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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
Bubble (Or Not) Trends

Bay Area “Notices Of Default” Heading North? (So To Speak)

April 17, 2007

While a 67.4% year-over-year increase in San Francisco Q1 “Notice of Default” activity sounds dramatic, in absolute terms it still represents relatively few properties (216). Within the greater Bay Area,…

Design & Architecture

The American Institute Of Architects’ Top Five In San Francisco

April 17, 2007

The San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects names its “top 5” San Francisco residential buildings and manages to include an entire block. In the order that they’re…

Neighborhoods Seemingly Random

Why You Should Care About All Those New Developments (Part I)

April 16, 2007

Realtor Malcolm Kaufman’s latest Pulse of the Market focuses on South Mission Bay. And two paragraphs in particular caught our attention: While I have had a casual interest in the…

New Developments

Big Demand For The Bay (329 Bay)

April 16, 2007

In January we plugged you in to the 21 condos at The Bay (329 Bay). In February we gave you the scoop on pricing and (rough) timing. And this weekend,…

New Developments Sales & Deals

One Condo Left At Odeon (And An Update On Arterra’s Incentives)

April 16, 2007

Apparently the Odeon only has one condo left (#310) and the sales team is advertising “Make us an offer we can’t refuse!” And while there’s more than one unit left…

Seemingly Random Trends

San Francisco Housing Inventory Update: 4/16/07

April 16, 2007

Not that it’s some magical number, but Active listed housing inventory in San Francisco (SFH/Condo/TIC) crossed the 1,000 listing mark this weekend. Perhaps spring has sprung. ∙ San Francisco Housing…

Remodeling and Renovation

The Actual Cost Of Building In San Francisco

April 13, 2007

A “plugged-in” reader goes to the head of the site for his/her must read comment and insight into building a home in San Francisco. The punch line: “This is possibly…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

We’re Buying It (The Description Not The House)

April 13, 2007

This Joseph Leonard designed Arts and Crafts house is described as an “architectural work of art.” And we’re buying it (the description not the house). Although if we did buy…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Trends

Reduced Again: Round Two For Two Near The Top

April 13, 2007

Take another $350,000 (8.5%) off of the “two for one” listing at 1 Florence (now 16.7% below the original asking), and another $245,000 (5.5%) off the top of 21 Buena…

Real Estate Resources Rentals Tech

My Rent Is Too High, My Rent Is Too Low, My Rent Is Just Right

April 13, 2007

We can’t vouch for its accuracy, but as a “plugged-in” reader notes, rentometer.com might help shed some light on the question of what currently constitutes market rate rents. Potential landlords…

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Recent Reader Activity
  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. 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 -…

  5. Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price

    Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

    And 12 years and 8 months later, brought to market asking $35 million only to be removed 122 days after…

  7. Notcom on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year

    I would diagnose this type of disconnect: Ass Burgher's Syndrome

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    The Chron has some numbers to put to this: They just published a rundown of office occupancy by largest tenants.…

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