Historic Mission District Garage Back in Play
As referenced by a plugged-in reader, the Spanish Infusion School, which was formerly known as Marin Prep, has formally abandoned its plans to convert the “Superior” Mission District garage at…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Ended 2019 Up
Having ticked down a percent in November, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped 0.4 percent in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 694,000…
Hidden Earthquake Cottage Trades for $535K
Built as an Earthquake Cottage circa 1907 and hidden behind a fence and foliage, the roughly 1,000-square-foot Excelsior District home on a 2,495-square-foot lot at 228 Athens Street hit the…
Inventory Levels Poised to Jump in San Francisco
While the number of homes on the market in San Francisco has stated ticking up, inventory levels are currently running around 15 percent lower than at the same time last…
Stunning Russian Hill Apartment Now Listed for 52 Percent Less
As we detailed in the third quarter of 2018: Purchased by an art collector for $1.55 million in August of 2003, the 3,070-square foot Russian Hill cooperative unit #6 at…
Bay Area Employment Slows Its Roll
The number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck was effectively unchanged from November to December and is now holding around a record 580,000 with an unemployment rate…
Infill on the Boards for Skinny Mission Street Site
Plans for a skinny, nine-story infill building to rise on the Bayanihan building’s parking lot parcel at 1010 Mission Street, which stretches to Jessie, between 6th and 7th, are in…
Mortgage Rates Drop, Odds of a Cut Tick Up
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage has inched down another 4 basis points over the past two weeks to 3.60 percent, which is 85 basis points (0.85 percentage points)…
Studio(s) Space on the Market in SoMa with a $4.2M Price Tag
Having started in the Mission back in 1984, “San Francisco’s premier professional music rehearsal studios” moved to Western SoMa back in 1992 and changed its name to Lennon Studios. The…
Problems for Another Supersized Development as Proposed
As we first reported back in 2018: Plans to raze the one-and-a-half-story building at 3565 Geary Boulevard, which is currently home to Grand Hot Pot Lounge, are in the works.…