The Inside Scoop With Respect To 1844 Market’s Foreclosure Filing
A plugged-in reader provides the inside scoop on the foreclosure filing on 1844 Market: Cassidy is only facing foreclosure because he is suing the bank that currently holds the note.…
A Trio Of Renzo Piano SOM Towers At 50 First Street As Proposed
While the designs for a cluster of Renzo Piano-designed ultra-thin towers at the corner of First and Mission may have fallen by the wayside, plans for building upon the seven…
Pending U.S. Home Sales Rise 4.3% From July But Continue YOY Slide
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index rose 4.3 percent from July (79.4) to August (82.3). On a year-over-year basis, however, the index is now down 20.1 percent…
Cassidy’s 1844 Market Street Project Facing Foreclosure
While it was a plugged-in tipster that first noticed movement on builder Joe Cassidy’s 113-unit mixed-use project at 1844 Market Street last May, and earlier this year a plugged-in reader…
From Friedel’s Farmhouse To A High-End Home On Telegraph Hill
Touting “never before on the open market,” originally home to our “Cable Car Lady” Friedel Klussmann, and purchased for $1,700,000 in 1988, what was once a San Francisco farmhouse built…
Seeking Bids Brought To You By The Letters H And J
In addition to the City’s sale of 909 Tennessee (the next tour of which will be October 12 at 2 pm), two of the City’s Octavia Boulevard parcels are on…
A Penthouse Pineapple And Lower Floor Apple At Jackson Square
While 845 Montgomery #C failed to find a buyer at its 2008 purchase price ($1,000,000), and a redecorated (“Venetian plaster, silver leaf recessed ceilings, (faux) ostrich wall treatments”) penthouse atop…
Apples Versus Medians (And Case-Shiller) For 1251 44th Avenue
As we wrote this past July: Purchased for $479,000 in June of 2002, the one bedroom single-family home at 1251 44th Avenue was taken back by the bank this past…
Another Year For Super Conforming Limits (Assuming Obama Signs)
Passed by congress last night, H.R. 3081 will once again extend $729,750 “super conforming” loan limits for high cost areas like San Francisco, this time through September 30, 2011 assuming…
Planning Commission Today, Randolph Tomorrow As Proposed
In addition to the fates of 673 Brussels and 448 Diamond, the appeal of the proposed development at 1050 Valencia and an application to build at 380-398 Randolph Street will…