New Homes Sales Up In January, Inventory Up Even More
The seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. increased to an annual rate of 468,000 in January, up 2.2 percent year-over-year and the highest rate since…
Apples to Apples and Peak to Peak?
Purchased for $2,700,000 in August of 2007, the John Maniscalco designed home at 836 Alvarado is back on the market and listed for $2,599,000, a little under $800 per foot.…
Home Loan Purchase Activity At Lowest Level Since 1995
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Purchase Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume for home purchases in the U.S., has fallen to its lowest level…
Condos Rather Than Cold Ones On Divisadero Street
A proposal to add four floors of residential space over the existing two-story garage at 834 Divisadero Street is making its way through Planning. Designed by Ian Birchall and Associates,…
A Couple Of Interesting Notes For Tomorrow’s Home Price Reports
A couple of things to keep in mind when reading tomorrow’s reports of home prices in San Francisco having gained 22.6 percent in 2013. The rate of appreciation has been…
$2.4 Million For A Mission Dolores Diamond That’s Still In The Rough
Purchased as a “diamond in the rough” for $1,350,000 in November of 2012, plans to add 1,400 square feet of living space to the Mission Dolores home at 29 Dorland…
Designs For Mission District Development At 15th And Shotwell
As we first reported early last year with respect to plans for development at the intersection of 15th Street and Shotwell in the Mission: Permits to demolish the one-story warehouse…
San Francisco Home Price Appreciation Slows, Condo Values Stall
According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home values in the San Francisco MSA ticked up a nominal 0.2% from November to December 2013, gaining a total of 0.5%…
Rebuilt Noe Home Fetches $2.5 Million, $939 Per Square Foot
Purchased as a 1,630 square foot Noe Valley home for $1,350,000 in February of 2013 and then stripped to studs, expanded to 2,662 square feet and rebuilt with a bit…
State Bill Targeting Speculative Evictions In SF Introduced, Again
As expected, Senator Mark Leno has introduced Senate Bill No. 1439, designed to prohibit speculators from buying tenant occupied buildings in San Francisco, evicting the tenants by way of the…