Supersized Hayes Valley Project Redesigned, Closer to Reality
As we first reported early last year: The little four-unit building at 630 Octavia Street and its adjacent parcel, which is currently used as a parking lot, recently traded hands…
Big Central SoMa Project Granted Key Exemption, But…
As we outlined earlier this year: The proposed mass redevelopment of 12 contiguous Central SoMa parcels stretching from 400 Second Street to 665 Harrison, a.k.a. the One Vassar project, has…
Drop in Home Sales Driving Inventory Levels Up
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, there are now more homes on the market in San Francisco than there were at the same time last…
Tower Team Sued for Potential Loss of Spectacular Views (UPDATED)
As noted by a plugged-in tipster, the buyers of a $5.85 million, two-bedroom unit on the 55th floor of the new tower at 181 Fremont Street have just filed suit…
Inventory Levels Poised to Jump in San Francisco
While the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco plummeted at the end of March, following the issuance of San Francisco’s original stay-at-home order, inventory levels were already…
520-Foot-Tall Hub Tower Closer to Reality, With Fewer Units
With the proposed framework for rezoning San Francisco’s 84-acre Hub District, a.k.a. the “Market Octavia Plan Amendment,” closer to reality and the City finishing up construction on their new building…
Home Purchase Activity Ticks Up, Refinancing Activity Slips
With the benchmark mortgage rate having dropped to an all-time low of 3.23 percent last week, mortgage application volume in the U.S. inched up 1.0 percent over the past week,…
Onetime Record-Setting Bernal Home Relisted Anew
Having very briefly held the title of the most expensive reported home sale in the history of Bernal Heights when it sold for $2,310,000 back in the first quarter of…
Inventory Levels Up Another 11 Percent in San Francisco
With pending home sales in San Francisco down nearly 50 percent on a year-over-year basis, the number of homes listed for sale in the city has ticked up another 11…
Listings for Apartments in San Francisco and Oakland Jump
Having slipped around 3 percent in the first quarter of the year, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco is currently holding at around $4,000 a…