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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 Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Fighting To Save Their Lower Potrero Hill Neighborhood (And Views)

September 10, 2012

Kaiser Permanente’s proposed development of an 84-foot tall medical office building fronting 16th Street west of Mississippi in Lower Potrero Hill, “LoPo” if you will, has a group of Potrero…

As Proposed Neighborhoods

Valencia Street Development Scoop: Five Stories At Corner Of 23rd

September 10, 2012

JS Sullivan, the developer of 299 Valencia Street, is quietly testing the waters over Planning to raze the shuttered gas station on 23rd Street between Valencia and San Jose Avenue…

Real Estate Economics

San Francisco Property Tax Rate Set To Drop 0.23 Percent

September 10, 2012

The proposed Property Tax rate for the City and County of San Francisco will decrease 0.23 percent from $1.1718 per $100 of assessed value in the current Fiscal Year to…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments SocketSite Readers Report

340 Fremont Scoop: Building Permit Filed For 400-Foot Tower

September 7, 2012

Granted a twelve-month extension to commence construction late last year, as a plugged-in reader alludes, the building permit has been filed to build a 40-story, 400-foot tower over an 85-foot…

As Proposed Design & Architecture SocketSite Readers Report

1050 Valencia Approved With Yet Another Take On What’s Appropriate

September 7, 2012

A plugged-in reader reports with respect to the proposed five-story development at 1050 Valencia Street which the Liberty Hill Neighborhood Association opposed, the Planning Department supported, and San Francisco’s Planning…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale)

‘Bama By Three(s) Up In Bernal Heights

September 7, 2012

Purchased new for $1,375,000 in January 2011 with a listed 2,063 square feet, the modern Bernal Heights home at 1755 Alabama has just returned to the market listed for $1,495,000.…

As Proposed Neighborhoods New Developments

Transbay Developments: Block 9 RFP About To Make The Rounds

September 7, 2012

With the construction of 120 below market rate (BMR) units well underway on Transbay Block 11A, the development team for 450 units and a 300-foot tower upon San Francisco’s Transbay…

As Proposed Bay Buildings

New Mission Theater Plans Moving Forward, Targeting 2013 Opening

September 6, 2012

The proposed conversion of the New Mission Theater into a five-screen venue with food and “adult beverage service” which we first reported seven months ago continues to move forward. As…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The Seven Issues And Three Sides To 1050 Valencia’s Five Stories

September 6, 2012

As plugged-in people know, the Liberty Hill Neighborhood Association (LHNA) filed for Discretionary Review (DR) in an attempt to block the proposed five-story building as rendered above from rising at…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

In The Land Of Baby Bumps, The Second Bathroom Is Key

September 6, 2012

Beyond a modern color scheme and “approval from HOA” (but not yet the city) to replace the condo’s front parlor with a second bathroom and a third bedroom, the new…

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

  3. 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…

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

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