Pending U.S. Home Sales Rise From June But Slide Year-Over-Year
While the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index rose 5.2 percent from June (75.5) to July (79.4). On a year-over-year basis, however, the index is now down 19.1…
A Winner’s Circa 2005 Curse (And Seller’s Boon)
Sold for $1,635,000 in August 2005 having been listed for $1,395,000, this past Friday the re-sale of 819 Haight Street closed escrow with a reported contract price of $1,380,000 (15.6%…
From The Flames Of St. Paulus The Free Farm Blooms
At the corner of Gough and Eddy where the St. Paulus Lutheran Church once stood before burning down in 1995, the Free Farm is now in full bloom. Founded this…
Planning Commission Poised To Let Them Eat Patxi’s Pizza On 24th
With Mi Lindo Yucatan having moved out a year ago and the space since remodeled and expanded to 2,495 square feet, San Francisco’s Planning Commission is poised to approve the…
Now Calling All Developers For San Francisco’s Pier 70
We first plugged our readers into the potential for a redeveloped “Pier 70” five years ago, and yesterday the official request for developer solicitations for the 69 acres of land…
From Apples-To-Apples To An Orange A Plum: 469 Clipper Returns
Purchased for $1,020,000 as a dilapidated Noe Valley Victorian in July 2008 (“no kitchen, no bath and the rear portion of the structure is falling off”), 469 clipper resold in…
The Ten Thousand Dollar (Plus) Toilet
For those who might have missed the update, a reader correctly identifies the newly pictured Albion Castle “throne” as a ten grand (plus) Herbeau “Dagobert” Wooden Toilet.
Less Great Expectations For Ex-Mayor’s Mid-Century Modern Home
As we wrote in June: In March 2008 the Mid-Century Modern Clarendon Heights home at 100 Palo Alto Avenue built for former San Francisco Mayor Elmer E. Robinson in 1953…
June Case-Shiller: San Francisco MSA Tips Atop As YOY Gains Retreat
According to the June 2010 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA rose a nominal 0.3% from May ’10 to June ’10, down 34.7% from…
North Beach Branch Library Landmark Resolution Poised For Adoption
Having already voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors designate the North Beach Branch Library as a City Landmark in June, tomorrow San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is…