Listed Inventory Levels in S.F. Tick Up, Nearing a Decade High
Having climbed 8 percent last week, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of all new sales, both pending or closed, has since ticked up another…
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A Retail to Residential Conversion in the Works
Plans to subdivided and convert 3,336 square feet of vacant retail space at the base of the Bay Tower apartment complex at 388 Beale Street into new residential units have…
Stylish SoMa Loft Fails to Fetch Its 2015 Price
As we outlined at the end of January: Purchased for $1.185 million in December of 2015, the “modern, stylish, tri-level loft” #14 at 175 Russ Street, “in the heart of…
Asking Rents in Oakland Slip, Inventory Still Up
Having ticked up 3 percent in January, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland slipped a little over 2 percent in February to $2,450 a month, which…
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Repositioned for an “Over Asking!” Sale and Top Ten List or Two
Taken down to the studs and completely renovated in 2016, the 4-bedroom Bernal Heights home at 600 Gates Street hit the market priced at $1.699 million that May and sold…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Dips with a Flight to Safety in Play
Having slipped 3 basis points (0.03 percentage points) last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since pulled back another 13 basis points to 3.76 percent with…
Near Certainty for a Quarter Point Rate Hike (And Then Some)
As we outlined a couple of weeks ago, the bond market was projecting that the Fed would institute a quarter point (25 basis point) interest rate hike later this month.…
Asking Rents in S.F. Slip, Listings Drop to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Having ticked up in January, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco slipped around 2 percent in February to $3,340 month, which is roughly 6 percent…
The Re-Opening of San Francisco’s Economy, February Report
Having dropped back under 20 percent in January, driven by the Omicron surge, the weekly attendance rate for office workers in San Francisco, which was nearing 30 percent in mid-December,…
Number of Homes on the Market in San Francisco Climbs
The number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of all new sales, either pending or closed, climbed another 8 percent over the past week to 850, representing…