An Auspicious Contract Price But Inauspicious Outcome On First
Listed for $899,000 in July of 2005, the two-bedroom top floor loft at 346 1st Street #304 closed escrow that October with an auspicious recorded contract price of $888,000. This…
A Jordan Park Apple Returns On Palm (And To Its 2007 List Price)
As we wrote this past June: Listed for $2,995,000 in October 2007, the totally renovated 176 Palm closed escrow in November 2007 with a contract price of $3,100,000. Back in…
Rates Hit 20-Year Low Yet Purchase Activity Is Down 38.8% YOY
Mortgage rates dropped to their lowest levels in at least 20 years last week. And while refinancing activity is up to its highest level in fifteen months, according to the…
Mission Bay South Beach Borders Closing Its Doors October 16
An anchor tenant at the base of The Beacon, the “Mission Bay Borders” at 200 King Street will be closing its doors on October 16. And no, it’s not so…
Who’s Down With OPM In The Marina?
Purchased for $875,000 in June 2004 with a variable rate first for $612,500, a second for $218,750, and all of five (5) percent down, 1471 Francisco was taken back by…
The Rebuilding Of 2900 Fulton Finally Takes Shape
A plugged-in tipster reports with respect to 2900 Fulton at the corner of 5th Ave: Building is finally taking shape. The original developer (The Brown Companies) and a partner defaulted…
North Beach Library/Joe DiMaggio Playground Master Plan Report
San Francisco’s Planning Department has just published the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed North Beach Library and Joe DiMaggio Playground Master Plan which will be heard by…
Pace Of New U.S. Home Sales Hits New Historic (S)Low In July
On the heels of yesterday’s dismal existing home sale stats and a leading indicator, sales of new single-family U.S. homes fell to annual pace of 276,000 in July, down 12.4…
3953 Sacramento Returns As A Single-Family Home Plus “Au Pair”
Purchased out of probate as a vacant two-unit building in need of TLC and sold “as-is” with “no further responsibility/liability implied or expressed whatsoever” this past January, 3953 Sacramento has…
“San Francisco” Prestige Index Up 1.8% In Second Quarter
The First Republic Prestige Home Index for “San Francisco” homes valued at more than $1 million ticked up 1.8 percent from the first to second quarter of 2010, down 1.3…