Benchmark Mortgage Rate Back above 4 Percent and Forecast to Rise
For the first time in five months and following a post rate hike slip, the average rate for the benchmark 30-year mortgage is back above 4 percent having ticked up…
New Designs and Density for a Mission District Development
The formal request for approval to raze the Wash Club lavanderia at 2918 Mission Street and construct a six-story building on the Mission District parcel, with 55 residential units over…
Inventory of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Poised to Rise
Depleted by listings which were withdrawn from the MLS over the holidays, many of which are likely to soon return to the market as “new,” perhaps with unofficial price reductions,…
The Future of San Francisco’s Waterfront
Over the next year, the Port of San Francisco will be overhauling the City’s Waterfront Plan for over seven miles of shoreline, stretching from Aquatic Park to India Basin. That…
Rendering Reveal for Market Street Mortuary Redevelopment
Taken to task by a plugged-in reader for not publishing the latest designs for the proposed redevelopment of the Sullivan’s Funeral Home building and adjacent parking lots, designs that have…
No Competition for a Reinvented Noe Valley Victorian
Purchased out of probate as a contractor’s special with three bedrooms, one bath and without a garage for $850,000 in 2008, the then 1,164 square foot Noe Valley home at…
Pier 29 in Play
The Port of San Francisco’s vision for turning Pier 29 into a design and maker themed marketplace of local retailers and restaurateurs is ready to be put to the test,…
Pending Home Sales Take Another Hit, YOY Gains Decline
For the third time in four months, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index has dropped. And while the index, for which 100 denotes an average level of…
New Condos Buoyed San Francisco Home Sales Last Month
Buoyed by closings of contracts for new construction condominiums which are now ready for occupancy, recorded sales of condos and single-family homes in San Francisco were 13 percent higher in…
San Francisco Condo Values Slip, Houses within 1% of Record High
The Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area ticked up 0.6 percent in October and is now within 0.3 percent of the all-time high set…