Once Billed As “A Symbol Of Success, Not Extravagance”
Earlier this year a duo of unfinished spec homes on the cusp of St. Francis Wood hit the market for $10,700,000 and $12,700,000. And it was but a few months…
JustQuotes: Predicting, Pontificating And Forecasting From New York
“Earlier this year, Robert J. Barbera, who’s been a Wall Street economist for 25 years, was predicting a soft landing for housing — that is, stagnation rather than substantial declines.…
841 Webster Returns: And Perhaps It’s Now “Priced to Rent!”
As a tipster notes, 841 Webster (which failed to sell at $989,000 despite four months on the market, a total of $310,000 in reductions, and advertising “Priced to Sell!”) has…
Bay Area Up But San Francisco Down (And That’s A Good Thing)
According to the Chronicle (and RealtyTrac), while “Bay Area foreclosure activity skyrockets” in August, notices of default and trustee sales actually decreased on a year over year basis in San…
Reader Dave Is In The Money As The FOMC Lowers By Half A Point
“The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a half point to 4.75 percent, the first cut in four years, hoping to keep the U.S. from sinking into a…
Lotus House Rising (And A Plug For SF’s Build It Green Home Tour)
One plugged-in tipster directs our attention to the fabulous mkLotus modular home (i.e., prefab) that’s sprouted up in the plaza across from San Francisco’s City Hall (and marks the near-arrival…
JustQuotes: Architecture Check (And Opinion) On Isle Three
“The new Whole Foods Market in San Francisco shows with meticulous precision why upscale grocery stores are coveted by communities that want to see themselves as fully rounded or on…
And Like There’s Any Chance We Could Resist (700 Broderick)
We’re sure there’s a story out there somewhere about 700 Broderick, we just haven’t found it (yet). And yes, the lack of interior photography did raise an eyebrow (or two).…
Unplugging Tonight’s Gathering (But Planting The Seeds For October)
Our plans to host a post FOMC meeting happy hour this evening have unfortunately run awry (i.e., it’s been cancelled). We are, however, working on an even grander event for…
SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory Update: 9/17/07
The post Labor Day bump in Active single family, condo, and TIC listings in San Francisco has materialized as expected (up 24% over the past two weeks). And while listed…