http://www.socketsite.com/ San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the local scoop: "Plug In" to SocketSite™ Copyright 2010 SocketSite Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:30:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 San Francisco’s pitch to bring the next America’s Cup to The Bay includes providing the "free [use of] land and future development rights on the property in exchange for the America's Cup event authority paying $100 million to $150... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/the_pitch_and_plans_to_bring_the_americas_cup_to_san_fr.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/the_pitch_and_plans_to_bring_the_americas_cup_to_san_fr.html As Proposed Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:30:00 -0800 Excerpts from the website for 31 Alta which has just hit the market asking $3,800,000: In 1852 Captain Andrews built his home on the Eastern slope of Telegraph Hill, on this perch for a direct view of ships sailing... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/a_history_lesson_and_listing_for_31_alta_street.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/a_history_lesson_and_listing_for_31_alta_street.html Listings (for sale) Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:00 -0800 Re-built in 2003 for renowned mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom (who passed away this past March), the three bedroom Potrero Hill home at 1216 19th Street offers the kind of decks and views that inspire song (or at least a long-weekend... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/the_kind_of_decks_you_sing_about_1216_19th_street.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/the_kind_of_decks_you_sing_about_1216_19th_street.html Listings (for sale) Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:45:00 -0800 Two years ago Steelblue invited plugged-in SocketSite readers the opportunity to be immortalized in live action animations for San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center. And now they’re doing it again, shooting green screen scenes ("sitting in a park, observing... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/so_you_want_to_be_immortalized_in_animated_renderings_r.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/so_you_want_to_be_immortalized_in_animated_renderings_r.html Interesting Opportunities Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:00 -0800 As we wrote last November with respect to Odeon (181 O’Farrell): And then there’s the penthouse (#513) which was purchased for $2,000,000 in March 2007. An attempt to sell it off as a fractional over the past two years... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/odeon_penthouse_181_ofarrell_513_on_tour_as_new_deja_vu.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/odeon_penthouse_181_ofarrell_513_on_tour_as_new_deja_vu.html Listings (for sale) Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:45:00 -0800 As a plugged-in reader noticed, 3271 Baker Street hit the courthouse steps yesterday and ended up selling for $61,000. As a plugged-in tipster notes, however, the foreclosure was initiated by the holders of a third note (who had loaned... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/3271_baker_sells_for_61000_sort_of.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/3271_baker_sells_for_61000_sort_of.html SocketSite Readers Report Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:45:00 -0800 While the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index rose 5.2 percent from June (75.5) to July (79.4). On a year-over-year basis, however, the index is now down 19.1 percent versus 18.6 percent in June and 15.9 percent in... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/pending_home_sales_rise_monthovermonth_but_slide_yearov.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/pending_home_sales_rise_monthovermonth_but_slide_yearov.html Trends Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:30:00 -0800 Sold for $1,635,000 in August 2005 having been listed for $1,395,000, this past Friday the re-sale of 819 Haight Street closed escrow with a reported contract price of $1,380,000 (15.6% under its 2005 sale) having been listed for $1,595,000... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/a_winners_curse_and_sellers_boon_circa_2005_indeed.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/a_winners_curse_and_sellers_boon_circa_2005_indeed.html Apples To Apples Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:45:00 -0800 At the corner of Gough and Eddy where the St. Paulus Lutheran Church once stood before burning down in 1995, the Free Farm is now in full bloom. Founded this past January and true to its name, the farm... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/free_farm_at_gough_and_eddy_in_full_bloom.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/free_farm_at_gough_and_eddy_in_full_bloom.html Neighborhoods Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:15:00 -0800 With Mi Lindo Yucatan having moved out a year ago and the space since remodeled and expanded to 2,495 square feet, San Francisco’s Planning Commission is poised to approve the conditional use authorization for Patxi’s Chicago Pizza to fill... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/planning_commission_poised_to_let_them_eat_patxis_pizza.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/planning_commission_poised_to_let_them_eat_patxis_pizza.html As Proposed Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:45:00 -0800 We first plugged our readers into the potential for a redeveloped "Pier 70" five years ago, and yesterday the official request for developer solicitations for the 69 acres of land bounded by Mariposa, Illinois, 22nd, and the San Francisco... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/now_calling_all_developers_for_san_franciscos_pier_70.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/09/now_calling_all_developers_for_san_franciscos_pier_70.html As Proposed Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:00:00 -0800 Purchased for $1,020,000 as a dilapidated Noe Valley Victorian in July 2008 ("no kitchen, no bath and the rear portion of the structure is falling off"), 469 clipper resold in no better condition (i.e., apples to apples) a year... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/from_applestoapples_to_an_orange_469_clipper_returns.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/from_applestoapples_to_an_orange_469_clipper_returns.html Listings (for sale) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:30:00 -0800 For those who might have missed the update, a reader correctly identifies the newly pictured Albion Castle "throne" as a ten grand (plus) Herbeau "Dagobert" Wooden Toilet. ∙ The Albion Castle’s $10,592 Throne [SocketSite] ∙ Herbeau "Dagobert" Wooden Toilet Throne... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/the_ten_thousand_dollar_plus_toilet.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/the_ten_thousand_dollar_plus_toilet.html Fixtures & Furnishings Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:45:00 -0800 As we wrote in June: In March 2008 the Mid-Century Modern Clarendon Heights home at 100 Palo Alto Avenue built for former San Francisco Mayor Elmer E. Robinson in 1953 hit the market asking $4,000,000. It ended up closing... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/less_great_expectations_for_an_exmayors_midcentury_mode.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/less_great_expectations_for_an_exmayors_midcentury_mode.html Listings (for sale) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:00:00 -0800 According to the June 2010 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA rose a nominal 0.3% from May ’10 to June '10, down 34.7% from a peak in May 2006 but up 14.3% year-over-year... http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/june_caseshiller_san_francisco_tips_atop_as_yoy_gains_r.html http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/08/june_caseshiller_san_francisco_tips_atop_as_yoy_gains_r.html Trends Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:30:00 -0800