Asking Rents Inch Up in San Francisco, Slip in Oakland
The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as units in larger developments, has inched up $25 over the past month to…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Ekes Out a Gain
Having dropped 1.3 percent in January, 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 Peninsula)…
Fewest First Quarter Home Sales in San Francisco Since 2009
Recorded home sales in San Francisco totaled just under 1,000 in the first quarter of 2019. That’s down nearly 13 percent versus the first quarter of last year, the fewest…
Pending U.S. Home Sales Tick Up
Having slipped 1 percent in February, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, ticked up 3.8 percent in March…
Bay Area Home Sales Are Down, Median Price Has Slipped
Following a trend which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, while the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area increased a seasonally…
Designer Penthouse Fetches a Few Percent over Its 2016 Price
Purchased for $3.125 million in mid-2016, having been listed for $3.2 million, the designer two-bedroom penthouse #708 atop 255 Berry Street, which features a wood-paneled ceiling, walls and wide plank…
Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Inches Up
With the number of homes newly listed for sale over the past two weeks having outpaced sales, the listed inventory of homes on the market in San Francisco has ticked…
Modern Silicon Valley Mansion Finally Fetches $1,300 Per Foot
Having hit the market priced at $29.8 million early last year, touting nine Feng Shui selling points, the modern Atherton mansion at 96 Ridge View Drive has finally fetched a…
Ghirardelli Garage Redevelopment Closer to Reality
As we first outlined early last year: Plans to level the two-story Ghirardelli garage at 915 North Point have been in the works since 2016. And as now formally proposed,…
Take Two for a Previously Flipped Nob Hill Condo
Purchased for $1.74 million in May of 2015, renovated (“including all new kitchen, all new bathrooms, a lighting system, hardwood floors and window coverings”) and then successfully flipped for $2.255…