Pending Home Sales Activity in the West Drops below Average
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index eked out a revised 0.1 percent gain in December. The Index, for which 100 denotes an average level of activity, now…
SF’s Bonus Height Program Amended to Limit Impact and ‘Abuse’
The terms of San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program (AHBP), which would allow developers to build up to three stories higher than currently zoned, have been amended. And while…
Downsized Mid-Market Development Closer to Reality
With new plans in hand for a downsized development which will cover half the triangular Mid-Market block bound by Market, Turk and Taylor, while leaving The Warfield and Crazy Horse…
Bay Area House Values Hit Record High, Condos Slip
Having ticked up 0.3 percent in November, the Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area is back to the all-time high set in early 2006.…
Robin Williams’ Wine Country Estate Sells For $18.1 Million
The sale of the late Robin Williams’ 650-acre wine country estate known as ‘Villa Sorriso’ has closed escrow with a contract price of $18.1 million, nearly $17 million below its…
Waterfront Development Close to Being Overturned
While the hotly contested plans for a 220-foot building with 133 condos to rise at 75 Howard Street were approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission last year, a pair of…
Downsized Mid-Market Development Completely Redesigned
Last year it came to light that Group I’s plans for a modern Mid-Market hotel, residential and retail complex to rise up to 200-feet in height at Market and Turk,…
Developer Fighting Transit Impact Fee for Mission Bay
According to the attorneys for Kilroy Realty, the development team fully understands “the pressing need and political importance for transportation and infrastructure improvements” in Mission Bay, and their appeal of…
Inventory of Homes for Sale in San Francisco on the Rise
With the typical post-Super Bowl surge still two weeks away, the inventory of homes listed for sale in San Francisco increased 13 percent over the past week as new supply…
Employment in San Francisco Slips Again While East Bay Gains
For the second month in a row, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job slipped. And while it was a nominal drop of a hundred, from…