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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
Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Another Reader’s Reality: Living Off Of Third Street In Bayview

December 13, 2007

On Monday it was one reader’s reality versus perception regarding life around Sixth Street in mid-SoMa/Market/town. Today we highlight another reader’s reality, and this time it’s living off of Third…

Being Green

JustQuotes: Standards Are One Thing, Actual Certification Another

December 13, 2007

“ Newsom proposed a new green building ordinance that would apply to new commercial and residential development as well as renovations to existing buildings. The green building proposal would impose…

Breaking News Industry Stuff

Tag Line Irony From Alliance Title: “Closing The California Dream”

December 12, 2007

A reader notes that Alliance Title seems to have suddenly closed its doors in San Francisco and wonders what’s going on. And while we can’t confirm a why, we can…

Neighborhoods

Will Sand Studios Be Making A Statement At 136 South Park?

December 12, 2007

It’s a plugged-in tipster that directs us to the demolition of 136 South Park: Would love to get some insider info on what’s to come. I want to live in…

Neighborhoods Trends

Listed San Francisco Home Sales Volume Down/Down In November

December 12, 2007

According to the San Francisco Association of Realtors (via SFCAHomes Blog), November sales volume for listed single family homes in San Francisco fell 24.9% on a year-over-year basis (175 transactions…

Design & Architecture New Developments

1285 Sutter Street: The Proposed Design To Replace The Galaxy

December 12, 2007

As SF Curbed notes, the proposed mixed-use design (by San Francisco architects Christiani Johnson) to replace the Galaxy Theater at 1285 Sutter Street has been “revealed.” At street level, a…

Neighborhoods New Developments

Speaking Of 5800 Third Street (A Development/Developer Update)

December 12, 2007

When we first mentioned 5800 Third Street two years ago Levin Menzies & Associates and Lennar were leading the development charge and the project was seeking Planning Commission approval. Today,…

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JustQuotes: Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market Coming To Bayview

December 12, 2007

“The world’s third-largest retailer plans to open the first full-service grocery store along San Francisco’s Third Street corridor, concluding a more than decadelong effort by city officials to expand the…

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Coming (Not So) Soon To An Empty Lot (3119 Harrison) Next Year

December 11, 2007

Okay, we’re giving you the big jump on this one (as in “onstruction is due to start by Spring 2008… both houses will go on the market as the project…

Real Estate Economics

It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again: Fed Cuts Benchmark/Discount Rates .25%

December 11, 2007

Six weeks ago the Federal Reserve cut both the benchmark interest rate and the discount rate by 25 basis points (a quarter percent) while signaling that further cuts were unlikely.…

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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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