Bigger Plans for Iconic North Beach Factory Site
As we first reported last year, plans to redevelop the iconic Buon Gusto Sausage Factory building at 535 Green Street, which was once the largest sausage and salami producing facility…
Fewest San Francisco Home Sales Since 2011
The number of San Francisco homes that sold in the first half of this year totaled a little under 2,700. That’s down a little over 8 percent versus the roughly…
An Average $351,000 “Over Asking” Sale
As we outlined way back in June: Outfitted with three-bedrooms, two baths and “plenty of upgrades,” the roughly 1,500-square-foot home at 738 Banks Street, on the southern edge of Bernal…
Rare Yerba Buena Terrace Unit Drops Below its 2015 Price
Purchased for $1.515 million in September of 2015, the upgraded 1,400-square-foot Yerba Buena Loft unit #523 at 855 Folsom Street, which was designed by Stanley Saitowitz and is “one of…
Plans for New SRO Units to Rise in Western SoMa
Plans to raze the white two-story garage/warehouse building at 262 7th Street, adjacent to Sightglass Coffee, between Folsom and Howard, are in the works. And as envisioned, a new six-story…
Newly Reduced at the Ritz (To 35 Percent Below Its 2015 Price)
As we outlined earlier this year: Purchased as new for $1.53 million, or roughly $1,284 per square foot, in early 2008, right as the Great Recession was picking up steam,…
The Fed Just Cut Rates, Might Not Be Done
With the Fed having formally signaled a more “patient” approach with respect to any future rate hikes back in January, the probability of an easing started to emerge, as we…
Getting Schooled in the Mission
As we first reported two years ago: While plans to convert the Mission District garage at 3140-3150 16th Street into a massive 20,000-square-foot restaurant and event space dubbed “The Albion…
Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Tick Up
While the purchase market in San Francisco continues to drop, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as units in larger…
Indexed Returns for Bay Area Homes Nearing Negative Territory
Having ticked up 1.6 percent in April, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay…