This post has absolutely nothing to do with real estate, unless of course you’re looking to buy a home down at Ocean Beach (Outer Sunset/Outer Parkside), because of our pristine beaches and ideal beach weather, but we thought we’d get the word out. Things won’t be the same down there for a long time. We … Continue reading San Francisco Oil Spill…doing our part
Category: San Francisco
Comment du Jour: Stock Market Crash and San Francisco Real Estate
Every so often, we pull a comment from the discussions that we think might spark further commentary, because we know not everyone is reading the comments, and we couldn’t possibly come up with all these great thoughts ourselves. This time we take from “SanFranTim” on “Verbatim: 26 year old google guy I hear with 50% … Continue reading Comment du Jour: Stock Market Crash and San Francisco Real Estate
We Made the Papers! But I must add…
Maybe my interview that ran in this article on SFGate, which will also be in the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle, wasn’t necessarily the best spin on what I actually said over the 45 minute conversation with Carol, but a little publicity is always good, and Carol does, for the most part, do a very good … Continue reading We Made the Papers! But I must add…
Trinity Plaza to begin excavating! Yeah!
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. If you want to be totally up to date on what’s going on in big development news, you should subscribe to The San Francisco Business Times. Nobody has their finger on the pulse like them, particularly J.K. Dineen. (Some of our readers can certainly second this … Continue reading Trinity Plaza to begin excavating! Yeah!
San Jose Stepping into Luxury High Rise Game
And we’re stepping outside our normal boundaries of San Francisco (It’s kinda scary in San Jose…don’t you think “james”?) by posting about a project going up in our tech power house neighbor town to the south. -Axis is downtown San Jose’s first luxury high-rise condominium development, opening in May 2008. -Neighbor to historic Hotel De … Continue reading San Jose Stepping into Luxury High Rise Game
Stats & Numbers: 2-4 Units (09/06-09/07)
From Garrett. Thanks Garrett!!! 2-4 Units District 1 Sep-06 Sep-07 Number of Sales 8 6 Median Selling Price 1,044,000 1,252,500 Average DOM 43 50 District 2 Sep-06 Sep-07 Number of Sales 11 2 Median Selling Price 1,050,000 1,482,500 Average DOM 30 90 District 3 Sep-06 Sep-07 Number of Sales 0 0 Median Selling Price Average … Continue reading Stats & Numbers: 2-4 Units (09/06-09/07)
Comment du Jour: Stripping Trim, Shrinking Wood (supply)?
This comment wasn’t necessarily one that makes us fall over in laughter, or one that brings a tear to our eye, but one that might spark some conversation (or debate) nonetheless. (Extra points if you can come up with a catchy phrase using the words stripping, shrinking, old growth, wood, and trim in the same … Continue reading Comment du Jour: Stripping Trim, Shrinking Wood (supply)?
Is SocketSite Growing Bull Horns?
Maybe it’s a Halloween prank, maybe a treat, and we have yet to get the trick, but yesterday on SocketSite, they (we know it’s you Adam, but we’ll play along) had a decidedly confused tone: The Federal Reserve Cuts Benchmark/Discount Rates By 0.25% The known: the Federal Reserve has cut both its benchmark interest rate … Continue reading Is SocketSite Growing Bull Horns?
San Francisco Gentrification: Two Compelling Articles
If you haven’t already noticed, we real appreciate our readers and will publish most, if not all, of your contributions. This time AMITinSF sends us his/her thoughts: The first article, is a totally regressive neo-socialist diatribe (predictably, from the sf bay guardian) on, get this, how Google’s shuttle bus is bad for the Mission district! … Continue reading San Francisco Gentrification: Two Compelling Articles
Redfin Report for San Francisco
Not that we’re suddenly an advocate for Redfin, although we do applaud innovation and entrepreneurship, but when readers ask, we do our best to answer. “Marlow Harris” asked on our Redfin reboots… post: In July, you wrote that they [Redfin] had about 15 closed sales in the SF area. Have they had any more in … Continue reading Redfin Report for San Francisco
Holy shit, you feel that quake?!
Time: 20:05 on 10/30/2007. If you plan on living in San Francisco, get used to quakes. That one literally happened seconds ago (in the middle of posting), and it happens all the time. Still rattles the nerves, no matter how many you’ve been through. [Update at 20:24: And look at that, the quake site is … Continue reading Holy shit, you feel that quake?!
A call to comment (our market, overbids, mortgage mania)
Calling all Realtors, bloggers, and readers in San Francisco! Share your experiences on the market in this thread. I, Alex Clark (the editor), am actually feeling chatty and have been chiming in, and would love some insight from my colleagues as well as all you readers and bloggers. Go ahead…comment. It’s actually kind of fun. … Continue reading A call to comment (our market, overbids, mortgage mania)
Stump the Stammtisch: Home Depot, Ammiano, and Goodman Lumber?
Where readers ask, and we try to answer [We think we’ll have to go a bit deeper and call on some other local real estate blogs for this answer]: “Whatever happened to the proposed Home Depot at the old Goodman’s site [Goodman Lumber on Bayshore Boulevard]? The site is an eyesore and in the meantime … Continue reading Stump the Stammtisch: Home Depot, Ammiano, and Goodman Lumber?
Tour de San Francisco (real estate): Westwood Highlands
Them folks over at sfnewsletter have been busy cranking out yet another stellar edition of the sfnewsletter, and another stage of their increasingly popular Tour de San Francisco (real estate), and today post their stage for Westwood Highlands. If you’ve ever wondered about those “other” neighborhoods in this city, you owe it to yourself to … Continue reading Tour de San Francisco (real estate): Westwood Highlands
“The Real State of Real Estate”
This piece, the Real State of Real Estate (pdf) was sent to us by a very reliable mortgage broker in our city. However, he did not write it, so we can’t give credit to him, nor can we give credit to the person who wrote it, as we don’t know who did. If anyone can … Continue reading “The Real State of Real Estate”
Redfin reboots, or at least adds a SF Bay Area Page
This is all it really takes to get on our good side, and get us to check out a site…again, “We added you to our real estate blog links because we think your site is a great place for people to read up on the SF real estate market.-Redfin” That and cocktails at any reputable … Continue reading Redfin reboots, or at least adds a SF Bay Area Page