SoMa Penthouse Nearly Fetches Its 2007 Price
Purchased for $850,000 in January of 2012, the two-story, 1,245-square-foot penthouse unit #827 at The Palms returned to the market listed for $1.399 million this past June. Reduced to $1.299…
San Francisco and Bay Area Employment Slip from Record Highs
Having hit a downwardly revised record of 555,000 in September, the number of people living in the city of San Francisco with a job slipped by 1,800 in October to…
Plans for Prominent Market Street Site Qualify for Streamlined Review
The big plans for a 96-unit building to rise up to 85 feet in height at the intersection of Market and Duboce, behind the historic façade of the former Gantner…
Philz Sets Its Sights on Polk Street
Philz Coffee is planning to take over the former Russian Hill Bookstore storefront at 2230 Polk Street which has been vacant for five months. As proposed, while the interior of…
Blanc de Blanc in Downtown San Francisco
Purchased as new for $1.275 million in February of 2014, the penultimate “penthouse” unit #1001 atop the Stanley Saitowitz designed boutique building at 1080 Sutter Street dubbed “Blanc” resold in…
Mortgage Rates Tick Up, Odds of a Rate Hike Holding at 100 Percent
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up 5 basis points over the past week to 3.95 percent, which is the highest rate in nearly four months, within…
Noe Valley View Home Fails to Fetch 2015-Era Price
Newly built on a wide Noe Valley view lot which was purchased for $1.185 million in May of 2015, the contemporary 3,675-square-foot home at 1644 Diamond Street hit the market…
Plans to Raze an $11 Million Fixer for a Fashionable Mansion to Rise
Purchased as an oceanfront “fixer” for $11 million in April of 2015, plans to demolish the existing 4,600-square-foot home at 178 Sea Cliff Avenue are in the works. And as…
Expected Timing for a Modular Oakland Tower and Townhomes
The downsized plans for a modular 29-story tower to rise up to 350 feet in height on the corner of Franklin and 21st Street in Uptown Oakland have just received…
Five Percent per Year for a Contemporary Bernal Heights Home
Having averaged annual appreciation of roughly 14 percent a year from 2012 to 2015, at which point it traded hands for $2.325 million or roughly $1,091 per square foot, the…