Benchmark Mortgage Rate Back Below 4 Percent
Having ticked up to 4.03 percent two weeks ago, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage is now back down to 3.92 percent but remains 44 basis points above…
Positioning for 130 Feet in Height and Office Space Right Here
The second floor of the 32,000-square-foot ABC Imaging building at 679 Bryant Street, which is also known as 168 Welsh Street, has been recently remodeled to look more upscale and…
New Home Sales in the U.S. Inch up, Inventory Hits Eight-Year High
Having gained an upwardly revised 4.9 percent in May, the seasonally adjusted rate of new single-family home sales in the U.S. inched up another 0.8 percent in June to an…
Refined Designs and Renderings for a Big and Bigger Oakland Tower
Having been completely redesigned “to break down the bulk” of the proposed development and be “more consistent with the rectilinear forms” of the existing high-rise buildings in the area, SCB…
Supervisors Overturn Approval of Lower Nob Hill Hotel
While approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission last month, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has sided with a public appeal of the project and unanimously voted to overturn the required…
High-End Mint Plaza Loft Fails to Fetch 2014 Price
Purchased for $1.5 million in October 2014, the “Manhattan-like industrial condo” unit #1 at 10 Mint Plaza – which features high-gloss concrete floors, exposed beams, high ceilings, high-end finishes, and…
Ciao Bello Seconda Parte: Prime Napa Vineyard and Villa Has Sold
As we first reported last year: Michael Bello, the founder of a Southern California construction company, purchased five acres of prime Napa Valley land in 2000 and built Bello Family…
Top Tier Slips but Indexes for Bay Area Home Values Hit New Highs
Having gained 1.5 percent in April, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and…
RADical Oakland Tower Redesigned
Facing pushback with respect to the lack of a pronounced step back along 15th Street, which was seen as being inconsistent with “the lower height context of the buildings within…
Plans for a Boutique Hotel in the Heart of the Castro
While a reincarnation of the restaurant Maroc has recently been reported as ‘coming soon’ to the vacant Cafe La Taza space on its second floor, plans to level the Bite…