Apples-to-Apples for That High-End Noe Home
Having overcome a rather ironic effort to block its development, an effort which was positioned by the owners of the 6,000-square-foot home next door as a fight to preserve “the…
Pace of Sales Slows, Inventory Levels Tick Up in San Francisco
With the number of single-family homes and condos that were newly listed for sale in San Francisco having outpaced the number of new purchase contracts that were written over the…
Prominent Market and Castro Corner Back in Play, Again
As we outlined back in 2017: While approved for the construction of a six-story building, with 24 residential units over 3,000 square feet of ground floor retail space and a…
Bay Area Employment and Labor Force Slip
While the State’s Stay Home Order were lifted in January and local restrictions on indoor dining, gyms, museums and other indoor attractions were relaxed in early March, with bars having…
The Appreciation for a Luxurious Liberty Hill Home
While legally a two-unit building, 250-252 Cumberland Street was redeveloped as a high-end, 4,000-square-foot Liberty Hill home in 2014 and sold for $6 million that October. Located half a block…
Home Sales in the U.S. Continue to Drop, Inventory Ticks Up
Having dropped to a 6-month low in March, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. dropped another 2.7 percent in April to an annual rate of 5.85…
A Real San Francisco Icon Is on the Market
Built to serve the waterfront workers and new settlers in 1861, on what was then the waterfront to the south of Islais Creek, when the total population of San Francisco…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Up, Short-Term Rate Holds
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched up 6 basis points (0.06 percentage points) over the past week to 3.00 percent but is still 24 basis points below…
Asking Rents in Oakland Inch Up, But…
Having slipped back under $2,300 a month a few weeks ago, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland has since inched up around 2 percent to a…
The Return(s) of a Formerly Foreclosed Upon Noe Valley Home
Having been foreclosed upon, flipped and then completely remodeled to yield a nearly 3,000-square-foot Noe Valley home, with a “dramatic open floor plan,” four en-suite bedrooms and a two-car garage,…