Monthly Archives: April 2011

HP Takes 394000 SF at New Office/R&D Project

MPG Downtown Buildings in Special Servicing LOS ANGELES-With its US Bank Tower and Wells Fargo Tower in special servicing as of last week, the REIT now has 5.4 million square feet downtown either in or headed to special servicing. Are … Continue reading

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Even Short-Term FHA Shutdown Will Hit Housing

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article I was hoping not to have to write this particular piece, but it seems I may have no choice, so here we go with housing. What happens to today’s housing market … Continue reading

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A Real Estate Showdown at BART

James Fang, a member of the Bay Area Rapid Transit board, has been pushing BART staff and other board members to give the exclusive rights to develop land around the Millbrae BART station to a friend and political supporter, Lawrence … Continue reading

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Short Sales Pressure Home Prices

Page 1 of 3 | Next PageShow Entire Article Home prices fell 6.7 percent in February year over year, according to a new report from CoreLogic. That numbers includes distressed sales, that is, sales of foreclosed properties or short sales, … Continue reading

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Sonoma vineyard estate sold to San Francisco couple

It’s one of the county’s largest residential real estate deals since former Citigroup CEO Sanford Weill paid $31 million for another Sonoma estate last year. The new owners of the Gehricke Road ranch are Michael and Xochi Birch of San … Continue reading

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