Skip to content
  • Sun. May 11th, 2025

SocketSite™

San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the local scoop: "Plug In" to SocketSite™

  • Categories
    • Apples To Apples
    • As Proposed
    • Bay Buildings
    • Being Green
    • Breaking News
    • Bubble (Or Not)
    • Coming Soon
    • Commercial
    • Design & Architecture
    • East Bay
    • Editorial
    • Exceptional Garage Doors
    • Fixtures & Furnishings
    • FSBO: SF
    • In The Media
    • Industry Stuff
    • InsertHeadlineHere™
    • Interesting Opportunities
    • Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)
    • Listings (for sale)
    • Marin (And Points North)
    • Neighborhoods
    • New Developments
    • QuickLinks
    • RandomRumors
    • Real Estate Economics
    • Real Estate Resources
    • RealRecentReductions
    • Remodeling and Renovation
    • Rentals
    • Sales & Deals
    • San Jose (And South)
    • Seemingly Random
    • SocketSite Forums
    • SocketSite Readers Report
    • SocketSnaps
    • Tech
    • Trends
  • Contact

Latest Posts

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 Seemingly Random SocketSite Readers Report

Another Reader’s Dilemma (And Chance To Play Armchair Analyst)

June 1, 2007

A “plugged-in” reader first flatters us (good thinking) and then hits us up for some other readers’ thoughts (even better): “There’s a unit at The Palms that I’m interested in.…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

An Ubermodern Renovation In A Classic Conversion Building

June 1, 2007

Yes, we have a soft spot for 355 Bryant. And no, it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. But if you’re anything like us, the renovation of 355…

Trends

San Francisco Housing Inventory Update: 6/01/07

June 1, 2007

A typical decline in new listings in the week prior to Memorial Day combined with an uptick in sales (based on our calculations) resulted in a nominal decrease in San…

Neighborhoods New Developments

JustQuotes: Highrise Housing (And More) For Candlestick Point

June 1, 2007

“Top Vision has hired architect C.P. Wang of the renowned C.Y. Lee & Partners — the firm that designed Taipei 101, the world’s tallest fully inhabited skyscraper — to design…

Listings (for sale)

Sometimes It’s Simply The Description (1089 Chestnut)

June 1, 2007

Sometimes it’s simply the description (for one reason or another): “Sensational modernistic Neo-Classic masterpiece.” And okay, so it’s also a chance to take a peek inside. ∙ Listing: 1089 Chestnut…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

From Renderings To Reality (3130 Pacific)

May 31, 2007

From renderings (when it was listed at $12,000,000) to reality (it’s now listed at $12,495,000), 3130 Pacific has officially hit the MLS. Think Arts & Crafts style with modern amenities…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

Windows, Views and a Big Orange Garage Door

May 31, 2007

As you know, we’re suckers for walls of windows, big views and perhaps a big orange garage door (the mahogany cabinets aren’t too shabby either). But while the $2.385 million…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) Seemingly Random Trends

JustQuotes: The Showcase, The Event, And The (National) Impact

May 31, 2007

“1771 North Point is a down to the studs total overhaul (remodel doesn’t do it justice) and the showcase home for the Pacific Coast Builders Conference.” (The “Marina Green Showcase”…

Trends

OFHEO First Quarter Report: 0.35% Appreciation For SF MSAD

May 31, 2007

The latest OFHEO House Price Index (HPI) ranks California 46th in terms of year-over-year home price appreciation (1.19%) and measures Q1 2007 appreciation at a negative 0.84%. For the San…

New Developments

733 Front Sales Update: 32% In Contract (Almost All Two-Bedrooms)

May 30, 2007

According to a “plugged-in” tipster, 22 of the 69 conversion condominiums at 733 Front Street are in contract (32%) with five (5) two-bedrooms (out of 23) and 42 junior/one-bedrooms (out…

Posts pagination

1 … 1,356 1,357 1,358 … 1,484
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…

You missed

Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

July 15, 2024
Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But…

July 12, 2024
Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down

July 11, 2024
Breaking News East Bay Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year

July 10, 2024

SocketSite™

San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the local scoop: "Plug In" to SocketSite™

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Newsup by Themeansar.

  • Home
  • Contact Us