Archive for December, 2009

Moving On Out (And Closing Out Down) At 3016 Pine

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

As a plugged-in tipster catches the moving trucks in action this morning, the sale of 3016 Pine Street closes escrow this afternoon with a reported contract price of $2,260,000. Although originally listed for 13 percent more eight months ago,…

Rocking An Earthquake Cottage With Interior Design: 64 Russell

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

64 Russell isn’t your typical earthquake cottage any longer. Purchased for $725,000 in July 2003, the 1908 cottage was gutted and then redesigned by interior designer April Sheldon. The line of the listing: “Belle Époque Urban Cottage.” And while…

"Best Price Ever" At 310 Townsend (Assuming It’s Approved)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Listed for $799,000 plus $25,000 for parking in February 2007, 310 Townsend #202 sold for $824,000 in March of that year. And now the 945 square foot one-bedroom is back on the MLS as a short sale with a list…

October Case-Shiller: Up For SF MSA Houses, Down For Condos

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

According to the October 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA gained 1.2% from September ’09 to October ‘09, down 2.6% year-over-year and down 37.8% from a peak in May 2006, but up…

A <strike>Pair</strike> Trio Of Bank-Owned Penthouses Atop The Watermark

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

As we wrote in April: Two months after its initial sale for $1,250,000 in October of 2006 Watermark (501 Beale) Penthouse #2B was flipped for $1,375,000. (Ah, the good old days.) It’s now a little over two years later…

The One With The Twelve On It: 2849 Pacific Price-ish Scoop

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Okay, so perhaps the sale price for 2849 Pacific won’t be at its asking of $14,000,000. But according to a plugged-in tipster the “price will provide encouragement for sellers of large, good condition, D7 properties” and starts with a…

214 Arguello: Two Years Later And Asking Twenty-Five Percent Less

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

No, we weren’t kidding when we noted “coming soon” for 214 Arguello. Once again, last sold for $1,600,000 in December 2007, unable to find a buyer at an “unbelievable” $1,395,000 in 2008, and taken back by the bank three…

From Bulk(y) To Lien For Citadine At 1299 Bush

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

As we reported four weeks ago, the developers of The Citadine (1299 Bush) are seeking as bulk sale of the entire building. As we add today, at least five mechanics liens totaling over $2.5 million have been filed against the…

Linkage: Mission Bay Gets a Biography, Valencia Sidewalks Shaping Up

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

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[”Sexy Tease” via Curbed SF Flickr photog bats…]

· Sidewalks need shrinking too? [SF Citizen]
· Mission Bay: ghosts of past, present, and future [Mission Loc@l]
· Former temporary Cal Academy building: reborn with big 875 [Bubo]
· Valencia sidewalks: slightly coneless. For now! [Spots Unknown]
· Another tunnel under the bay to bring San Mateo water [SF Examiner]

Chinatown Behind the Scenes: In an apparent followup to a…

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

2009_12_chinatown.jpgIn an apparent followup to a video they posted earlier this year about Chinatown SROs, the Chron pulls back the touristy Chinatown curtain again today, to similar effect. This time, a staff photographer has written a profile of one family’s life in a Chinatown SRO, where Mom prepares the daily grocery purchase in the communal kitchen and Dad has to carry his own father up the stairs on his back because there’s no elevator. [SFGate]