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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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Amazing Infill: Pushed, Squeezed And Shoehorned Onto Stanyan

August 1, 2012

First approved for infill development in 2005 despite its neighbors’ objections, including one referring to the proposed project as “a source of oppression,” the construction of 1410 Stanyan commenced at…

As Proposed Design & Architecture

Rendered 100 Van Ness Ready For Reality Check Tomorrow

August 1, 2012

In addition to the plans and designs for 2712 Broadway, 706 Mission and 376 Castro, the proposed re-skinning and conversion of 100 Van Ness from an office building to 399…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Disguised Buyers Who Incite Friends of Parnassus Heights Revealed

July 31, 2012

As a plugged-in reader wrote about 226 Edgewood after touring the property back in 2010: Original portion by Louis Christian Mullgardt, 1911…and addition by Eden and Eden, 1970s, according to…

Trends

Case-Shiller San Francisco: First Year-Over-Year Gain In 18 Months

July 31, 2012

According to the May 2012 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA rose 3.9% from April to May 2012, down 38.1% from a May 2006…

Commercial Neighborhoods Trends

The State Of San Francisco’s Downtown: Property, People And Parking

July 30, 2012

A few highlights from the Planning Department’s latest Monitoring Report for San Francisco’s Downtown which will be presented to the Planning Commission this week: Downtown vacancy rates in San Francisco…

As Proposed Industry Stuff New Developments

Raising The Threshold For Requiring Below Market Rate (BMR) Units

July 30, 2012

On the agenda for San Francisco’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee this afternoon, a proposed Planning Code amendment changing the threshold for new developments that must adhere to San…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

376 Castro Rendered, Re-Cladded And Ready For Commission Vote

July 27, 2012

While not reflected in the rendering above, we believe the latest design for the proposed 65-foot building to rise at the corner of Castro and Market now calls for the…

Fixtures & Furnishings Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

Not Dueling But Dual Stoves (And Pot Fillers To Boot)

July 27, 2012

Forget the duel between gas and electric ranges, the dual stoves at 1703 Octavia are back. And yes, there are dual pot fillers, sinks and dishwashers as well. Purchased for…

Breaking News Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Designs For A Market Rate Tenderloin High-Rise At Mason And Turk

July 27, 2012

Speaking of market rate development in the Tenderloin, and the demise of surface area parking lots, a plugged-in tipster reports that Heller Manus has been working on plans for a…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Fill ‘Er Up In Portola Along San Bruno Avenue

July 27, 2012

The site of a former gas station that was demolished in 2009 and has sat vacant, unpaved and fenced in by a chain-link fence since, the 11,250 square foot lot…

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

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