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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
New Developments

Radiance At Mission Bay: Around 50% In Contract (And Conversion)?

July 12, 2007

The conversion rate of initial fully-refundable $10,000 deposits to actual contracts over at Radiance at Mission Bay appears to have run somewhere around 50% as they’re now advertising “almost half…sold”…

Real Estate Economics Trends

A Little Mix Here, A Little Mix There, Here A Mix, There A Mix…

July 12, 2007

It might be yesterday’s (or even last month’s) news that the upper-end of the market has remained relatively strong (and not only in San Francisco). And we won’t disagree (other…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)

JustQuotes: Not Too Scary In San Francisco (Unless You’re The One)

July 12, 2007

“In the nine-county Bay Area, 3,383 households received default notices in June, more than double the 1,460 in June 2006. Alameda and Contra Costa had the highest number, with slightly…

Neighborhoods

Be Heard On The Heart Of San Francisco’s New Downtown

July 12, 2007

San Francisco’s 1985 Downtown Plan “envisioned the area around the Transbay Terminal as the heart of the new downtown.” And the Fourth and King Street rail yard (and Caltrain station)…

Bay Buildings Being Green Design & Architecture Remodeling and Renovation

Sunset’s 2007 San Francisco Idea House: 3027 25th Street

July 12, 2007

Walter gets it right. The 2007 San Francisco Idea House looks to be located at the corner of 25th and Alabama (3027 25th Street to be exact). And if PropertyShark…

Real Estate Economics Seemingly Random

NAR’s New New National Forecast (Yes, Another Little Cut)

July 11, 2007

For the fourth fifth time (in as many months) the National Association of Realtors has revised their forecast for the performance of residential real estate in the U.S. “ now…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

Sometimes It’s Simply The Small Things: 1580 Masonic

July 11, 2007

It might have been the fairly unique Victorian façade/layout (or perhaps the mention of an English garden with lavender and wisteria) that first got us to take a look. But…

Neighborhoods Seemingly Random SocketSite Readers Report

A TJPA Offer You Really Can’t Refuse

July 11, 2007

Another seriously plugged in reader; another big development; and another big question: The Transbay Joint Powers Admin over that past few weeks has been sending out offer letters to purchase…

Being Green Design & Architecture Interesting Opportunities Remodeling and Renovation

JustQuotes: Sunset’s 2007 San Francisco Idea House

July 11, 2007

“Sunset, in a joint venture with Meridian Builders & Developers, Inc., will create a 2007 Idea House in San Francisco that will take the magazine’s Idea House Program into a…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Real Estate Economics

JustQuotes: When (Not If) Rates Rise What Will Happen To Prices?

July 10, 2007

“Buyers are finding it more difficult to finance purchases because of higher mortgage rates and stricter lending standards, Freddie Mac said. The average U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed rate…

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