Mortgage Rates Tick Up For Second Week In A Row
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked back up to 4.20 percent over the past week and is within 38 basis points of the three-year high rate of…
Condos to Rise on 16th Street in Record Setting Deal
MX3 Ventures has paid $8.7 million for the two-story Superior Automotive shop at 3140-50 16th Street between Valencia and Guerrero in the Mission and has hired BAR Architects to design…
Unpretentious Yet Assertive (Inside): A Classic William Wurster Design
In listing agent parlance, this one is not a drive by. Designed by renowned architect William Wilson Wurster, the Pacific Heights home at 1641 Green Street has been by described…
San Francisco Cut From America’s Cup Shortlist
An email to Mayor Ed Lee last night has confirmed the BBC’s original report that San Francisco will not be hosting the 35th America’s Cup in 2017. Chicago, San Diego,…
From Waterfront Warehouse To Over 300 Homes As Proposed
The plans to convert Alameda’s landmark Del Monte warehouse building into a mix of 309 housing units along with 10,000 square feet of retail space were presented to the city’s…
Delving Into Great Ground Floor Design
From the introduction to David Baker and Amanda Loper’s Focus on the First 20 Feet photo essay in the Urbanist, a compliment to Benjamin Grant’s piece on the importance of…
Fixed Up, Platinum Certified And Asking $10M More In Cow Hollow
As we first reported a few months ago, the Cow Hollow home at 2680 Green Street was purchased as a “fixer” for $3,100,000 in 2010, was completely renovated as “a…
Price For Market Street One-Bedroom Jumps $101K In Two Months
Two months ago, a brand new 786-square-foot one-bedroom condo atop “The Century” at 2200 Market Street was purchased for $949,000 ($1,207 per square foot). Having decided against a move to…
Moscone Center’s Redesign Refined
Responding in part to concerns about the impact of the Moscone Center’s proposed expansion project on the adjacent Children’s Garden, as well as to the impact of the building’s mass…
Condo Sales In San Francisco Drop While Listings Are On The Rise
The sales volume for condos listed for sale in San Francisco was down over 20 percent on a year-over-year basis last month, according to MLS data. At the same time,…