Noe Valley Has a Second $7M Sale and New Most Expensive Home
Listed for $5.8 million in April, the sale of the rebuilt Noe Valley home at 553 Elizabeth Street has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $7 million, matching…
Caltrain’s Recommendations Sure To Piss Some Riders Off
No bathrooms on Caltrain? That’s the recommendation of Caltrain’s staff as they prepare to issue the official Request for Proposals to supply the new electric train cars which are slated…
Church Conversion Could Spark A Few New Flames
Two years ago, a fire damaged the home which shares the lot with the former Iglesia del Pacto Evangelico church at 856 Capp Street, between 23rd and 24th in the…
Modern Mid-Market Development Aiming For 2017 Opening
Trumark Urban’s proposed 12-story building to rise at 1554 Market Street, between Franklin and Van Ness, with 109 condos over three ground-floor retail spaces and an underground garage for 28…
Basis For 30-Year Mortgage Rate On The Move (Up)
Since hitting a 2015 high of 3.87 percent last week, the average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has been relatively unchanged. But the 10-year Treasury yield, the basis for…
Ballot Measure Could Yield 30-Month Housing Moratorium
While the legislative push for a market-rate housing moratorium failed, the official summary for the proposed ballot measure to impose a Mission District Housing Moratorium has been filed with San…
San Francisco’s Median Rent Is NOT $4,225. Really, It’s Not
The SFGate’s recent report that the median rent in San Francisco has hit “a ridiculous $4,225” is factually wrong and borderline reckless. From the report: “We already knew the rent…
Infilling Visitacion Valley: The Blanken Avenue And Park Project
Martin Building Company has been working on plans to squeeze over 200 new apartments and 150 parking spaces on the sliver of Visitacion Valley land that sits between the massive…
New Plans For Parcel Across From Parque Ninos Unidos
The modern concept design for the Mission District parcel at 953 Treat Avenue has been kicked to curb, but Winder Gibson Architects is working on plans for a residential building…
Folsom Street Rising: From Printing Presses To Condos As Proposed
Plans to raze the two-story First California Press building at 1075 Folsom Street and construct a six-story building, with 34 condos over a ground floor commercial space, have been submitted…