Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Has Likely Peaked
Having inched down a percent over the past week to 1,240, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of new sales, appears to have hit its…
Record-Setting Pac Heights Penthouse on the Market for $45M
Having traded hands for $32 million, or nearly $6,000 per square foot, in a hush-hush deal back in 2015, the record-setting contract price for the 5,400-square-foot Penthouse (Unit #10) atop…
Office Vacancy Rate Inches Up in S.F. Despite Leasing Activity
Having ticked over 20 percent in the second quarter of the year, the effective office vacancy rate in San Francisco has inched up another 40 basis points (0.4 percentage points)…
Iconic Castro Building Back on the Market
With plans to convert the prominent Bank of America/Italy building on the southwest corner of Castro and Market into a “Randy Rooster” burlesque club having fallen through back in 2013,…
East Bay Office Vacancy Rate Ticks Up to 17.9 Percent
The office vacancy rate in the East Bay, not including Walnut Creek or further east, ticked up to 17.9 percent at the end of September, which includes 4.6 million square…
Mortgage Rates Inch Up, 30-Year Rate Hits a Six-Month High
Having jumped back over 3 percent two weeks ago, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched up to 3.05 percent, which is a six-month high. And…
Landmark Octagon House Reduced $800K
As we outlined back in 2015, when half of the landmark home was listed on Craigslist as a rental for $10,000 a month, the Feusier Octagon House at 1067 Green…
The Actual Appreciation for a “LuXe” One-Bedroom
Purchased for $1.17 million in February of 2017, the 894-square-foot Pacific Heights condo #506 in the “LuXe” at 1650 Broadway returned to the market priced at $1.3 million last month.…
Mortgage Loan Application Volumes Inch Up, But…
Mortgage loan application volumes across the U.S. inched up 0.2 percent over the past week on a seasonally adjusted basis having dropped 6.9 percent the week before, with a 2…
Planning to Protect Neighborhood Laundromats, for Now
With a third of the neighborhood-serving Laundromats in San Francisco having shuttered over the past eight years, which has disproportionally impacted lower-income and older residents in buildings without in-unit or…