Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Slips but Ended 2017 Up
The seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. dropped 9.3 percent from November to 625,000 in December but was still 14.1 percent higher versus December 2016,…
Approved Development on the Market in Western SoMa
The toned-down plans for a 24-unit development to rise up to six stories in height upon the former CrossFit site at 1228 Folsom Street were approved by the City early…
Mortgage Rates Jump
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped 11 basis points over the past week to 4.15 percent which is still 4 basis points below the 4.19 percent rate…
Big Plans for a Showplace Development on Kansas Street
Having traded hands for $14.2 million in early 2016, plans to level the 31,000-square-foot Kleinen Square showroom/commercial building at 300 Kansas Street, which fronts 16th Street between Kansas and Vermont,…
Redevelopment of SoMa Gas Station Site Revving Up
As we first reported back in 2016: With the lease for the Shell station on the corner of Fifth and Folsom expiring early next year, plans for a slender eight-story…
Existing U.S. Home Sales Dropped in December but Ended 2017 Up
Having jumped 5.6 percent in November, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. dropped 3.6 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million transactions but…
Plans to Raze the Examiner’s Printer for Housing to Rise
The Fang family is planning to level the San Francisco Newspaper Printing Company building at 1201 Evans Avenue – within which the San Francisco Examiner, SF Weekly and a number…
Refined Designs and Density for Proposed Duboce Triangle Project
In the works since 2016, as we first reported at the time, the plans for a four-story building to rise up to 40 feet in height upon the underdeveloped Duboce…
West Oakland Development Seeks Extension, Aims to Break Ground
Originally approved for development back in December of 2014, the entitlements to develop 235 apartments over 14,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space and parking for 239 cars upon…
Union Street Vacancy Count Ticks Up
Including a couple of spurs down Fillmore and Webster Streets, such as the space which Shake Shack has been eyeing to become their first outlet in San Francisco, as we…