Top-Tier Bay Area House Values Slip, Condos Hit New High
Having slipped a nominal 0.2 percent at the end of the year, the Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area dropped another 0.7 percent in…
Plans for 225-Unit Auto Row Development Progress
The proposed plans for a seven-story Oakland development with 225 apartments over 23,000 square feet of retail space and an underground garage for 222 cars at 2400 Valdez Street have…
Affordable Mission District Development Remains on the Boards
Rather than include any affordable housing onsite, the development team behind “Vida” at 2558 Mission Street deeded the industrial building at 1296 Shotwell Street to the City in 2012. And…
Pending Home Sales Growth Stalls, Drops in the West
While the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index rose 3.5 percent from January to February, last month’s year-over-year gain of 0.7 percent was the smallest in 18 months.…
Bay Area Home Sales Hold, San Francisco Median Slips
The recorded sales volume of single-family homes and condos in San Francisco increased 13.4 percent from 373 in January to 423 in February, which is within 0.3 percentage points of…
San Francisco’s Hub 2.0
Over a century ago, the intersection of Market, Valencia, Haight and Gough in San Francisco was dubbed “The Hub.” At the time, four main streetcar lines converged at the intersection,…
Another Seven Million Less for Serenity Now
On the market for $42 million early last year and reduced to $35 million in December, the list price for the 101-acre Alamo estate at 10 Serenity Lane has just…
Privatization of Open Space for Salesforce Closer to Reality
As we first reported last year, Salesforce.com is planning to convert 13,000 square feet of its existing office and restaurant space at 50 Fremont Street and 8,900 square feet of…
New Plans for 53 Mission District Condos and Retail
The application for a permit to demolish the two one-story auto shops on the southeast corner of 16th and Florida Streets have been submitted to the City. The plans for…
$65M Price Cut for Massive Peninsula Estate
On the market for $100 million in 2013, the asking price for the 47.5-acre de Guigne estate at 891 Crystal Springs Road in Hillsborough, which includes a 16,000-square-foot mansion, was…