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Iris Canada, 100-Year-Old Evicted Last Month After Long Legal Fight, Has Died

A longtime resident of 670 Page Street who was evicted last month after a drawn-out fight that catalyzed San Francisco tenant rights groups has died at age 100. Iris Canada was hospitalized shortly

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Stark, Terrifying San Francisco Penthouse Could Be Yours For $42 Million

Ice cold marble floors and Bond villain ambiance can be yours for a mere $42 million dollars (or your soul). This 70th floor, 6,941-square-foot penthouse at 181 Fremont Street features five bedrooms,

Another Study Contends SF Housing Would Be Way Cheaper If There Was Less Regulation

A new theoretical look at housing markets around the country suggests what the prices of housing would be if there were less (or no) land regulations things like planning departments and design reviews,

Former SRO Damaged In Bernal Heights Fire Now Marketed As Developer 'Cash Cow'

A Bernal Heights fire last June displaced 58 people when it destroyed the Cole Hardware building at 3312 Mission Street and badly damaged neighboring buildings including the Graywood Hotel, an SRO at 3308

North Oakland's Bushrod Neighborhood Named Hottest Real Estate Market In The Nation

A little-known subsection of Oakland called Bushrod, next to Temescal and on the Berkeley border west of Telegraph Avenue, was named by real estate site Redfin as the number one "hottest neighborhood of

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Russian Hill Home Once Owned By Nic Cage Hits The Market

A Gothic Tudor mansion on Russian Hill that will be familiar to some as it is highly photographed in shots of the Bay and the Hyde Street cable car has just hit the

Post-Ghost Ship, Dwellers At Three SF Warehouses Ordered By City To Vacate

The fallout, both legal and logistical, from the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland in early December is going to continue for years to come. But in the initial wave of complaints and inspections

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Divas Still On The Market In The Tenderloin, Starts Outreach For Trans Homeless In The 'Hood

Luckily for the trans employees and performers at Tenderloin nightclub Divas (1081 Post Street), nearly two years after going on the market owner Steve Berkey has maintained his pledge not to sell to

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It Turns Out The 'Full House' House In SF Was Bought By Show Creator Jeff Franklin

"Whatever happened to predictability?" Back in the late '80s the Full House theme song longed for a simpler time, but at least we can rest assured now that the touchstone location of the

20-Story Office Tower In Downtown Oakland Stalls For Lack Of Tenant

A tall, sleek glass office tower slated for 1100 Broadway, at 12th Street, in downtown Oakland will not be breaking ground anytime soon as its developer has yet to secure an anchor tenant

Cole Valley Home Of Rolling Stone's First Photographer Is For Sale

Although they might no longer recognize it if they were still with us, famous rock icons like Janis Joplin and Jerry Garcia were at one time very familiar with a house now for

A 30-Year-Old Tech Billionaire Just Bought SF's Priciest Home Of 2016

A recent home sale in San Francisco grants us a glimpse into the world of the San Francisco super rich. At 2250 Vallejo Street in Pacific Heights, a 7-bedroom home just sold for

Owner Of Top-Floor Millennium Tower Penthouse Puts Unit On Market For An Astounding $9 Million

Some owners in “The Leaning Tower of San Francisco” say their condos are worthless https://t.co/x0rKRoqBPP— The Real Deal (@trdny) October 9, 2016 Despite a host of bad press and impending

Behold This East Bay CEO's $22 Million Shrine To The 1990s

As every one knows, there is absolutely nothing worse than a rich person with bad taste. That could be the problem with this Orinda estate that's headed to auction at the end of

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New 'Bubble Index' Says SF Is Seventh In The World For Housing Bubbles

To say that San Francisco housing is overvalued, inflated to the point that it borders on a bubble, might seem to imply that these prices might go down, the bubble bursting or at

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Ask A San Francisco Native: If You Could, Where In SF Would You Buy A House?

In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take

New Mid-Market Shopping Mall Decides To Embrace Sixth Street Connotations, Rebrands As 6X6

After multiple delays, the six-story shopping center that once intended to be value-oriented, and previously going by the names CityPlace and Market Street Place, will no open as soon as November under the

Coder Details Life Inside 13-Person Possibly Illegal Airbnb Located In Luxury Mission Bay Tower

The story of the starry-eyed youngster moving to San Francisco and into an over-priced community living space as he or she attempts to learn to code and land a top-paying job is now

Behold The Newest Most Expensive Condo Listing In SF: An $11.9M Four Seasons Penthouse

Our friends at Curbed regularly track the city's most violently expensive home and condo listings. And seeing as we all enjoy drooling over these glimpses we get of how the 0.01% live,

In New Renter Confidence Survey, SF Gets An A-Minus, Oakland Gets An F

Let's all read this with healthy skepticism with its presumed biases and unexplained sample size, but a new survey of local renters from the site ApartmentList.com gives San Francisco an overall satisfaction

'Native Son' Carl Nolte Weighs In On Whether San Francisco Has 'Lost Its Soul'

Longtime "Native Son" Chronicle columnist Carl Nolte, who you might expect would be one of the first to decry the ways in which San Francisco has changed for the worse, penned a column

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'Mrs. Doubtfire' House Will Soon Be For Sale

In the second bit of special house news to hit this week, we learn that the home made famous by the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire will soon be on the market. SocketSite reports

You Can Now Rent The 'Full House' House For $14K A Month

Those all-grown-up 90's kids who found companionship through their television sets in the likes of sitcom families such as the Tanners and the Winslows now have a chance to make the fantasy world

Prices Slashed As Millennium Tower Units Languish On The Market

Sitting on a hot piece of real estate in present day San Francisco can sometimes feel like you've pocketed the golden ticket — all you need to do is cash that thing in and

Oakland Housing Crisis Is Also A Health Crisis, County Health Director Declares

Alameda County Public Health Department head Dr. Muntu Davis has declared Oakland's housing crisis a health crisis as well. The East Bay Express writes that Davis is drawing on a new study conducted