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Eyes Wide Open: Looking For Lessons In Other’s Unfortunate Mistakes

July 30, 2007

SocketSite has never been about schadenfreude. At the same time, we’ve never shied away from asking and addressing the tough (and sometimes uncomfortable) questions. And yes, there are often lessons…

Being Green Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

JustQuotes: The Green Building Exchange In Redwood City

July 30, 2007

“ Schaeffer, a longtime California home builder who started using more-efficient methods before “eco-friendly” was a catchphrase, has started the Green Building Exchange in Redwood City, a kind of year-round…

New Developments Sales & Deals

Another Chance To Make An Offer (Any Offer) In San Francisco

July 30, 2007

Once again, it was almost a year ago that we wrote that “we’re struggling to rationalize the ‘value’” of the condos at 767 Bryant. Since then we’ve seen remodeling, reductions…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

We Know You Can, But Will They? (Actually Accept It That Is)

July 27, 2007

The list price for 2412 Harrison #106 was last reduced (for the third time) in June. It’s currently listed for $799,000 ($80,000 (9.1%) under its original list price in April).…

New Developments

The Californian on Rincon Hill (375 Fremont): Website And Renderings

July 27, 2007

A tipster notices a placeholder website for The California on Rincon Hill (375 Fremont) as well as a few new renderings (at least to us) over on the developer’s site.…

Being Green Listings (for sale)

Going Green In The Mission (3280 22nd St.): Prices/Additional Details

July 27, 2007

A few weeks ago we let you know they were coming (and a reader nailed the tentative pricing). And today, we offer a few more details (Halila limestone, Zuma soaking…

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Two TICs And A Thought From A Tipster (222-224 Funston)

July 26, 2007

A tipster wonders about value (“I guess there is no harm in asking for over million for each of these nicely renovated flats…hether the sellers will actually get over $2.5…

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JustQuotes: Three Paragraphs, Two Quotes, One Bad Day

July 26, 2007

“Wall Street suffered one of its worst losses of 2007 Thursday, leading a global stock market plunge as investors succumbed to months of worry about the mortgage and corporate lending…

Listings (for sale)

The SocketSite Scoop On 3456 Jackson (In Presidio Heights)

July 26, 2007

So here’s the scoop: 3456 Jackson just hit the open market for the first time in 46 years (having passed from parents to son in the mid 60’s). It’s a…

Seemingly Random

More Of Those Emails We Like To Get (For The Most Part)

July 26, 2007

From buyers to sellers, perhaps there’s something to be said for openly managing expectations (and plugging in): “SocketSite has been helping me feed my San Francisco condo obsession. With our…

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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…

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    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…

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  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 -…

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