Demand Really Dropped in San Francisco but Not Around the Bay
Seeking to rationalize the recent drops in recorded home sales in San Francisco, a lack of inventory, seasonality and changes in the mortgage market which shifted sales at the end…
Employment in S.F. and the East Bay Just Dropped the Most since 2009
While the upwardly revised December count of the number of people living in San Francisco with a job ended up adding 1,300 to the employment roll, the January count eliminated…
MacArthur Boulevard Project Newly Rendered and in Play
As we first reported last year: The days are numbered for the MacArthur Carwash and tire shop at the corner of MacArthur and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland,…
San Francisco Home Sales Drop 15 Percent, Greater Bay Area Holds
While the estimated number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the Bay Area last month (4,849) dropped 31.4 percent from the month before with typical seasonality in…
Price of Renting a Room in SF Has Dropped 12% from Peak
With the weighted average asking price of renting an apartment in San Francisco having now dropped over 8 percent since peaking in the fourth quarter of 2015, which brings us…
A $500K Cut for the Crown Jewel of Piedmont
Designed by William Charles Hays and built in 1912, the Edwardian estate at 117 Sheridan Avenue in Central Piedmont has been lovingly restored and remodeled over the past four decades…
The New Plans to Infill Jack London Square
The grand plan for redeveloping Oakland’s Jack London Square was approved back in 2004 and the first phase of development was completed in 2008. And while the second phase of…
San Francisco Apartment Rents Back to 2014 Pricing
Having dropped 5.6 percent over the past year, and 7.9 percent since a peak in the fourth quarter of 2015, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San…
S.F. and Oakland Rents Have Dropped 8 Percent
According to a query of over 1,400 active listings for apartments in San Francisco and Oakland, including one-off rentals as well as units in larger developments, the weighted average asking…
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Supersized North Oakland Development Recommended for Approval
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, were presented…