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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
Interesting Opportunities

A Quick Reminder: Tonight’s (10/24) Gathering Of Plugged-In People

October 24, 2007

Cocktails start flowing at 6:00 and the panel discussion at 6:30. If you’re on the list, we’ll see you then. If not, perhaps we’ll see you at the next event…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Remodeling and Renovation

300 Sea Cliff: $3,900,000 Reduction (After An $8,000,000 Renovation)

October 24, 2007

57 months (no not days) after first hitting the market for $23,500,000, and nine months after undergoing an $8,000,000 renovation (and subsequently raising its asking price by $2,400,000), the list…

Real Estate Economics Trends

U.S. Existing Home Sales Fall 8% (And Yes, It Might Matters To You)

October 24, 2007

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell 8% in September (19% year-over-year) and the median price paid fell 4.2% compared to September 2006. And while some might point to a…

Design & Architecture Fixtures & Furnishings Listings (for sale)

One Of Four Little Donald MacDonald Urban Townhouses On Hermann

October 24, 2007

398 Hermann is one of four little (800 square feet each) urban townhouses designed by architect Donald MacDonald in 1983 with two full bedrooms (and one bath) down, and a…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Trends

JustQuotes: Will The Effects Ripple, Or Will They Be “Contained?”

October 24, 2007

“Pointing to a map of ACORN’s research showing the hardest hit areas in San Francisco – Ocean View, Bayview, Visitacion Valley, Excelsior – Quezada said she believed lenders and mortgage…

New Developments

San Francisco’s Chelsea Park Condominiums Coming Soon

October 23, 2007

As Curbed notes, the 39 condos of Chelsea Park (which claim a “charming English sensibility with today’s most contemporary building practices” and the obligatory “green features throughout”) should soon hit…

New Developments

One Rincon Hill: An Official Update And A Few Confirmed Facts

October 23, 2007

The groundbreaking for One Rincon Hill tower two is officially scheduled (and has now been publicly announced) for late January 2008. And sales of the 319 condos in tower two…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

JustQuotes: The Eminent Goldman Sachs Sees An Imminent Decline

October 23, 2007

“Californian homes are overvalued by as much as 40 percent and stricter lending standards will probably contribute to “material” price declines, according to analysts at Goldman Sachs. Prices in the…

Interesting Opportunities

50 Spots Have Been Added To This Wednesday’s (10/24) Gathering

October 22, 2007

Negotiations for a larger cocktail budget were a success (okay, so we really didn’t have to twist anybody’s arm) and we’ve opened up another 50 spots for this Wednesday’s (10/24)…

Listings (for sale) Seemingly Random

Which Of The Seven Words Will Be Harder To Reconcile?

October 22, 2007

Five words that don’t belong together in the same sentence: “luxury home” and “beautiful pergo floors” (and yes, Pergo does have its time and place). And two words it’s tough…

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Recent Reader Activity
  1. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less

    152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market

    Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops

    Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…

  4. Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced

    Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…

  5. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank

    Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…

  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…

  7. steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…

  8. Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

    It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…

  9. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…

  10. Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops

    Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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