Bay Area Employment Hits a New High
The number of people living in San Francisco with a job increased by 3,500 last month to a record 547,100. As such, there are now 81,600 more people living in…
Pair of Noe Valley Passive Homes Fetch under $1,000 per Foot
The sales of the two Noe Valley passive houses at 2123-2127 Castro Street have closed escrow. Originally listed for $4.995 million in May, reduced to $4.695 million in June and…
Wine Country Industrial Chic
If you’re a fan of industrial chic, take a peek inside the converted wine country cooperage at 1085 Lodi Lane in Saint Helena, a property which is now back on…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Hits Four-Month High, Odds of a Hike Up
Having ticked down to within 11 basis points of an all-time low two weeks ago, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage has since moved up 10 basis points to…
Existing U.S. Home Sales and Inventory Up, Median Price Down
Having slipped 4.8 percent over the past two months, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. rebounded 3.2 percent to an annual rate of 5.47 million sales…
Nouveau Silicon Valley
It’s not often we’re caught nearly speechless. But this is one of those times. Purchased for $2.6 million last year, the property at 12179 Hilltop Drive now includes 7,800 square…
There’s a New Master Architect for The SF Shipyard
David Adjaye, the internationally acclaimed architect behind the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC, has been engaged as the new masterplan architect and creative…
Polk Gulch Parcel Zoned for 130-Foot-Tall Building in Play
The two-story building at 925 O’Farrell Street most recently occupied by Thai Stick Shabu Shabu, which is mid-move to Fillmore Street, is now being shopped for $3.6 million. And while…
One of Three on That Coveted Block Fetches $1,854 per Foot
Listed for $15.5 million in May, reduced to $13.5 million in July, and then de-listed from the MLS last month, the remodeled Pacific Heights mansion at 2480 Broadway has quietly…
Housing for Homeless Vets and Low-Income Families Closer to Reality
The designs for a five-story building with 119 below-market-rate apartments for otherwise homeless veterans and low-income families to rise at 1150 Third Street, on the eastern half of Mission Bay…