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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
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Condo’s Going Up. Prices Coming Down?

February 17, 2006

No mention of San Francisco in today’s New York Time’s article about the impact of speculators exiting the condo market (“Farewell, Condo Cash-Outs“), but it’s still relevant. And worth a…

Listings (for sale)

“Adorable” Really Says It All

February 17, 2006

Can’t afford $23,500,000? Well, with a list price of only $255,000, this condo on 7th street is the least expensive home listed on the MLS. Now granted, it is only…

Bubble (Or Not) Real Estate Economics Trends

Rates Cheap. Houses Not Cheap.

February 16, 2006

According to the most recent DataQuick report, Bay Area home sales plunged last month while prices held steady. From the Chronicle: Bay Area home sales tumbled to their lowest level…

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Hello, My Name Is Adam

February 14, 2006

Well, so much for our request to “keep your comments on-topic; resist the temptation to flame, troll, and spam; and avoid personal attacks.” From today’s comments on Checking In On…

Listings (for sale) Seemingly Random

Checking In On 300 Sea Cliff Ave

February 14, 2006

At $23,500,000 (or $2,635/sqft) the home at 300 Sea Cliff Ave remains the most expensive single family residence for sale in San Francisco (and listed on the MLS). And after…

Bubble (Or Not) Trends

“Marin Home Sales and Prices Plunge”

February 14, 2006

Ron Parks of Vision Real Estate, and publisher of The Marin Report, definitely caught our attention with that headline. The first three paragraphs of his most recent monthly market trends…

New Developments

QuickLinks: New Condos On The Market (Or In The Works)

February 13, 2006

∙ 170 off Third (coming this summer) ∙ 1635 California Street, 30 units ∙ San Francisco Perspective: Condominium Developments

New Developments

New Developments: 188 King Street

February 13, 2006

Five years ago the garment factory at 188 King Street sold for $3.6 million. There used to be a thriving garment factory at this site. When the previous owner retired,…

Real Estate Economics Seemingly Random

Scary Gary Speaks

February 13, 2006

We can’t help but take a little journey down South this morning where Realtor Gary Watts (a.k.a. Scary Gary) appears to be the groundhog for the Orange County real estate…

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SocketSite Update: You Asked For It

February 11, 2006

You probably spent this beautiful day outside (as you should have). We spent it inside updating software, tweaking the site (hopefully we didn’t screw things up too badly), and yes,…

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