Skip to content
  • Wed. May 13th, 2026

SocketSite™

San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the local scoop: "Plug In" to SocketSite™

  • Categories
    • Apples To Apples
    • As Proposed
    • Bay Buildings
    • Being Green
    • Breaking News
    • Bubble (Or Not)
    • Coming Soon
    • Commercial
    • Design & Architecture
    • East Bay
    • Editorial
    • Exceptional Garage Doors
    • Fixtures & Furnishings
    • FSBO: SF
    • In The Media
    • Industry Stuff
    • InsertHeadlineHere™
    • Interesting Opportunities
    • Just Quotes (Emphasis Added)
    • Listings (for sale)
    • Marin (And Points North)
    • Neighborhoods
    • New Developments
    • QuickLinks
    • RandomRumors
    • Real Estate Economics
    • Real Estate Resources
    • RealRecentReductions
    • Remodeling and Renovation
    • Rentals
    • Sales & Deals
    • San Jose (And South)
    • Seemingly Random
    • SocketSite Forums
    • SocketSite Readers Report
    • SocketSnaps
    • Tech
    • Trends
  • Contact

Latest Posts

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
As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Neighborhoods New Developments

Sale of Mid-Market Tower Site Tentatively Approved

March 17, 2017

Rejected by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors at the end of 2015, when the proposed purchase price was $80 million, the term sheet for the sale of the City’s five-story…

Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Marin (And Points North) Neighborhoods

Legendary VC’s Belvedere Estate Fetches $14.5 Million

March 17, 2017

Purchased by the late venture capitalist Tom Perkins in the early 1970s and on the market ten years ago for $20.5 million, the Belvedere Island estate at 345 Golden Gate…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Proposed 800-Foot Transbay Tower Is Being Redesigned

March 16, 2017

As we reported when we first revealed the design for the proposed 800-foot tower to rise at 550 Howard Street on Transbay Parcel F: While recently refined by Pelli Clark…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Exemption for Small Builders and Makers Project Approved

March 16, 2017

The requested neighborhood plan-based environmental exemption for a proposed five-story building for small-scale builders and makers to rise on the 1228 25th Street parcel, the awkward lot at the intersection…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Million Dollar Cut for This Noe Valley Landmark

March 16, 2017

Purchased by a tech entrepreneur for $5.55 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, the converted Noe Valley Firehouse at 3816 22nd Street returned to the market at the end…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Near a Three-Year High

March 16, 2017

Measured prior to the Fed’s rate hike yesterday but with the probability already priced in, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 9 basis points over…

Bay Buildings City Planning Coming Soon Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments

San Francisco’s Future Skyline Newly Rendered and on the Way

March 15, 2017

Along with the refined plans for the proposed 800-foot-tall tower to rise at 550 Howard Street come the latest renderings of San Francisco’s future skyline. As produced by steelblue, the…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

The Fed Institutes a Rate Hike, Signals Two More This Year

March 15, 2017

As predicted, the Federal Reserve has just raised its benchmark Federal Funds rate, upping its target by 0.25 percent (25 basis points) and signaling expectations for another two quarter-point increases…

As Proposed Breaking News City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Parcel F Plans Formally Submitted to Planning

March 15, 2017

The formal application and slightly re-refined designs for the Pelli Clarke Pelli tower to rise up to 800 feet at 550 Howard Street, on Transbay Parcel F (a.k.a. 546 Howard),…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Commercial Neighborhoods

Redevelopment of Pier 29 Closer to Reality

March 15, 2017

The proposed redevelopment of 22,000 square feet of the Bulkhead Building which fronts the Embarcadero at Pier 29 is closer to reality with San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors having endorsed…

Posts pagination

1 … 374 375 376 … 1,484
Recent Reader Activity
  1. 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…

  2. 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 -…

  3. 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…

  4. 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…

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

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

  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year

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

  7. Daniel on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

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

  8. Brahma (incensed renter) on Another Motivated Seller and Near Million Dollar Drop

    San Francisco clearly isn't doing enough to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive city for elite tech founders with lots…

  9. Brahma (incensed renter) on Conversion of Historic Cow Hollow Garage Closer to Reality

    Sold at the Sep 2025 asking price. 23 days after the immediately preceding comment, 1776 Green St Unit 201 closed…

  10. Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

    According to our local RE boffins, the AI startup boom is in full swing. From Queenie Wong's 8 Apr 2026…

You missed

Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

July 15, 2024
Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But…

July 12, 2024
Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down

July 11, 2024
Breaking News East Bay Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year

July 10, 2024

SocketSite™

San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the local scoop: "Plug In" to SocketSite™

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Newsup by Themeansar.

  • Home
  • Contact Us