Inventory of Homes for Sale in SF Starts 2017 at a Four-Year High
Depleted by listings which were withdrawn from the MLS over the holidays, many of which are likely to soon return to the market as “new,” perhaps with unofficial price reductions…
$5.4M Mansion Resells for $1.4M Less
Having been painstakingly renovated and restored in 2002, the 6,000-square-foot “Grande Dame” at 1450 Masonic Avenue sold for $4.95 million in 2005 and then again for $5.375 million in July…
Bankrupt West Oakland Project Site in Play
While the West Oakland warehouse at the corner of Filbert and 24th Streets is in the hands of a bankruptcy trustee, and the entitlements to level the site and construct…
More Height Coming in the New Year
While the height of the new Salesforce/Transbay Tower rising at 415 Mission Street has already caught plenty of people by surprise, particularly when unexpectedly seen from afar, keep in mind…
Supersized North Oakland Development Closer to Reality
The refined designs for a 25-story tower to rise up to 260 feet in height at 532 Turquoise Street, across from the MacArthur BART Station in North Oakland, will be…
Proposed Development in San Francisco Drops to a Four-Year Low
With two days left in 2016, the preliminary plans for 79 major developments have been submitted to San Francisco’s Planning Department since the beginning of the year. And as we…
Timing for Massive Flower Mart Project and an Interim Parking Lot
Having served as a fleet parking lot and storage facility for AT&T/Pacific Bell service vehicles since the 1970’s, the corner parcel at 610 Brannan Street was sold to Kilroy Realty…
UCSF Getting Ready to Break New Ground in Mission Bay
Having purchased Mission Bay Blocks 33 and 34, which are across the street from UCSF’s Mission Bay Medical Center and adjacent to the Warriors Arena site, from Salesforce.com last year,…
Pending U.S. Home Sales Drop to Lowest Level in Nearly a Year
Having eked out a 0.1 percent gain in October, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes an average level of activity, dropped 2.5 percent…
2016 Ending with Bay Area House Values at a Record High
Having slipped in September, the Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula – inched up…