The Story behind This $350K Over Asking Sale in West Oakland
Built as a duplex in the early 1900s, the two-story West Oakland building at 960-962 16th Street was subsequently converted into the House of Prayer Church of God with a…
Shuttered Oakland Chicken Shack Back on the Market for $2 Million
The shuttered Church’s Chicken shack at 345 East 18th Street, which is two blocks from the southeastern shore of Oakland’s Lake Merritt, is back on the market with a $1,999,999…
Rents Tick Up in San Francisco, Drop in Oakland
Recent reports of a sharp drop in apartment rents in both San Francisco and Oakland shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, as it’s a trend we first noticed forming…
400-Foot-Tall Downtown Oakland Tower Closer to Reality
The refined plans for a 40-story downtown Oakland tower to rise up to 400 feet in height upon the western quarter of the Downtown Oakland block bounded by Franklin, Webster,…
The First Home in Albany to Break the $2 Million Mark
Listed for $1.685 million on the first of March, the sale of the remodeled Craftsman home at 1613 Sonoma Avenue, over in Albany, has already closed escrow. And with a…
Renderings for Proposed 25-Story Oakland Tower Revealed
With a 24-story tower rising across the street at 1700 Webster, the final plans and renderings for a proposed 25-story tower to rise at 1721 Webster Street, in Oakland’s Central…
NFL Approves Raiders’ Move to Las Vegas
In a near unanimous vote of 31-1, the NFL owners have approved the Oakland Raiders proposed move to Las Vegas, an outcome which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise.…
San Francisco Home Sales Drop to a Five-Year Low
The number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands in San Francisco dropped to a five-year low of 308 in February. That’s down 4 percent from a downwardly revised…
A Mixed Employment Report for SF and around the Bay
Having dropped the most in nearly a decade at the beginning of the year, the number of people living in San Francisco with a job ticked up by 1,400 last…
Million Dollar Price Cut for Historic Piedmont Estate
Designed by Albert Farr and finished in 1928, the historic “Hampton House” estate at 395 Hampton Road hit the market in Piedmont last year listed for $8.95 million. Sitting on…