner of Bush and Larkin, and we do (at least at a high level). What is now an open…

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Recent Reader Activity
  1. Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less

    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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