Bay Area Employment Held Last Month, But…
Having been downwardly revised by the State at the start of the year, the estimated number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck inched up by 1,100 in…
Bay Area Employment Revised Down, Prior to Any COVID-19 Hit
The estimated number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck slipped from a (downwardly-revised) record 578,100 in December to 573,000 in January with typical seasonality in play. But…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Ended 2019 Up (And Down)
Having eked out a 0.2 percent gain last November, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay,…
Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Slip
While the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco ticked up in January, it has since slipped a percent to $4,100 a month and is now running…
Asking Rents Inch Up in San Francisco, Slip in Oakland
Having dropped a little over 5 percent at the end of last year, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as…
Bay Area Employment Slows Its Roll
The number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck was effectively unchanged from November to December and is now holding around a record 580,000 with an unemployment rate…
Important Berkeley Infill Project Closer to Reality
As we outlined early last year, the refined plans for a seven-story building to rise up to 75 feet in height upon the Berkeley Touchless Car Wash and gas station…
Landmark Howden Building on the Market in Oakland
Designated an official Landmark in 1984, the ornately tiled and muraled “Howden Building” at 337 17th Street in Uptown Oakland was designed by McWethy and Greenleaf and built as a…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Slips Again Despite National Gains
Having turned negative two months ago, 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 and…
Babies Kept San Francisco’s Population from Falling in 2019
Having really slowed its roll last year, the estimated population of San Francisco proper continued to grow at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first half of 2019…