San Francisco housing: Changing realtor fees will pressure buyers – The San Francisco Standard
The already exorbitant cost of purchasing a new home in San Francisco may get even higher for first-time buyers thanks to new commission rules due to go into effect this summer. Last week, a $418-million settlement agreement by the National Association of Realtors radically reshaped a key part of how homes will trade hands in the U.S. Soon, sellers will…
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This $35 Million Penthouse Is San Francisco’s Most Expensive Listing – Robb Report
Standing at the corner of Washington and Gough Streets, across from Lafayette Park and next door to the Spreckels Mansion, aka romance novelist Danielle Steel’s longtime home, the striking pink Beaux Arts tower at 2006 Washington Street is among the finest apartment houses in San Francisco. Completed in 1924, the 12-story building in posh Pacific Heights was designed by Conrad…
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San Francisco rent: Tenants unite against new corporate landlords – The San Francisco Standard
The fitness instructor turned senior care worker has lived in his 709 Geary St. building since 2010 and has seen Veritas come and go before Ballast and Brookfield took over at the start of the year. He compared the experience to being slowly exposed to poisonous gas over time. In his decade-plus living in the building, Valle said there were…
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