Omicron’s Impact on the Reopening of San Francisco
While muddled by a typical holiday slowdown at the end of the year, the impact of the Omicron variant on return to office plans (as measured by office attendance, which…
In the Heart of SoMa Take Two (And Three)
Purchased for $1.185 million in December of 2015, the “modern, stylish, tri-level loft” #14 at 175 Russ Street, “in the heart of SOMA,” resold for $1.165 million in April of…
Listed Inventory Levels Tick Up in San Francisco
Despite the fact that new listing activity slipped over the past week, as is typical when it’s a playoff weekend and open houses are less likely to be trafficked, particularly…
Proposed “Pod-Style” Hotel Challenged, but Not By Planning
As we first reported last year: Plans to raze the 2-story San Francisco Fire Credit Union building at 12 Mint Plaza are in the works. And as envisioned by Prime…
Modified Plans for Prime Hillside Site Slated for Approval
Sporting twelve design modifications, “in response to community feedback,” the refined plans for a 24-unit development to rise up to 45 feet in height along Diamond Street, on the undeveloped…
Stunning, $2.4M Ultra-Modern Live/Work Loft in Contract
With the “Luxury Live Auction!” for the “stunning, ultra-modern live/work loft” #102 at 355 Bryant Street having failed to yield an acceptable bid back in September of 2020, the 2,200-square-foot,…
Pending Home Sales in the U.S. (And S.F.) Are Down
Having ticked down 2.2 percent in November, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped…
Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up Another 3 Percent
Having increased 7 percent last year, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland has ticked up nearly 3 percent over the past few weeks to $2,500 a…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Holding Near a 2-Year High
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down one (1) basis points (0.01 percentage points) over the past week to 3.55 percent, which is 78 basis points percent…
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Out of the DUM Frying Pan and Into the Fire
Marketed as a single-family home, with a central internal staircase connecting the two units of the redeveloped Dolores Heights duplex at 3790-3792 21st Street, a connection which would have constituted…