Plans for Excelsior District Site Close to Being Entitled, But…
Plans to redevelop the Excelsior District gas station site at 4199 Mission Street, which was purchased for $500,000 in 1998, have been in the works since 2007, at which point…
New Home Sales Tick Up, Sale Prices Drop
While the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up a little over 4 percent in April to an annualized rate of 683,000 homes, a…
A Contemporary Starter Condo Drops Over 20 Percent
Purchased for $650,000 in March of 2016, the 545-square-foot, one-bedroom unit #206 at 870 Harrison Street, which was built by JS Sullivan in 2015 and features “floor-to-ceiling windows with an…
Potrero Hill Sanctuary Fetches Its 2019-Era Price
Further remodeled and expanded since we featured it back in 2009, the now 2,400-square-foot “modern farmhouse” that’s hidden behind the unassuming fence at 870 Kansas Street, yielding a “private sanctuary…
Homebuying Activity Continues to Drop, Down 30 Percent YOY
The number of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for an existing home in the U.S. dropped another 5 percent over the past week in the absolute and 4…
Pending Home Sales Hold, Inventory Ticks Up in San Francisco
With the number of single-family homes and condos in contract to be sold in San Francisco having effectively held over the past week in the absolute, down around 40 percent…
Mortgage Rates Inch Back Up, Odds of an Easing Down
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched back up 4 basis points (0.04 percentage point) over the past week to 6.39 percent, which is 114 basis points and…
Homebuying Activity Drops, Risk Premium on the Rise
The number of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for an existing home in the U.S. dropped 5 percent over the past week on both an absolute and seasonally…
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Shovel Ready and Now Back on the Market for $2.5M
Positioned as an “incredible opportunity,” with the potential to expand and redevelop the dated two-bedroom Noe Valley home at the intersection of Dolores Heights and the Mission, 3537 23rd Street…
Number of Homes on the Market in San Francisco Climbs
Despite a seasonal uptick in sales in the absolute and year-over-year drop in new listing activity, the net number of single-family homes and condos on the market in San Francisco…