The Building Of UCSF’s New Mission Bay Medical Center Is Underway
Having started clearing the site long ago, today the ground was officially broken for UCSF’s Mission Bay Medical Center. Once again, if all goes as planned, the new facility should…
A Little Too Japanesey Indeed As 542 Valley Goes Back To The Bank
Having been withdrawn from the MLS three weeks ago last asking $2,195,000 and versus $2,995,000 two years ago, a plugged-in reader reports that according to Redfin the Len Brackett rebuilt…
A Sale (And Subsequent Reduction) At 1355 Pacific Avenue
As the sale of 1355 Pacific Avenue #401 closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $799,000 (11 percent under original asking of $899,000 for the 813 square foot…
Last Asking 11% Less Than 2001 (Not Accounting For That Remodel)
While 290 Frederick is still searching for a buyer at 22 percent under its 2007 price, the single-family home down the street at 119 Frederick is finally in contract. Purchased…
That’s A Negative, Ghost Rider…
“The Treasury sold $10 billion of five-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities at a negative yield for the first time at a U.S. debt auction as investors bet the Federal Reserve…
Case-Shiller Says…San Francisco MSA Falls Across All Tiers In August
According to the August 2010 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA fell 0.3% from July ’10 to August ’10, down 34.6% from a peak…
The Plans To Preserve (And Expand Upon) David Ireland’s 500 Capp
Artist David Ireland passed away in May 2009 a year after selling the 1886 Victorian he had lived in since 1975 and transformed into a work of art residence. Purchased…
San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory Hits New Half-Decade High
Inventory of listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco increased 2.5% over the past two weeks to a new half-decade high of 1,985 active listings. On average, inventory…
Two 2 Million Dollar Sales And Now Two Months At 22 Percent Less
In June of 2005 a newly remodeled 290 Frederick hit the market as a single-family home listed for $1,995,000. Two months later it closed escrow with a recorded contract price…
No Bids So A New Listing And (Another) Reduction Up On Sotelo
As we wrote this past June: Listed for $1,599,000 as a bit of a fixer (or at least an updater) in July of 2007, 56 Sotelo Avenue sold for $1,900,000…