A Decade Of Evictions In San Francisco By District And Type
Over the past ten years, a total of 5,470 rent-controlled housing units have been cleared of tenants and removed from the rental market in San Francisco by way of no-fault…
Planning Commission Initiates Mission District Mini-Moratorium
San Francisco’s Planning Commission has voted to consider enacting “Interim Controls” for new market-rate housing, office and retail developments in the Mission. The stated intent is to provide the City…
Housing Policy Hypocrisy In San Francisco?
While the Mayor’s Office has agreed to spend a potential record-setting amount to purchase a Mission District development site in order to build 72 units of affordable housing, the City…
Proposed Waterfront Tower Rendered With Five New Towers As Well
Earlier this week we revealed the new design for the proposed 20-story residential tower to rise at 75 Howard Street, with 133 market rate condos over 6,000 square feet of…
Office Rents In S.F. Nearing An All-Time High, Deal Flow Slows
The net occupancy of office space in San Francisco increased by a nominal 66,000 square feet in the second quarter of the year, the smallest quarterly increase in two years…
City To Pay Luxury Price For Affordable Mission District Development
The City of San Francisco has agreed to pay $18.5 million for the former “Quality Tune-Up” site at 490 South Van Ness Avenue and 16th Street in the Mission, a…
Affordable Housing Bond Report And Average Rent-Control Tenancy
An interesting factoid with respect to rent control tenants in San Francisco from the City’s Economic Impact Report for the proposed $310 million General Obligation bond to support Affordable Housing…
Demand For Oakland Office Space Nearing Record Rate
The vacancy rate for office space in Oakland’s Central Business District has dropped from 9.6 to 7.5 percent over the past six months and demand for East Bay office space…
Noe Valley Modern Fetches $3.3M And Appreciation Might Surprise
Taken down to the studs and remodeled in 2005 with Architect Jonathan Feldman leading the way, the modern Noe Valley home at 2 Kronquist Court sold for $2,185,000 in early…
China’s Stock Market Is Tanking, Will It Weigh On Local Real Estate?
China’s benchmark stock index, the Shanghai Composite, fell 5.9 percent yesterday and has tumbled 30 percent over the past three weeks. The ChiNext index of small-cap stocks has plummeted over…