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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
Bay Buildings Breaking News New Developments

One Rincon Hill: 301 Deposits

June 20, 2006

One week, three hundred and one deposits, 80% sold. Will the South Tower of One Rincon Hill be “sold out” by the end of the second week? Are the developers…

New Developments

Arterra: Less Sex, More Green

June 20, 2006

The placeholder “sex sells” website for Arterra has been replaced by a new site that offers more details (and fewer glamour shots). All the requisite content: floor plans, features, amenities,…

Listings (for sale)

One Hot Hot Tub

June 20, 2006

270 Sea Cliff is now the 12th most expensive home listed for sale in San Francisco ($9,900,000). But that’s not what caught our attention. It’s the hot tub that did…

Seemingly Random

QuickLinks: Covet Thy Neighbor’s House

June 20, 2006

The Finnish company Igglo takes a new approach to house hunting in Helsinki: ‘pre-order’ houses that aren’t (yet) for sale. Redfin calls dibs in the US. ∙ Real estate 3.0:…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Seemingly Random

Betting On A Bidding War?

June 19, 2006

A tipster notes that after two weeks on the market, the list price for 142 Saturn was reduced $124,000 (8.8%). Three weeks later, the price was dropped another $276,000 (27.6%).…

Just Quotes (Emphasis Added) New Developments

Quote Of The Day: One Rincon Hill Style

June 16, 2006

“It seemed like the people were staged better than the furniture. Then again, I might have had one too many ‘Gincons’.” (One reader’s first impression of the One Rincon Hill…

Bay Buildings New Developments

First Impressions: One Rincon Hill Sales Center

June 16, 2006

Well, we finally made it over to the multi-million dollar One Rincon Hill Sales Center (511 Harrison) last night for the “Select One” (i.e., not quite VIP) “Preview Event.” It…

New Developments RealRecentReductions

Free Plasmas Coming Soon?

June 16, 2006

Two months ago we introduced you to Alamo Square at which time the sales office was reporting “approximately 60% sold” with one-bedrooms from $535,000 and two-bedrooms from $695,000. Well, it…

Bay Buildings Seemingly Random

301 Bryant Update

June 16, 2006

In April we profiled 301 Bryant, pointed out three units that were for sale, and provided an answer to the trivia question of why only a quarter of the 39…

Trends

SocketSite’s San Francisco Inventory Update: 6/15/06

June 15, 2006

Two different sources, two different statistics, one consistent story: new listings in San Francisco continue to outpace sales. One source pegs the increase of available listed inventory at just over…

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    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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    Yes. You correctly understood the schtick. Business people can make up all kinds of rationalizations for their pecuniary interests that…

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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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