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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
Commercial Design & Architecture New Developments

The SocketSite Scoop On The 52 Condos Rising At 818 Van Ness Ave

December 17, 2007

818 Van Ness Avenue is an eight (8) story mixed-use condominium project of 52 residential units above two new retail spaces (810 and 826 Van Ness). The design is by…

Bay Buildings Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Neighborhoods Seemingly Random

And Yes, A Few Kinky Condos Could Hypothetically Be Coming Soon

December 17, 2007

While Kink’s window restoration project for the San Francisco Armory has been replacing boarded-up and broken windows for the first time in 30 years, and the building might actually be…

Bubble (Or Not) Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

JustQuotes: We’re Equally As Interested In The Other Four-Fifths

December 17, 2007

“The Chronicle analyzed ownership information for 6,557 Bay Area homes and condos repossessed by lenders in the first nine months of this year. Those represented 94 percent of all Bay…

Listings (for sale) Seemingly Random

JustQuotes: There’s Always One On (Almost) Every Block

December 14, 2007

From the listing: “The existing home is very small and is uninhabitable and without much merit.” And while the price per square foot ($1,649) is sure to send some into…

Seemingly Random

It Pays To Be Popular (And Price Appropriately): 1039 Noe In Contract

December 14, 2007

According to a plugged-in tipster the home we deemed to be a “Deck-O-Licious Victorian” two weeks ago is now in contract with a rumored twelve offers. And yes, it’s safe…

Seemingly Random

Seven Tactics for Selling a Home: Going Analytic On The Anecdotal

December 14, 2007

Redfin attempts to go analytic on the anecdotal and publishes “seven tactics for selling a home (pdf) more quickly and at a higher price”: 1. Don’t overprice your property 2.…

Industry Stuff Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

JustQuotes: Washington Mutual Cuts On Continuing Credit Crunch

December 14, 2007

“This week Washington Mutual, the Bay Area’s fourth-largest bank, said it will slash 2,600 jobs nationwide and close mortgage offices as it goes to Wall Street, hat in hand, seeking…

Neighborhoods

The Temporary Transbay Terminal Site, Design, And Meeting

December 13, 2007

Even If you can’t make this evening’s community meeting (from 5:30-7:30) to discuss traffic circulation and parking revisions for San Francisco’s temporary Transbay Terminal Project (hey, different strokes for different…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The SocketSite Scoop On 70 South Park (A.K.A. “Gallery House”)

December 13, 2007

It’s one of three new buildings rising (as opposed to being razed) in San Francisco’s South Park. And unfortunately for all those who have inquired, it’s not going to hit…

New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

888 Seventh Street: The Three Bedroom Units Going Fast?

December 13, 2007

While the 888 Seventh Street website still notes “Sales Office Opening Soon,” and the online floor plans would suggest that all fifty-four market rate condos remain “Available,” according to a…

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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

    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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