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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
As Proposed Commercial Neighborhoods

Condo Conversion Of Prominent SoMa Corner Proposed

March 4, 2014

San Francisco’s Planning Department authorized the theoretical conversion of the gas station parcel on northeast corner of Howard and 9th Street to “other uses” seventeen years ago, despite the lack…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

A Closer Look At The Plans For A 6,000 Square Foot House

March 3, 2014

While the façade of the proposed home to be built at 65 Villa Terrace only rises two stories above the street, the home spans four levels across the downsloping lot:…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

Two Ways Inside 65 Montclair: When One Elevator Just Won’t Do

March 3, 2014

Purchased for $7,300,000 in 2005, Craig and Maureen Sullivan’s Russian Hill home at 65 Montclair Terrace is now on the market for $9,950,000 with big city views. In addition to…

Design & Architecture

Modern SoMa Loft Hidden In Plain Sight Sells For $3.1 Million

March 3, 2014

Listed for $3,000,000 at the beginning of the year, the sale of the modern 5,000 square foot home hidden behind the relatively unassuming warehouse façade at 421 Tehama Street has…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

The Plans To Raze A Hill And Build A Modern Mansion

March 3, 2014

Much to the chagrin of a number of neighbors and fans of the modernist movement, permits to raze the 1,700-square-foot, Henry Hill designed house at 65 Villa Terrace and construct…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments

Designs For 94 New Dogpatch Dwelling Units Along Third And Illinois

February 28, 2014

Plans for a six-story residential building to rise at 2051 3rd Street will be presented to San Francisco’s Planning Commission next week. The proposed Dogpatch development would raze two mid-block…

Trends

Pending Home Sales Drop While Inventory Is On The Rise

February 28, 2014

While the National Association of Realtor’s Pending Home Sales Index edged up 0.1 percent in January, it’s down 9.0 percent on a year-over-year basis with a lack of inventory continuing…

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Cathedral Hill Demolition Watch: No Rooms At The Inn, Offices Next

February 28, 2014

Our plugged-in photographer reports the old Jack Tar Hotel’s event spaces, garage and hotel rooms have mostly been razed and the wrecking crew is staring to work on the remaining…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Award Winning Gang Hired To Design San Francisco Tower

February 28, 2014

Award winning Chicago architect Jeanne Gang, the architect of Chicago’s undulating 82-story Aqua, has been engaged by Tishman Speyer to design a tower in San Francisco. While the Chronicle reports…

As Proposed Breaking News Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Decision To Downsize Mission District Development Reversed

February 28, 2014

San Francisco’s Board of Appeals has reversed their December decision which had required the previously approved five-story project at 1050 Valencia Street to remove a full floor and three units…

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Recent Reader Activity
  1. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less

    152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market

    Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops

    Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…

  4. Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced

    Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…

  5. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank

    Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…

  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…

  7. steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…

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

    It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…

  9. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…

  10. Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops

    Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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