As we outlined in July of last year, the 6,000-square-foot “Villa Cucina,” which sits on 40 acres of prime Napa Valley land, was built for Pat Kuleto, the famed San Francisco restaurateur, back in 1995. The centerpiece of the rustic five-bedroom home is an oversized kitchen designed by Kuleto... Read More »

Having jumped by (a downwardly revised) 11,600 in July, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck (529,600) slipped by 2,200 in August. But with 3,700 people having left the labor force, the unemployment rate actually inched down to 5.0 percent. And while there are still... Read More »

The number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area dropped to 126,835 in July, which was the fewest new claims in a month since the pandemic hit, down from a pandemic high of 441,813 in March of last year and versus an average of 190,400 a month... Read More »

Having ticked up 2.6 percent in May, 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 another 2.6 percent in June and is now up 21.9 percent on a year-over-year... Read More »

Having increased by a downwardly revised 3,500 in June, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck jumped by 12,200 in July to 532,400, representing the most employed residents in San Francisco since the pandemic hit and over 40,000 more employed residents in the city than... Read More »

Having gained 3.3 percent in April, 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 another 2.6 percent in May and is now up 18.2 percent on a year-over-year basis,... Read More »

Having increased by 5,700 in May, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 4,700 in June to 521,400, representing the most employed residents in San Francisco since the pandemic hit and 33,100 more employed residents in the city than there were at the... Read More »

Listed for $39 million back in 2015, the asking price for the 140-acre “King Mountain Estate” site, an assemblage of six Marin parcels stretching from Kentfield to Larkspur, upon which a local rock god had planned to build a modern 19,000-square-foot home, was dropped to $25 million last year,... Read More »

Having inched up an upwardly revised 0.6 percent in January, 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 2.1 percent in February and was up 11.0 percent on a... Read More »

With the State’s Stay Home Order having been lifted in January, and local restrictions on indoor dining, gyms, museums and other indoor attractions having been relaxed in early March, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck inched up by 300 in March to 513,100. And... Read More »