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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
Apples To Apples

2542 Fillmore: Apples-To-Apples (Plus Some Furniture Perhaps)

October 15, 2010

While the recorded deed has yet to make its way into the City’s system (because of a tax lien perhaps), it would appear that the sale of 2542 Fillmore closed…

Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

4252 22nd Street Then, Then, And Now

October 15, 2010

As 4252 22nd Street looked above when listed as an unfinished “pre-foreclosure opportunity!” without kitchen for $749,000 a year ago July (having been listed for $1,495,000 in September 2008), it…

New Developments

Ten Months And A Twenty (Plus) Point Swing At 1327 7th Avenue

October 14, 2010

The sale of 1327 7th Avenue #8 closed escrow “pre-construction” last December with a reported contract price of $1,255,000 ($863 per foot for the 1,455 square three-bedroom). The sale of…

Bay Buildings Commercial

SF’s Landmark Cannery At Del Monte Square Taken Back By The Bank

October 14, 2010

While positioned as a calculated move to strategically default and force a restructing of Vornado Realty Trust’s debt on San Francisco’s landmark Cannery at Del Monte Square, it’s a plugged-in…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Listings (for sale)

Puttin’ On The Ritz (And Pressure) At Under Eight Hundred A Square

October 14, 2010

Purchased for $1,481,000 in October 2007 ($1,239 per square) and then taken back by the bank this part March with $1,234,899 due, the two-bedroom Ritz-Carlton Residences (690 Market) #1502 returned…

Listings (for sale)

Better Than Shake Your Foundations We Suppose…

October 14, 2010

While we’re not sure “rock your world” is a phrase we’d use when touting a 1900’s San Francisco property, we do like the scale, ceiling heights and natural light streaming…

Trends

Rates Hit Four Decade Lows And Purchase Activity…Declines

October 14, 2010

With average 30-year mortgage rates falling by 17 basis points over the past two weeks to a four decade low of 4.21%, mortgage application volume for purchases in the U.S.…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

A Quick Reminder Not To Bank On An “Appraisal” (Or Instant Equity)

October 14, 2010

As we wrote this past May: 104 Funston was purchased for $2,750,000 in May of 2007 and returned to the market this past March asking $3,150,000. Reduced to a “lucky”…

Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics

2207 Scott Versus The Underlying Shares

October 13, 2010

Purchased for $3,425,000 in May 2006 with what would appear to have been “Google money,” in 2008 the rear foundation at 2207 Scott Street was replaced, a three-quarter bath added,…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale)

MacCarthy Mid-Century Modern With A Wurster Nod: 1561-63 Shrader

October 13, 2010

While Francis Joseph MacCarthy gets the design credits William Wurster gets a nod. Built in 1955 and spanning three lots, the Mid-Century Modern home with carriage house at 1561-63 Shrader…

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