Pushback on Plans for Skyline-Defining Tower
As we first revealed earlier this year: Plans to raze the 11-story Hearst Parking Center complex at 45-53 Third Street, which extends all the way to Annie and currently provides…
Turnout in San Francisco Sets One Record, Will Miss Another
With a total of 443,435 ballots having been tallied since the polls closed on November 3, the total voter “turnout” in San Francisco just hit 85.10%, as mapped above, by…
Vacancy Rates Climb in San Francisco
While the vacancy rate for larger, multi-unit apartment buildings in San Francisco had ticked up to around 6 percent in the second quarter of the year, representing around 9,000 vacant…
A Further Refined Pac Heights Victorian Returns
Purchased for $6.1 million in April of 2017, the extensively remodeled and light-filled Victorian at 2838 Sacramento Street, which is a block away from Alta Plaza Park in Pacific Heights,…
Infill Development Completely Redesigned, Closer to Reality
With the bulky plans for a 9-story, 106-unit development to rise on the two-story garage and office building site at 955 Post Street having met with resistance from Planning, from…
The Fed Affirms: No Rate Hikes on the Horizon, Risks Loom
Citing an ongoing public health crisis (i.e., the pandemic) that “will continue to weigh on economic activity, employment, and inflation in the near term, and poses considerable risks to the…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Slips Under 2.8 Percent
Having dropped to a new all-time low of 2.80 percent two weeks ago, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched down another two (2) basis points…
Another Luxury Two-Bedroom Slips Below Its 2016 Price
Purchased for $1,697,171 in July of 2016, the 1,401-square-foot, two-bedroom unit #6G in the Lumina tower at 201 Folsom Street, with “an ideal floor plan,” “great light,” a private balcony,…
The Election Results in San Francisco (2020) [UPDATED]
With 30,657 Election Day ballots having since been added to the 321,880 vote-by-mail ballots which have already been processed, for a total of 352,537 ballots having been tallied and representing…