More Height for Market-Rate Tower Closer to Reality
As we revealed at the end of last year, a modification to the approved plans for Related California’s 365-foot-tall tower to rise on the parking lot parcel at 98 Franklin…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Down to 6.6 Percent, But…
With all the volatility in the financial markets, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked down 13 basis points (0.13 percentage points) over the past week to 6.60…
Pace of New Home Sales Slips Despite More Activity/Discounts
Driven by discounting and concessions, as home builders are more “motivated to sell homes in their construction pipeline,” versus existing-home owners that might try to hold out for last year’s…
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Another Prestigious High-Rise Unit Drops Below Its 2016 Price
Purchased for $3.195 million in June of 2016, the 1,791-square-foot, three-bedroom, three-bath unit #30E in the LUMINA tower at 338 Main Street failed to resell when listed for only 3…
Mortgage Standards Tighten, Availability Drops to a 10-Year Low
As indexed by the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage credit availability in the U.S. dropped to its lowest level since January of 2013, with “all loan types seeing declines in availability…
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Exquisite Russian Hill Home Slips Below Its Pre-Covid Price
Having been “exquisitely renovated…with the finest materials, fixtures, and finishes, including the meticulous preservation of period details,” the 3,225-square-foot, four-bedroom Russian Hill home at 45 Glover Street, which includes a…
Buyers and Sellers are Squaring Off in San Francisco
While 35 percent fewer condos and single-family homes have been newly listed for sale over the past week and month than over the same periods of time last year, the…
Modern Hayes Valley Lily Pad Back on the Market for $3.6M
Purchased as new for $1.775 million in May of 2010, which was below asking and near the bottom on the Great Recession era market, the 2,800-square-foot “modern Hayes Valley sanctuary”…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Back Over 6.7 Percent
Following a trend that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 8 basis points (0.08 percentage points) over the…
Home Buying Activity Ticks Up, But…
The volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for a home in the U.S. ticked up 9 percent in the absolute last week, representing a 7 percent increase…