Is the market cooling?  Are there fewer buyers?  Are these condos not priced properly in the market?

Real estate is local. 

Well priced condos in North Beach continue to sell when they are properly presented to the market. 

I must have a little libertarian in my liberal self.

The short block of Mason Street between Columbus and Lombard was closed a few weeks ago.  At first, I thought this was part of the city's plan to make urban parks (like the one in the Castro at 17th Street).  I realized that it is part of the renovation of the North Beach branch library. 

What a difference a year makes.  The snapshot of the North Beach condo market last year looks very different than the current year...

unscientific, it's true, but 'hot' and 'desirable' have always been in the eyes of the beholder...