New U.S. Home Sales Slip While Inventory Grows
The seasonally adjusted annual pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped 1.6 percent in November to an annual rate of 438,000 as the October pace was downwardly…
50,000 Units In San Francisco’s Housing Pipeline
There are currently 6,700 units of housing under construction in San Francisco and another 5,000 for which the ground should soon be broken, the building permits for which have already…
From A $5M Fixer To A $10M Ranch, And That’s Just The Half Of It
A 3,000 square-foot fixer on a large Palo Alto lot raised a few eyebrows when it was listed for $6.5 million and sold for five million early last year. And…
Existing U.S. Home Sales Slide To Slowest Pace In Six Months
The seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. dropped 6.1 percent in November to an annualized rate of 4.93 million homes, the slowest pace in six months but…
The Race To Raze Manor West
Plans to raze the one-story Manor West nightclub at 750 Harrison Street are working their way through Planning. And as proposed, an 8-story building with 77 studios averaging 375 square-feet…
San Francisco’s Record Employment Run Takes A Breather
Following twelve straight months of growth and having hit an all-time high in October, employment in San Francisco was relatively unchanged in November as the labor force dipped by 100…
Master Plan For SF’s Largest Public Housing Site Ready For Review
Built as housing for wartime ship builders in 1941 and now San Francisco’s largest, and perhaps most infamous, public housing complex, with nearly 800 run-down units across its 49-acre site,…
Huge Price Cut For Former Yahoo! President’s Napa Valley Estate
The former Lane Knolls municipal golf course at 1129 Dealy Lane in Napa was turned into a 25-acre private estate by legendary Hollywood producer David Wolper (think Willy Wonka and…
Mortgage Rates Drop To Lowest Levels In 2014
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage dropped from 3.93 to 3.80 over the past week, the lowest level since May 2013 and 67 basis points below the 4.47…
Big Potrero Hill Development Refined, Ready For Review
The plans for Related California’s proposed Potrero Hill development to rise up to four-stories at 1601 Mariposa Street – stretching from Mariposa and Carolina to 18th and Arkansas – have…