Property Values

The Dispossessed: Bayview Homeowners Fight Foreclosures

BS Phone Call Costs Pot Club $6k

​Yesterday we told you about Igzactly Health Center, a pot club wishing to do business at 527 Howard Street in the Financial District. The club's operators, whose original permit hearing was scheduled for April, have been paying rent on the property since January -- and they'll have to pay another ... More >>

S.F. Cracks List of Nation's Three Fastest-Plummeting Housing Markets (We Took Bronze)

New statistics show you absolutely can't afford these houses, but they now likely cost 28 percent less than last year's ridiculous pricesWhat do Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Francisco have in common? Yep: sketchy nightclubs and plummeting housing prices. According to S&P data released today, San ... More >>

I'd Buy That for a Dollar: S.F.-Area Home Sales Surge

Prices for homes here in San Francisco have dropped from preposterous to merely ridiculous -- and, as a result, sales are up. Way up.In December, 19.7 percent more homebuyers took the plunge than one month earlier. The December 2008 sales numbers represented a 36 percent leap from December 2007 sale ... More >>

Leno's Hemp Screen

Just say "no" to more hemp. Focus on the weak dollar and apocalypse tomorrow!

Moral Inferiority

S.F. Democrats have talked "values" for years, but it's all been empty talk. To make a national comeback, Demos need to concentrate on moral works.

Downtown's Fairy Godmother

Doris Ward, San Francisco's assessor, is tossing around commercial tax breaks as if they were fairy dust. It's costing the city at least $100 million a year.

Home Improvements

Renovation tricks from our slippery, deadbeat mayor