Packing ‘Em In At 100 Van Ness, Even More Apartments Proposed
The Emerald Fund is seeking permission to add another 18 apartments to the 399 under construction at 100 Van Ness Avenue, within the old AAA building which has been re-skinned.…
Contemporary Fixtures With Victorian Charm?
The 4,000-square-foot Victorian at 1120 South Van Ness Avenue has been remodeled. But as illustrated by the master bath, this isn’t your typical gut job. And many of the home’s…
The Plan To Make San Francisco More Green
While San Francisco is often considered to be one of the “greenest” cities in the world when it comes to renewable energy and zero-waste goals, San Francisco has one of…
Oakland’s Uptown Neighborhood Is Great, But It’s Not Number One
Oakland’s Uptown has landed on the American Planning Association’s list of “Great Neighborhoods” this year, a list which included San Francisco’s Chinatown in 2013. While Uptown appears atop the list…
Infamous Dogpatch Party Pad Sells For $2.2M
Greg Bronstein’s former Dogpatch party pad at 1200 Indiana Street, complete with a cantilevered hot tub overlooking the living room island and a temple to showering behind, was foreclosed upon…
Mortgage Rates Drop, Back Near 2014 Lows
The average rate for a conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has dropped from 4.23 percent to 4.12 percent over the past three weeks and is back to within 2 basis points…
$250K Shaved From Award-Winning “Flip House” Price
Originally listed for $3.495 million in July, the list price for the Anne Fougeron designed “Flip House” at 664 Wisconsin Street has just been reduced by $250K, now asking $3.245…
Pinterest Drops Design Center Plans, Signs New Lease In SoMa
According to a spokesperson for the company, Pinterest has dropped its plans to move into the San Francisco Design Center at 2 Henry Adams Street and has signed a lease…
Trulia Deems San Francisco Overvalued, San Jose And Oakland Too
Based on ratios of home prices, incomes and rents, San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland all made Trulia’s latest top-ten list of the most “overvalued” housing markets in the U.S.,…
SF’s Airbnb Law Approved, Short-Term Rentals Legalized
Supervisor Chiu’s proposed ordinance to legalize, but limit, short-term rentals in San Francisco, a so-called “Airbnb law,” has been approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors by a vote of…