Purchased for $1.42 million in July of 2018, the two-bedroom condo at 1735 Grove, in a three-unit building “on a quiet, tree-lined street in the heart of NOPA,” was subsequently remodeled to include a showcase kitchen, with custom cabinetry, high-end appliances, quartz countertops and a new breakfast bar and... Read More »

Designed and developed by Stanley Saitowitz, the modern new 25-unit building at 603 Tennessee Street, across the street from UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus, a block from Chase Center and a short walk from the commercial corridors of both Dogpatch and Mission Bay, was condo mapped, but efforts to sell... Read More »

Speaking of high-end San Francisco homes, re-sales and neighborhoods, the “luxury high-tech” Noe Valley home at 33 Day Street, recently resold for $4.7 million, having been priced at $5.495 million in January and then reduced to $5.195 million at the end of last month. Purchased for $4.7 million in... Read More »

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched up another 4 basis points (0.04 percentage point) over the past week to 6.43 percent, continuing a trend that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers, other than the most obstinate, by surprise. As such, the average 30-year rate is 133 basis... Read More »

Despite having been reduced from $8.35 million to $7.5 million last year, a sale at which would have equaled roughly $511 per listed square foot, versus an estimated replacement cost of closer to $750 per square foot, a cost which some people conflate with a property value or market’s... Read More »

Having dropped for eight months in a row, 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 Peninsula – ticked up one (1) percent in February with a pinch of seasonally in play (the... Read More »

The seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. jumped 9.6 percent in March to an annualized rate of 683,000 sales but was still 3.4 percent lower than at the same time last year, 21.8 percent lower than in February of 2021, and roughly 12 percent... Read More »

The net number of single-family homes and condos on the market in San Francisco ticked up another 4 percent over the past week with typical seasonality in play. As such, overall inventory levels remain effectively even versus the same time last year, but with the most single-family homes on... Read More »

Quietly purchased for $9.75 million in March of 2015, which was nearly 23 percent more than the home had fetched in 2012, despite the “short term hold” and it having been “used” between, the modern Cow Hollow home at 2555 Union Street returned to the market priced at $14.2... Read More »

Plans for bonus-sized development to rise up to 65 feet in height on the the shuttered Firestone Complete Auto Care shop at 2800 Geary Boulevard and yield 42 “light-filled” residential condos, with a ground floor commercial space and garage for 23 cars, were approved by Planning back in 2021... Read More »