Census Bureau Survey Says: San Francisco Has The Highest Rents
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest American Community Survey, the median monthly rent being paid for an apartment in San Francisco was $1,463 at the end of 2012, the…
Castro Whole Foods Open And The Apartments Above Aren’t Cheap
With the Castro Whole Foods having opened its doors at the corner of Market and Dolores yesterday, complete with “a shoe shine stand, a wide array of men’s grooming products,…
Rent Growth Slows In San Francisco Amid New Developments And Resistance
While the development of 8 Washington Street might have hit a (no) wall in San Francisco, over 1,000 new housing units will be finished the fourth quarter of 2013 for…
More Affordable Housing On Geary Proposed, But Only A Bit
The Western Addition block bounded by Divisadero, Geary, Scott and O’Farrell was developed in the 1960s with six low-rise residential buildings around a central courtyard, the Midtown Park Apartment complex…
Conversion Of Illegal Mid-Market Apartment Building Suspended
Noted by a plugged-in reader last week, San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspection and the San Francisco Planning Department have just suspended the building permit for the conversion of 1049…
Bay Area Rents Climb, East Bay Jumps 10 Percent In 3 Months
While the vacancy rate for apartments throughout the Bay Area has ticked up from 3.1 to 3.9 percent, according to Cassidy Turley the average rent has ticked up from $1,851…
Permits To Redevelop Entire SoMa Block Close To Being Approved
The permits to demolish the little maintenance buildings and three acre bus depot at 8th and Harrison in order to make way for eight buildings with 408 new rental units…
Governor Brown Vetos Affordable Housing Bill 1229
Passed in California’s State Assembly last month, Assembly Bill (AB) 1229 was written to expressly authorize any county or city in California to include inclusionary housing requirements (a.k.a. Below Market…
$3,000 A Month For The Venn On Market, $1,000 A Month For Some
With tenant move-ins now being scheduled for December, the “Venn” at 1844 Market Street is currently leasing 671 square foot one-bedrooms priced from $3,075 a month and 849 square foot…
As Evictions Triple In SF, Mayor Triples Eviction Fighting Fund
With the number of Ellis Act evictions in San Francisco having more than tripled over the past three years, from 72 units in fiscal year 2011 to a projected 342…