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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

Apples (2010) To Apples (2004) To Apples (2002) For 364 17th Ave

July 6, 2010

Purchased for $1,715,000 in July 2004 with loans totaling $1,541,785 (10 percent down), 364 17th Avenue returned to the market asking $1,825,000 in August 2009. Over the next eight months…

As Proposed Commercial Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

T-Minus Two Days To CityPlace (935-965 Market) Commission Vote

July 6, 2010

As we wrote on June 10: The proposed development of CityPlace at 935-965 Market is back in front of San Francisco’s Planning Commission this afternoon for EIR certification with a…

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And When It Comes To Fireworks, It’s Hard To Beat Mother Nature

July 2, 2010

As the sun sets over San Francisco we wish you a safe holiday weekend.

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale)

Fireplace, Foreclosure And Figurative Fireworks Over (In) Noe Valley

July 2, 2010

As we wrote in March 2008: Another plugged-in reader already stole our thunder (and pretty much all our lines), but to sum it all up: 1. Eight months ago 1420…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings

Not That Nightingale, But Speaking Of Battles Involving The English…

July 2, 2010

The sale of 201 Buchanan (a.k.a. The Nightingale House) closed escrow today with an MLS reported contract price of $1,575,000 (asking). Purchased for $1,605,000 in October 2007 but marked “confidential,”…

Rentals Trends

Apartment Leasing Business Going To The Dogs Brokers In SF?

July 2, 2010

While a comparison of Craigslist listings over (rather than point in) time would be more compelling, a plugged-in reader with a rental unit in soma echos The Bay Citizen’s report…

Apples To Apples Fixtures & Furnishings Listings (for sale)

Pommes Des Pommes (And A La Cornue) At 159 Cervantes

July 2, 2010

Purchased for $2,050,000 in June 2007 the single-family Marina home at 159 Cervantes is back on the market in 2010 asking $1,895,000 (8 percent less). We’re assuming the “Le Cornufe”…

Sales & Deals

Homebuyer Tax Credit Extension For Closing (Not Contract) Date

July 2, 2010

While terms of the federal homebuyer tax credit originally required a signed contract by April 30 and closing by June 30, Congress has extended the closing date to September 30…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Movement In The S&P 500 Versus Case-Shiller Since 1987

July 1, 2010

Sorry folks, but as noted, we screwed the proverbial pooch when we originally posted our reader’s S&P 500 versus Case-Shiller Index chart. Our greatest sin of which we do know…

As Proposed Neighborhoods

Noe Valley Plaza Meeting: This Will Make (For) News In Noe Valley

July 1, 2010

Unhappy with plans for the proposed Noe Valley Plaza and a perceived lack of being heard, a few voices were raised during a Planning Department presentation last night. Via Noe…

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