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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
Real Estate Resources Trends

Current Foreclosure Activity In San Francisco As Mapped By Trulia

December 11, 2007

A plugged-in reader notes that Trulia has started mapping foreclosure activity in San Francisco as reported by RealtyTrac (which not only includes bank-owned properties but notices of default and scheduled…

New Developments

Trinity Plaza Update: The Digging For Has Begun For 1188 Mission

December 11, 2007

If Trinity officials are correct in their estimate that it will take two years to finish the first phase of the new Trinity Plaza (1188 Mission), then the first tenants…

Coming Soon Design & Architecture

Coming Soon Three Quarters In Contract: 1440 Jackson Street

December 10, 2007

A reader wonders if we know anything about the four modern units coming soon at 1440 Jackson. And to be honest, beyond what’s available on the 1440 Jackson website, we…

Real Estate Economics Trends

NAR Adds 0.18% And Aims To End The Year On A Positive Note

December 10, 2007

For the first time in nine months, the National Association of Realtors has revised their forecasts for national existing home sales in 2007 and 2008 upwards. In both cases, however,…

Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Neighborhood Perception Versus (At Least One Reader’s) Reality

December 10, 2007

It’s neighborhood perception versus (at least one reader’s) reality: As someone who has lived within two blocks of for the last 15 years, I think it deserves mention that this…

New Developments RealRecentReductions

The Potrero (451 Kansas): Now From Under $400,000 (Just Barely)

December 10, 2007

It was over a year ago that The Potrero (451 Kansas) began advertising “New homes in old San Francisco from the low $400,000s.” But this weekend (and roughly two months…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation Seemingly Random Trends

Two Noe Valley Renovations A Block (And A Half Million Dollars) Apart

December 10, 2007

It’s another reader’s comment (with which we very much agree): I have been an architect and developer myself for over 25 years and it has been interesting, to say the…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The 4 Design Concepts For The Future Of San Francisco’s Japantown

December 7, 2007

You had a chance to see the designs for redeveloping San Francisco’s Japantown Center unveiled in person (and provide your input). And a reader even provided a down and dirty…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

It Might Not Have A Name, But It’s A Vallejo Mansion Nonetheless

December 7, 2007

Designed by Houghton Sawyer (who was also the architect behind the Verdier/Scholes Mansion a bit further up the street at 1001 Vallejo), the woodwork within 2100-2110 Vallejo is quite capitvating…

Neighborhoods

We Tried To Warn Tell You, The Neighborhood Is A Changing

December 7, 2007

We tried to warn tell you, the neighborhood is a changing. And money is flowing into the area (in more ways than one). From the San Francisco Business Times: “While…

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  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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