Bay Area Employment Slipped in January
Having increased by an upwardly revised 3,400 in December, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck ticked up by 1,100 in January to (a downwardly…
How That Happened on Ripley Street
Access to the garage of the little Bernal Heights home at 237 Ripley Street was blocked when Ripley, which had been a dirt street, was re-graded and paved in the…
Plans for Bayview to Get Lucky Proceed
The formal application to convert the shuttered 9,549-square-foot Walgreens within the Bayview Plaza Shopping Center at 3801 3rd Street into a supermarket has been submitted to Planning. And while the…
Another Modern Unit Just Listed for 15 Percent Less
The sleek 653-square-foot unit #507 in the Rowan building at 338 Potrero Avenue features a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows with a Juliette balcony and city views; modern finishes and upgrades;…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Back Up, Hike Probability Too
Having dipped 16 basis points (0.16 percentage points) with a flight to safety in the markets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked…
Mortgage Loan Application Volume Ticks Up (But Down)
While mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. ticked up 8.5 percent last week, having dropped to a two-year low in February, prior…
Apples To Apples
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Modernized Four Seasons Condo Takes a Big Hit
As we outlined at the end of last year: Purchased for $1.7 million in June of 2017, the 947-square-foot, one-bedroom unit #30C in the Four Seasons Residences at 765 Market…
Apples-to-Apples Versus Index for that “Miraloma Stunner”
As we outlined last month: Purchased by an interesting group of investors for $1,152,000 in July of 2015, the 1,550-square-foot Miraloma Park home with panoramic views and expansion potential at…
Waterfront Parcel on the Market Positioned for Development
Purchased for $1.1 million in 2002, owned by the Delaney Trust, and positioned as “one of the last privately held properties on the waterfront,” the two-story industrial/arts building at 600…
Listed Inventory Levels in S.F. Tick Up, Nearing a Decade High
Having climbed 8 percent last week, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of all new sales, both pending or closed, has since ticked up another…