Tuesday Tour and Tax Day prompted me to run a few numbers on the Active Listings in San Francisco. The total number of active real estate listings, not pending or contingent, and excluding any of the numerous new development listings that are not currently in the multiple listing service, totals 1545. What caught my attention was the fact that close to half of all listings in San Francisco (42% to be exact) are in Districts 9 and 10 whereas only …
Month: April 2008
From today’s SFGate, The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved two plans Tuesday that would add high-rises and thousands of residents to the upper Market Street area. The first plan is a sweeping rezoning of the so-called Market-Octavia area, which stretches up both sides of Market Street from Ninth Street to Noe Street. The effort is nearly eight years in the making and was inspired by the demolition of the Central Freeway and its ramps extending north and west from …
This question came from the current Davis-Sterling newsletter (titled ‘Renter Headaches’), a legal update written for homeowners associations. For some reason (I can’t think why), it caught my eye. More importantly, it reminded me that I haven’t yet clued those of you who own, rent, or invest in California condominiums into this valuable resource yet. QUESTION: We have an owner who has been observed engaging in sex with a female guest at the pool. Can we immediately suspend his pool …
A HUGE project is going to hit Divisadero Street next spring, with repaving happening from Castro to Sutter, and a large-scale redesign of sidewalks and medians from Waller to Geary. The project will add width and trees to the medians, new streetlights, wider sidewalks, better bus stops, and corner ‘bulbs’ that will make for a more pedestrian-friendly experience in this now-hot neighborhood street that is full of great restaurants and shops. See the Department of Public Works site for more …
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