Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Drops
Having ticked up 1.3 percent in August, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. dropped 2.2 percent in September to an annual rate of 5.38 million sales…
More Time for Banked Trendyloin Entitlement Now Being Sought
As we outlined back in the third quarter of 2017: Purchased as an un-entitled Tenderloin parcel for $1.6 million , plans for an eight-story, market-rate building with 23 sub-500-square-foot residential…
New Plans for Landmark Sentinel Building Have Been Drawn
Finished in 1907, having been under construction during the great quake of 1906, the now landmark Columbus Tower/Sentinel Building at 916 Kearny Street was purchased by Francis Ford Coppola in…
Inventory Levels Inch Up, Reductions on the Rise
With the number of homes newly listed for sale over the past week having outpaced the number of new contracts written, the inventory of homes on the market in San…
Crime Down, Legal Motions Up, Surrounding Navigation Center Site
Having been denied a temporary restraining order to halt construction, the neighborhood group fighting to block the opening of a temporary Navigation Center upon the Port’s parking lot parcel known…
Bay Area Unemployment Rates Drop to Record Lows
Benefiting from a seasonal bump in the onboarding of new graduates, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 7,100 in September and now totals…
Bigger Plans for Ocean Avenue Development Closer to Reality
As we outlined two years ago, nearly to the day: The designs for a 125-unit development to rise up to five stories in height upon the former Crayon Box/Little Bear…
Dolores Heights View Home Drops Below Its 2015 Price
Joining the ranks of newly reduced homes is 4085 20th Street, a modern 3,720-square-foot Dolores Heights home perched above Dolores Park, with “breathtaking views” from each of its three levels,…
Mortgage Rates Rebound, Probability of a Rate Cut Hits 90 Percent
Having ticked down 16 basis points since mid-September, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage jumped 12 basis points over the past week and now measures 3.69 percent. That being…
Tower Under Construction Put on Hold
Oceanwide Holdings has officially suspended development of one of the two Oceanwide Center towers under construction at First and Mission Streets. While development of the faceted, 910-foot-tall tower fronting First…