Little Lot Sells for $299K with Big Plans for a Small House
The substandard 1,522-square-foot lot at the corner of Folsom and Chapman has just sold for $299,000, having been marketed as “high above the fray and close to Bernal Heights Park,…
Plans to Transform the Former Volvo Shop on 16th
Purchased by Steel Arc Properties (a.k.a. the Martin Building Company) for $4.6 million last year, plans to add two modern stories and twelve apartments atop the former Volvo Centrum shop…
Proposal to Double the Size of Lyft’s Old HQ and Add Townhomes
Plans to double the size of the 68,500-square-foot Mission District office building at 2300 Harrison Street, which was leased to Lyft before their move to China Basin, are in the…
Bigger Plans for Mission District Lavanderia Parcel Proposed
The formal application to raze the Wash Club lavanderia at 2918 Mission Street and redevelop its Mission District parcel and adjacent parking lot has been filed. As expected, while the…
More Affordable Housing on the Way in South Mission Bay
While Mission Bay North is fully developed, and the last market rate residential development to be built within the boundaries of Mission Bay South is under construction at 1000 Channel…
Crowdfunding Gone Wrong on Telegraph Hill
Purchased as “an amazing opportunity to reinvent a special and historically rich residence on a coveted Telegraph Hill cul-de-sac” for $1.65 million in 2013, the buyers of the two-unit building…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to 4.14%
Having ticked up to 4.30 percent two weeks ago with the probability of the Fed’s second rate hike already priced-in, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since…
Modern Alamo Square Renovation Fetches $7.35 Million
As we first reported last month (and have been following from its start): Purchased as a dilapidated four-unit building which had been completely stripped of its architectural integrity for $975,000…
The First Home in Albany to Break the $2 Million Mark
Listed for $1.685 million on the first of March, the sale of the remodeled Craftsman home at 1613 Sonoma Avenue, over in Albany, has already closed escrow. And with a…
Woodside Estate Reduced to 38 Percent of 2012 Price
Originally marketed by Sotheby’s for $47.5 million in 2012, the 3.4-acre Woodside estate dubbed “Woodhaven Manor” at 700 Kings Mountain Road – which was built in 1988 and includes a…