San Francisco and East Bay Apartment Rents Slip
While it’s a nominal change, the average asking rent for an apartment in a building with over 50 units in both San Francisco and the East Bay slipped at the…
Another Big Reduction for an Unfinished Pac Heights Flip
As we first reported last year when we noticed An Uptick in Listings, and Reductions, for Unfinished Flips in San Francisco, the asking price for the Pacific Heights building at…
Tenderloin Take Two: From Affordable to Market Rate
Originally approved for the development of affordable senior housing over a decade ago, neither financing nor the building permits for a five-story building to rise on Tenderloin parking lot parcel…
Asking $5.5M for a Two-Bedroom Noe Home!
Purchased for $759,000 in early 2012 as pictured above, the little single-family home at 3822 24th Street, in the heart of Noe Valley, is back on the market for $5.5…
The Race to Landmark or Raze Hap’s Old Mission District Haunt
A member of the American Motorcycle Association Hall of Fame, Loren ‘Hap’ Jones was a pioneer in motorcycle riding, racing and culture. And he was the first civilian to cross…
The Options for Redeveloping SF’s Railyard, Tracks and I-280’s End
The City of San Francisco has narrowed the potential options for connecting Caltrain and High Speed Rail to the Transbay Center and potentially across to the East Bay, redeveloping the…
A Blast from the past, Parking Pads and Possible Foreshadowing
Purchased for $1.385 million in early 2011 when listed as an “architecturally unique” property with the potential for an “(e)asy garage addition,” the buyers of the Ashbury Heights home at…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Nearing Three-Year Low
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year loan dropped to 3.62 percent over the past week and is within 3 basis points (0.03) of its lowest rate since mid-2013 as…
Warriors Arena M-Bomb a Dud
While the Mission Bay Alliance is moving forward with at least two lawsuits aimed at disrupting the Golden State Warriors plans to build a Mission Bay arena, the Alliance’s challenge…
A Below Asking but Record-Setting $13M Sale
The sale of the newly built Tiburon home at 1860 Mountain View Drive has just closed escrow for a record-setting $13 million, three weeks after we first featured the modern…