MLB Instructs the Oakland A’s to Explore a Move
Citing “ with the rate of progress on the A’s new ballpark effort with local officials and other stakeholders in Oakland,” Major League Baseball has instructed the Oakland Athletics “to…
Bay Area Population Declines, Housing Supply Inches Up
Following a trend that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in reader’s by surprise, the estimated population of San Francisco proper decreased by 14,773 (1.7 percent) in 2020, representing the largest decline across…
Improved Privacy, but No Permits, for Approved Infill Project
Conditionally approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission in March, the landscaping plans for a 15-unit development, with 19 residential units and 29 off-street parking spaces, to rise upon the 36,406-square-foot…
Condo Alternative Cottage Relisted Below Its 2016 Price
As we outlined at the end of last year: Purchased for $675,000 in January of 2014, the light-filled, one-bedroom cottage at 4353 17th Street, which sits above the Castro in…
Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Inches Up
Having ticked down 2 percent last week, the net number of homes for sale across San Francisco has since inched back up 2 percent to around 880, driven by a…
A High-End Pad Fetches Eight Figures Under Its Original Price
Having undergone an extensive renovation by The Wiseman Group back in 2006, the nearly 9,000-square-foot mansion at 2590 Green Street, on the border of Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights, returned…
Planning’s Preliminary Support for a Towering Freedom West 2.0
Planning has just completed its preliminary review of the draft plans for multiple mid-rise buildings and six towers rising up to 345 feet in height across the four-block “Freedom West”…
Plans for Below-Grade Sleeping Room Development Progress
Having been panned by Planning when first proposed, the plans for a modern SRO building to rise up to 86 feet in height on the southeast corner of South Van…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Down to 2.96 Percent
Despite concerns that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent comments hinted at the need for the Fed to raise rates sooner rather than later, in order to keep the economy from…
A (Less Than) Significant Finding for Proposed Tower to Rise
While a detailed analysis of the proposed tower to rise up to 200 feet in height on the site of San Francisco’s aging Fire Station 13, as newly rendered by…