After peaking at ~1,600 active listings in the third week of October, the inventory of Active listed single family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco has declined about 19% over the past month (now ~1,300). A pronounced pre-Thanksgiving slowdown in new listings, the seasonal withdrawal of “un-motivated” sellers,... Read More »

As far as we know, neither the Heritage on Fillmore or 170 Off Third have officially announced when they’ll throw open the doors of their sales offices, but Below Market Rate (BMR) application deadlines, lottery dates, and workshops have been set. For the Heritage on Fillmore, the BMR application... Read More »

As this is San Francisco, we’d be remiss not to point out a “Victorian Grande Dame” that’s open this weekend for your browsing (or buying) pleasure. If you go, consider taking a camera and snapping a better picture (or two) for the SocketSite archives. You know we’d do the... Read More »

The 46 live/work loft condominiums that comprise Harbor Lofts (400 Spear) in San Francisco were the result of a rehabilitation and conversion of the Hathaway Warehouse (a national historic landmark) in 1996-1997. One of the oldest extant warehouses in the city, the ground story of this splendid brick structure... Read More »

Would it be considered inappropriate (deceptive?) to list a one-bedroom property on the MLS as a two-bedroom? Would it be okay if the seller was willing to pre-pay the rent on a one-bedroom apartment next door as part of the sale? And would that really be any different from... Read More »

Anyone care to report back with the inside scoop? (Were the Gincons flowing freely?) Read More »

Forget that rogue sea lion, it’s the shark that captures all of our attention today. PropertyShark added free foreclosure listings for San Francisco to its site this afternoon (fourteen currently listed). For example, according to PropertyShark, 311 Marina Blvd last changed hands on 6/2/2004 for $2,350,000 and the property... Read More »

From the latest edition of The Noe Valley Voice: “Noe Valley homebuyers took advantage of a retreating housing market to purchase real estate at less than full price…” And while that’s not exactly true (it’s the buyers, not the sellers, which determine a property’s “full price”), the Voice’s point... Read More »

According to DataQuick, the median sales price for existing homes in San Francisco was $771,000 last month, down 0.9% from $778,000 in October ’05, but up 3.4% from September ‘06. Sales volume was down 13.6% year-over-year (523 sales versus 605 in October ‘05), but remained strong compared to the... Read More »

The former Esprit de Corp. headquarters in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood (900 Minnesota) is being “deconstructed” and its lumber recycled (a practice that’s both “environmentally sound as well as lucrative”). In its place, Build Inc. is developing 142 new condominiums, “a commercial component, a café, 168 inside parking spaces... Read More »