November 2019 – SocketSite™

Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Remodeling and Renovation

Fully Remodeled and Striking a Thanksgiving Pose

November 28, 2019

Designed by Charles Lewis Hinkel and built in 1883, the Lower Pacific Heights Victorian at 1709 Broderick Street, or at least its façade, gained widespread notoriety for having played the…

Trends

Pace of Pending Home Sales in the U.S. Drops

November 27, 2019

Having ticked up 1.5 percent in September, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped 1.7 percent in October…

Breaking News Bubble (Or Not) Real Estate Economics Trends

Index for Bay Area Home Values Drops Despite Gains Nationwide

November 26, 2019

Having turned negative last month, 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…

Breaking News City Planning Neighborhoods

Judge Denies Request to Block Navigation Center

November 25, 2019

Having been denied a restraining order to halt construction of the temporary Navigation Center which is being assembled upon the Port’s parking lot parcel known as Seawall Lot 330, adjacent…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Bonus Plans for Building Up Post Street

November 25, 2019

Plans to raze the 4-story office building at 2233 Post Street, between Scott and Divisadero in Lower Pac Heights, are in the works. And while the site is principally only…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Commercial Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

(Partial) Conversion of SF Design Center Slated for Approval

November 25, 2019

While plans to convert the (newly) landmarked San Francisco Design Center building at 2 Henry Adams into tech space and lease the building to Pinterest were thwarted back in 2014,…

Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Trends

Reduced Listings Tick Up in SF, Pending Sales as Well

November 25, 2019

The share of homes currently listed for sale in San Francisco that have undergone at least one price reduction has ticked up to 32 percent, which is 5 percentage points…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Plans for Ambitious Bus Yard Redevelopment Newly Massed

November 22, 2019

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s formal application to move forward with the ambitious redevelopment of the Potrero Yard Muni Bus Maintenance Facility at 2500 Mariposa Street has been newly…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Dip, Fed Uncertainty in Play

November 21, 2019

The average rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped 9 basis points over the past week and now measures 3.66 percent, which is 3 basis points lower than two weeks ago,…

Trends

Pace of Existing U.S. Home Sales Ticks Back Up, Slips out West

November 21, 2019

Having dropped 2.2 percent in September, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. ticked up 1.9 percent in October to an annual rate of 5.46 million sales,…

Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
One can certainly hope so!
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Scott Wiener and Sacramento knowingly set SF up for failure with the 82,000 unit mandate One has to wonder about…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
I share your skepticism. I've also read that the 833 Bryant project, built on the cheap, has all kinds of…
Parklife on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
Except that the S&P return during that same period was approximately 88%, without holding costs (albeit assuming this was leveraged,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
If anything good can come from this, hopefully tthose who aren't cheerleading development and have concerns about neighborhood character will…
Jack on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
I guess it’s hard to argue with value engineering low income housing, but what a shame they were not able…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
A joint venture led by three local developers including Bernal Heights Housing Corporation, Tabernacle Community Development Corporation, and Mitchelville Real…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Lurie's key claim — and the big point in his favor relevant for this thread — is that he was…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Your guess is as good as mine. He may be really good for SF, or he may be worthless. I…
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Yes it is, definitely...one of the two.

Fully Remodeled and Striking a Thanksgiving Pose

Pace of Pending Home Sales in the U.S. Drops

Index for Bay Area Home Values Drops Despite Gains Nationwide

Judge Denies Request to Block Navigation Center

Bonus Plans for Building Up Post Street

(Partial) Conversion of SF Design Center Slated for Approval

Reduced Listings Tick Up in SF, Pending Sales as Well

Plans for Ambitious Bus Yard Redevelopment Newly Massed

Mortgage Rates Dip, Fed Uncertainty in Play

Pace of Existing U.S. Home Sales Ticks Back Up, Slips out West

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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

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