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Hipster Hotelier Wannabes Take Second Note

September 20, 2012

As we first reported and warned this past May: …the Vagabond Inn at 385 9th Street is scheduled to hit the courthouse steps in San Francisco this afternoon with an…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Return To All-Time Lows

September 20, 2012

According to Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates averaged 3.49 percent (with 0.6 points) for the week ending today, down from 3.55 percent last week,…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

Born A Three-Unit Building, Rebuilt As A 5,000 Square Foot SF Home

September 19, 2012

Built as a three-unit Mid-Century building, 350 Collingwood was legally expanded and converted into a 5,246 square foot single-family home circa 2003. In 2005, the renovated home sold for $3,595,000…

Bay Buildings Neighborhoods

Groundbreaking Twin Peaks Tavern Recommended For Landmarking

September 19, 2012

An old Irish dive bar with its windows covered so that “wives couldn’t see their husbands drinking” when purchased by two lesbians in 1972, the windows of the Twin Peaks…

Bay Buildings Commercial Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Oh Thank Heaven For The Renovation Of 220 Battery

September 19, 2012

The little building at 220 Battery Street is owned by the Japanese company Kokubu Kensetsu Kogyo. And in the words of a plugged-in tipster, the building has been more or…

Trends

Existing U.S. Home Sales Pace Hits Two-Year High In August

September 19, 2012

The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. increased 7.8 percent from 4.47 million in July to a 4.82 million pace in August, up 9.3 percent from the…

Bay Buildings Commercial Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The Prolific Henry Doelger And His Likely To Be Landmarked Building

September 18, 2012

The Art Deco Doelger Building at 320-326 Judah Street was built in 1932, serving for two decades as the headquarters, warehouse and sales office for San Francisco builder extraordinaire Henry…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics

Boom Goes 2300 Broadway

September 18, 2012

Built as the sister project to 2306 Broadway in 1989, the 4,084 square foot home at 2300 Broadway has hit the market listed for $6,200,000 with three bedrooms, three baths,…

Bay Buildings Neighborhoods

Is It Prime Time To Develop Muni’s 5.4-Acre Presidio Yard?

September 18, 2012

With the redesign of Masonic Avenue in the works, Target on its way across the Boulevard, and money flowing for development projects in San Francisco, a reader can’t help but…

Being Green Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

New Design For Masonic Avenue To Be Approved This Afternoon

September 18, 2012

On the agenda for San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency Board of Directors and Parking Authority Commission this afternoon, the approval of the proposed $18 million “Boulevard” redesign of Masonic Avenue…

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