Go Big and Go Home in Belvedere: The Tom Perkins Estate
It’s not a new listing. And it’s not even in San Francisco (it’s across the bay at 345 Golden Gate Avenue in Belvedere). But we’ve designating today big bold house…
A Little More Cake For Everyone At 2090 Vallejo
Say what you will about the ornate interior of 2090 Vallejo, we still have a serious crush on the house. And as we mentioned in February, “2090vallejo.com should be delivering…
Going Big On Beach In The Marina (1533 Beach Street #3)
At first we assumed it was a typo. It’s a two bedroom two bath condo in the Marina that’s listed at 2,348 square feet (and for $1,410,000). That’s big. And…
Transbay Citizens Advisory Committee Housing Presentation
The market rate and affordable housing presentation from the last Transbay Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) is available online (ppt file size warning: 26.3MB) and provides a brief overview of the…
A Quick Promotion: What’s To Become Of Dear Old San Francisco?
We’re making a quick promotion this morning (from comment to post) as a reader recalls a decade old presentation sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA): hat is interesting…
733 Front Street: A SocketSite Forum Inquiry (And Answer)
A plugged-in reader tests out SocketSite’s Real Estate Forums seeking information on 733 Front Street, a condo conversion of a former office building in San Francisco’s Barbary Coast. Frederick answers:…
The Mint Lofts: The SocketSite Scoop, Update And (Some) Pricing
The morning coffee hasn’t kicked in around the office, and until it does, you’ll just have to make due with a couple of pretty pictures. Mochaccinos to the rescue… First…
The Infinity: A Reader’s Insight Into Pricing (And Those “Increases”)
Perhaps it was our “plugged-in” reader’s rundown of pricing and availability (as of about two weeks ago) for almost fifty of The Infinity’s corner condos that caught our attention. Then…
It’s Official: Welcome To SocketSite’s Real Estate Forums
Looking for a rough idea of what it might cost for a down to the studs remodel in San Francisco? Or perhaps you’ve been wondering what’s happening with the condo…
The Rincon Hill Weblog: A New Virtual Neighborhood Association
Jamie Whitaker, a “plugged-in” SocketSite reader and recent homebuyer in Rincon Hill (the neighborhood, not the building), has launched RinconHillSF.org. It’s a non-commercial effort to create a “virtual neighborhood association…