U.S. New Home Sales: Up 11.4% In February Year-Over-Year
The seasonally adjusted annual pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. fell to 313,000 in February, down 1.6 percent from a revised rate of 318,000 in January but…
Central Subway Station Site “Under Wraps” (And Renderings)
With bids to build the Chinatown Station for San Francisco’s Central Subway due May 8th, and construction scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017, the now-vacant building at…
CityPlace Parcels Rescheduled For Foreclosure
As we first reported two weeks ago, the parcels on which the approved CityPlace development were slated to rise along Market Street were scheduled to hit the courthouse steps on…
Take Three (And Three Hundred Thousand Off) For 1391 Clayton
As we reported back in March of 2009: On the market last October asking $2,795,000 and then relisted in January for $100,000 less, 1391 Clayton has hit Craigslist as a…
Piers 30-32 Back In Play For The America’s Cup (And Beyond)
Having been dropped from the development plans last month, Piers 30-32 are back in play with respect to the America’s Cup. Under the latest proposal, the Port of San Francisco…
Envisioning San Francisco’s Central Corridor As An EcoDistrict
With an opportunity to build between 6,600 and 14,000 new housing units, and office space to support 22,900 to 46,700 new workers, San Francisco’s Planning Department is working to develop…
A Beacon Of Hope
In April of 2006, the 1,476 square foot Beacon two-bedroom known as 250 King Street #802 was purchased for $906,666 ($614 per square foot) with not only no money down,…
Existing U.S. Sales Pace Slips As Supply And Median Price Tick Up
The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. slipped 0.9 percent from an upwardly revised 4.63 million in January to a 4.59 million pace in February, up 8.8…
Home Depot Applies Again: Can They Do It In San Francisco?
Four years ago, following a decade long battle to develop, Home Depot walked away from the former Goodman Lumber site on Bayshore Boulevard. With Lowe’s having since successfully developed the…
As Pre-Foreclosure Activity Drops, Scheduled Auctions Tick Up In SF
Pre-foreclosure activity in San Francisco has dropped from 611 properties in the pipeline in January to 420 today, 30 percent of which are in District 10*. On a year-over-year basis,…