2018 Ends with More Homes for Sale in SF, Pending Sales Down
With only a handful of homes having been newly listed for sale over the past week, and the seasonal culling of unsold listings – which will likely return to the…
Bay Area Home Sales Drop, Median Price Trending Down
Having rebounded to a 7-year seasonal low in September, the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area totaled 6,147 in November, down 14.1…
Palo Alto Prestige Trades for Nearly $2 Million Less
Purchased for $8.5 million in June of 2016, the “sumptuous” Palo Alto home at 1117 Hamilton Street, which sits on a “prestigious Crescent Park” parcel and features “exquisite architectural and…
Pending U.S. Home Sales Continue to Drop Despite More Inventory
Having dropped 2.6 percent in October, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, declined another 0.7 percent in November…
Mortgage Rates End the Year Half a Point Higher
Having hit a 7-year high of 4.94 percent last month, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since dropped 39 basis points, including 7 basis points over the…
Indexes for Bay Area Home Values Slip and Fall
Having slipped 0.7 percent in October, 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…
Refined Timing for Affordable Development to Rise in Mission Bay
The ground for the 152-unit development which will rise up to 74 feet in height, not including its parapets, on the western half of Mission Bay South Block 6, along…
Bay Area Employment Trends up to Another Record High
Having ticked up in October, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job increase by another 5,500 over the past month to a record 571,000 at the…
Trendyloin Penthouse Finally Trades after Nine Years on the Market
Back in 2009, the roughly 3,600 square foot penthouse unit #2101 atop The Hamilton at 631 O’Farrell Street hit the market with a $4.5 million price tag, as we first…
The Plans for a Decaying City Block Have Been Drawn
Formerly owned by the Garibaldi family, the 2.2 acre Portola District block bounded by Woolsey, Hamilton, Wayland and Bowdoin streets, which is known as 770 Woolsey and is currently home…