It appears our little Wager on 4065 25th Street, and how much over the $2,750,000 asking price it will sell, will be foiled. The parties involved have signed a confidentiality agreement, and the price will not be disclosed through MLS. (Our price guess was $2,895,900, but know it went closer to $2,950,000.) To all those that participated in … Continue reading 4065 25th Street: A Done Deal, and Our Fun Spoiled
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Tour Friday!
Le Tour de San Francisco (real estate) is back on! Find it here: http://www.tdsf.blogspot.com. There is nothing like it! We update it on Fridays and we’re not even half-way through. We’ve done district 1a (Central Richmond) thru 3h (Ingleside). Check it out.
Local Brokerage Opening 2523 California Street Location
Zephyr Real Estate will be opening its doors at 2523 California Street at Steiner tomorrow (5/17/07). If you go to 2525, you’ll find it too. ;-) They also have a space directly across the street. The digs are very nice! Modern, clean, new, high-tech, sporting Hermann Miller chairs, and basically pretty sweet! Go stop by … Continue reading Local Brokerage Opening 2523 California Street Location
The FlippingPad.com Launches…a First Impression
What the hell is the FlippingPad…besides a cool name? Actually, it’s a pretty cool site with very good intentions. In a nutshell, it is is a forum/blog/site for all you property flippers, aspiring property flippers, and past property flippers to get together and talk story. It has a national audience, albeit small but definitely growing, … Continue reading The FlippingPad.com Launches…a First Impression
Coldwell Banker (Global) buys B.J. Droubi (Local)
Funny. I just got out of a meeting at Coldwell Banker and the Broker informed me that they (Coldwell Banker) bought them (B.J. Droubi). If that’s not news, I don’t know what is. I’ll try to get details and let y’all know. It’s been a busy day. I guess that explains why so many Droubi … Continue reading Coldwell Banker (Global) buys B.J. Droubi (Local)
Start drooling now…a before, after, and First Look at 4065 25th Street
-[Updated:5/15/07] More Fun with 4065 25th St…and a Wager? [sfn BLOG] The address: 4065 25th Street @ Noe The vitals: 5 bed; 3.5 bath; $2,750,000; 2 car parking; south facing yard (key!); radiant heat; 11 foot ceilings; energy efficient design (green) The History: Purchased in October of 2003 for $756,000 (under asking we might add.) … Continue reading Start drooling now…a before, after, and First Look at 4065 25th Street
Soma Grand, First release May 12th, 2007
Just got word of the first release (waiting for details, but scheduled for May 12th) of one of the city’s newest developments, Soma Grand. Pricings start in the $500,000, and if you’d like to know the skinny, well…we did that a long time ago. They’ll gladly take that 3% deposit now. They would have loved … Continue reading Soma Grand, First release May 12th, 2007
More Incentives at the Potrero (2 yrs. HOA, Fridge, W/D)
“Limited Time Offer for The Potrero Homebuyers Get Two Years Paid HOA, plus refrigerator, washer and dryer!” –Potrero Developer’s Specials [sfn BLOG] –The Potrero [website]
Follow up to Senate Bill 464 (Ellis Act)
Following up to our post about SB 464 (legislation that would make the Ellis Act all the more difficult to perform), we learned that even though it was scheduled to come up for a vote on the Senate floor last Thursday, it did not. It now appears that it will be voted upon tomorrow (5/3/07) or … Continue reading Follow up to Senate Bill 464 (Ellis Act)
Comparison Shopping On the sfnewsletter
This: Prime Bel-Air Estate, Offered at $16,500,000 Plus this: Santa Ynez Valley Chateau,Offered at $19,750,000 Plus this: 9342 Sierra Mar, Offered at $11,500,000 And you might as well throw in this: 9038 Wonderland Park Ave, Offered at $2,500,000 Ahh…what the hell, this too: 1515 Bel-Air Road, Offered at $4,495,000 Equals this: $55,000,000 (asking) San Francisco … Continue reading Comparison Shopping On the sfnewsletter
Ellis Act a la SB 464: cut/paste
Last week, we posted about the new Senate Bill designed to hose landlords and property owners, and we had quite a bit of traffic to it. There is a bit of buzz about it out in the blogosphere, so we thought we’d do yet another cut/paste of an email that showed up in our inbox … Continue reading Ellis Act a la SB 464: cut/paste
Our Bay Area Waters Just Got Sharkier
“The days of buying property with little to no information are over.” PROPERTYSHARK.COM LAUNCHES 9 NEW SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA COUNTIES: Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Napa, Marin, Solano, Santa Cruz, & Sonoma San Francisco has already been blessed with their presence, and we’re continually asked to do what we do in other … Continue reading Our Bay Area Waters Just Got Sharkier
T is for Transformation (T-Third Metro line service begins)
Information provided by Ron Wong and Mike Tekulsky, Hill & Co. Real Estate. “The T-THIRD Metro line will connect all of the Third Street neighborhoods to the full Muni Metro system, providing a vital link between the southeast sector of San Francisco and the rest of the City.”-SFMTA What kind of effect could this have … Continue reading T is for Transformation (T-Third Metro line service begins)
Cut/Paste: Ellis Act getting tougher or easier?
Regardless of whether you’re the fist, or the man in the top hat, we thought this worthy of a cut/paste from the SFAR Advantage newsletter: “SB 464 (Kuhl) would amend the Ellis Act (the State law that allows rental property owners to go out of the rental business) by limiting its application to the owner … Continue reading Cut/Paste: Ellis Act getting tougher or easier?
The Potrero: Developer’s Specials
Our friends at The Potrero, Potrero Hill’s newest development with prices starting at $404,880 for a studio, and working their way up from there for one and two bedroom condos, and two and three bedroom townhomes, have decided to release a few “developer’s specials”, and you’re hearing it here first. [Update: they just hit MLS.] … Continue reading The Potrero: Developer’s Specials
Follow up to Reason we live here #1
On March 29th, we posted our very first reason we live herewith 3335 Clay, a 2bed, 2 bath condo in Presidio Heights asking $1,125,000, and a reader kindly commented there is “no way this property sells for over a million”. We’re not out to prove anyone wrong, or discount our readers (we love all of … Continue reading Follow up to Reason we live here #1