With the San Francisco Flower Mart Tenants Association having opted to permanently relocate rather than return to a new and improved Flower Mart at 6th and Brannan, once the approved redevelopment of the existing Flower Mart site is completed, the refined plans for the new San Francisco Flower Market,... Read More »

Having jumped over 14 percent in July, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up another 4.8 percent in August to an annualized rate of 1,011,000 sales, which was 43.2 percent above its pace at the same time last year and the highest... Read More »

As we revealed earlier this year: Having never recovered from stated concerns that a proposed four-story hotel to rise on the former Tower Records Annex turned bike rental parcel at 1196 Columbus Avenue, a development which was originally branded and designed to specifically target millennial travelers, would attract “late-night... Read More »

Purchased for $1,069,433 four years ago in September of 2016, the top-floor, two-bedroom corner unit #605 at 388 Fulton Street hit the market in Hayes Valley listed for $998,000 this past July. The efficient 720-square-foot unit features westerly views, with an open galley kitchen, modern finishes and access to... Read More »

Having jumped nearly 25 percent in July, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. ticked up 2.4 percent in August to an annual rate of 6.00 million sales, a pace which is 10.5 percent higher than at the same time last year and an effective 14-year... Read More »

Having ticked up another 8 percent over the past week, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of new sales and contract activity, has jumped over 15 percent since the end of August and crossed over the 1,800 mark for the first time in a... Read More »

Designed by Albert Pissis and built to house the Roos Bro’s clothing and gent’s furnishings business back in 1907, the four-story building at 2 Stockton Street, which was most recently occupied by Forever 21 and was once home to Grodins as well, was “streamlined” in the 1930’s and then... Read More »

With the gap between the average list price per square foot of the homes on the market in San Francisco and those which are in contract having doubled over the past month, the percentage of homes on the market with a list price that has been reduced at least... Read More »

Purchased for $2,132,111 in December of 2017, the “luxe” two-bedroom, two-bath unit #25A in the Lumina tower at 201 Folsom Street, with “wrap-around floor-to-ceiling windows” and “awe-inspiring panoramic views,” returned to the market priced $2.5 million in August of 2018. Re-listed for $2,488,000 early last year, around the time... Read More »

Having slipped to just under $3,600 last month, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco has since dropped another 5 percent to $3,425, which is now down 20 percent on a year-over-year basis and 23 percent below a 2015-era peak, driven by a sharp increase... Read More »