San Francisco Bucks CA Foreclosure Trends, But Not In A Good Way
Perhaps not as dangerous as some bad LSD, but there’s some bad data being passed around San Francisco by a brokerage or two with respect to market distress. Or more…
Rent Belvedere’s “Organ House” For $12,450 (Or Buy For $19.995M)
Built in the 1890’s and supposedly remodeled by Willis Polk in 1906, the “Organ House” across the bay in Belvedere at 433 Golden Gate Avenue was so named as one…
Plans For The Inner Mission Fixer At 1376 Florida Come Up Short
In April 2007 the Inner Mission fixer at 1376 Florida sold for $700,000. Since then “fully approved plans” have been secured and “permits are ready to be issued” for rebuilding…
From “Sold” To Actually Sold To Facing Foreclosure At 3208 Pierce
As plugged-in people might recall, while the Marina development at 3208 Pierce hit the market in 2007 with printed marketing materials touting “SOLD” for unit #407, the unit quietly hit…
San Francisco Housing Inventory: Starting 2011 At A Six-Year High
The model we’ve used to track listed housing inventory over the past five years suggested we’d see a 17.4 percent increase in listed San Francisco inventory over the past two…
Zero At Infinity Versus The Five At One (Rincon Hill)
While we count at least five condos (including at least one two-bedroom) at One Rincon Hill currently scheduled to hit the courthouse steps within the next 30 days (versus simply…
A Sweet Sweat Equity Single-Family Under Five
While the house needs some work and all the floors a good sanding, there is granite and “stainless steel” in the kitchen. And with a list price of $429,000 for…
From Failed To Foreclosure Flip (And Five Others) At One Rincon Hill
Closing escrow with a recorded contract price of $628,000 in February 2008, within two months 425 1st Street #1805 was listed for sale with an asking price of $719,000. Following…
Historic Preservation This Week And An Unfortunate Acronym
San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission will hold its first meeting in 2011 on Wednesday. Amongst the items on the Commission’s agenda tomorrow: a review of the proposed Alexandria Theater redevelopment,…
Behind (And Beside) The Green Fence At 827 North Point
Behind the green fence at 827 North Point sits a one-car garage on an undeveloped RH-3 zoned lower Russian Hill lot, adjacent to which is a pair of vacant two-bedroom…