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“Supervisor Bevan Dufty has authored a June ballot measure that would give developers who agree to build below-market-rate family-size units the ability to build more units per project site than…
According to DataQuick, sales volume for existing homes in San Francisco fell 27.1% on a year-over-year basis last month (293 sales in January ’08 versus 402 sales in January ‘07)…
The Chronicle scoops up the rendering and a few more details for the San Francisco Giants’ proposal for development of Seawall Lot 337. The Giants’ preliminary development proposal includes 875…
The conclusion from the California Budget Project’s ominously titled “Locked Out 2008: The Housing Boom and Beyond” report: California’s home sales and prices boomed in recent years, driven in part…
From the folks at the Central Market Community Benefit District: The Central Market Community Benefit District (CBD) and Friends of Mint Plaza invite you to celebrate Central Market and the…
“I lived a couple of blocks south of anonfedup’s mom and instead of poop, I would find used condoms all over the sidewalk….The car break-ins off Union have gotten out…
President Bush is expected to sign the economic stimulus bill this afternoon which will likely raise the conforming loan limit in San Francisco to $729,750 (at least “temporarily”). Don’t expect…
The two biggest concerns amongst voters in San Francisco: 1. Homelessness and panhandling (38% of voters); and 2. Crime, drugs and gangs (31%). And with just under half (48%) of…
“The Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts last month have failed to lower borrowing costs for many companies and households, increasing the chance of further reductions from the central bank. Companies are…
The question we posed five months ago: “Forget Subprime, Will That Apply To Alt-A As Well?” The answer today (in short): Yes (and prime too). ∙ JustQuotes: Forget Subprime, Will…