First Mover Disadvantage (And A Few More Cuts) At 1327 7th Ave?
While the listings for 1327 7th Ave #4 (which had been reduced in price by 10%) and 1327 7th Ave #3 have been withdrawn from the MLS after 98 days…
Another Cut For Albion Castle (881 Innes Avenue)
Once again, as we wrote last September when listed for $2,950,000: A few months after Laughing Squid launched their blog from Albion Castle in early 2005 the Hunter’s Point property…
A 2.5 Percent Bite Out Of This 2008 Apple (48 Linda)
The apples-to-apples sale of 48 Linda closed escrow yesterday with a reported contract price of $2,149,000 ($717 per square foot), purchased for $2,205,000 in July 2008, call it an effective…
Budget and Finance Committee Kills Condo Lottery Bypass For A Fee
By way of a plugged-in tipster and Supervisor Carmen Chu, San Francisco’s Budget and Finance Committee “voted 3-1 on Monday to table/not to advance the proposal forward. Unless the Budget…
The Grand Plans For 800 Presidio Avenue As Proposed
The plans for 800 Presidio Avenue in Lower Pacific Heights as proposed, currently the site of a two-story, wood-frame 12,600-square-foot community center built in 1952 and operating as the Booker…
Pace Of New Home Sales In The U.S. Hits Historic Low
Purchases of new homes in the U.S. fell to an annual pace of 300,000 in May, down 33 percent from April (revised to 446,000) and the slowest pace of sales…
Will 1269 Lombard Finally Break Free From Its Suspended State?
If you’ve ever driven up Lombard from Polk, chances are you – and all of your out of town guests – have been struck by the deteriorating lot at 1269…
CA First-Time Buyer Tax Credits Going Fast But Still Far From Gone
In March Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law California Assembly Bill 183 which allocated $100 million in credits for first-time buyers of existing homes and $100 million in credits for buyers…
This Ought To Be Interesting On An Apples-To-Apples Basis
As we wrote in August 2008 when 2542 Fillmore ended up selling for $5,000,000: As you might recall, the reconstructed 2542 Fillmore hit the market two months ago with a…
As Expected, Another Unexpected Decline For Existing Home Sales
After jumping 26 percent on a year-over-year basis to 5.77 million in April, the pace of existing U.S. home sales fell 2.2 percent to 5.66 million in May, up 2.7…