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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
Being Green Design & Architecture

Salvaging An Office

June 13, 2006

It’s no ScrapHouse, but then again, it’s permanent. The Chronicle profiles the “recycled” new office of Intero Real Estate in Walnut Creek (designed by Holey Associates of San Francisco and…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

Krafft Work

June 12, 2006

A turn of the century condo at 2616 Jackson, and which is “attributed to renown architect” Julius E. Krafft, has been on the market for three months and has just…

Bay Buildings New Developments

Symphony Towers (750 Van Ness Avenue)

June 12, 2006

In 2002 Lakeview Ventures received approval to build an “affordable housing project” of 141 apartments at 724 Van Ness (actually two towers, a 14-story tower on Van Ness and a…

Bubble (Or Not) Real Estate Economics Seemingly Random

Those Damn Fools

June 12, 2006

The Motley Fool pounces on the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the press, and housing as an “investment”: These are people who want us all to believe in housing as…

Seemingly Random

The Hills Of San Francisco

June 9, 2006

No real story (although real estate market metaphors/similies abound), just made us chuckle so we thought we’d share. Thanks to the Potrero Hill Blog (and the “TravelingTiger”) for lightening the…

Neighborhoods New Developments

The Future Of Rincon/Transbay

June 9, 2006

We missed it in print, so we were pleasantly surprised to discover that The Lansing is providing 7×7’s great overview of what’s in the works for the area around Rincon…

Listings (for sale) New Developments

Valencia Triangle (3184 Mission)

June 9, 2006

As ReyEstate pointed out a few weeks back, the 20 two bedroom units of Valencia Triangle are on the market. 18 units are market rate (now starting at $585,000) and…

Real Estate Resources

QuickLinks: Tips For Some Buyers And All Sellers

June 9, 2006

∙ Tips for Avoiding Land Mines In New-Home Contracts Here are just a few of the many clauses and codicils to be wary in the fine print of builder contracts.…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Harvard’s State Of The Nation’s Housing Report: 2006

June 8, 2006

Harvard released their annual “State of the Nation’s Housing” report this week. We haven’t had a chance to do anything other than skim the contents (current slowdown should be moderate;…

Design & Architecture

Haus Martin And Cass Calder Smith Architecture

June 8, 2006

Our first glimpse of Haus Martin was through the pages of Dwell. Almost two years later, we cross paths with the website of Cass Calder Smith Architecture, which provides additional…

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