Surprise! That’s Not a Legal Parking Spot (Or Unit)
While common in practice and rarely enforced, parking in the setback/driveway between a home’s garage and the sidewalk in San Francisco is technically illegal per Planning Code Section 132(f), and…
Western SoMa Infill on the Boards
With the big redevelopment of the former German Motors Collision Center building behind the arched brick façade along Berwick Place underway, plans to raze the little, 13-foot-tall industrial building on…
Supersized Plans for Lower Potrero Hill Parking Lot Site
Plans for a 5-story, 48-unit apartment building to rise on the odd-shaped parking lot parcel at 98 Pennsylvania Avenue in Lower Potrero Hill were approved back in 2016 and building…
Luxury One-Bedroom Marked to Market, Down Over $200K
Listed for $1.15 million three months ago, the sale of the 851-square-foot, one-bedroom unit #16H on the 16th floor of the Lumina tower at 201 Folsom Street, which features “panoramic…
Short-Term Mortgage Rate Jumps, 30-Year Rate Inches Up
Having dropped to an all-time low of 2.78 percent last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched up 6 basis points to 2.84 percent but…
Revised Plans for Building up in the Mission
As we revealed back in 2017, plans to demolish the two-story building at 2976 Mission Street, which then contained two 1900s-era residential units, one of which was unpermitted, over a…
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Contemporary Nob Hill Townhouse Drops Below Its 2015 Price
One of two multi-level condos which replaced the perennially plagued restaurant space at the base of the iconic Beaux-Arts Building at 1001 California Street, the building from which Vincent Friia…
Studio Rents Just Dropped to 2011-Era Levels in San Francisco
For the first time since 2011, the average asking rent for a studio apartment in San Francisco has slipped below $2,000 a month, which is down nearly 25 percent since…
San Francisco Will Roll Back Indoor Dining and Other Plans
Due to a rapid increase in local COVID-19 case rates, San Francisco will be rolling back the reopening of indoor dining in any context (including standalone restaurants, food courts in…
Inventory Levels Drop in S.F., Reductions Poised To Rise
As was to be expected, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of new sales and contract activity, both pending and closed, ticked down another 3…