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Building Up Lombard Take Two (More)

August 18, 2023

While plans to merge the 3 lots at 2419-2435 Lombard Street and develop a 4-story building, with 12 condos over a ground floor commercial space, were approved back in 2014,…

Breaking News San Jose (And South) Trends

San Jose Breaks the Million Dollar Mark for Single-Family Homes

August 10, 2016

For the first time ever, a major metropolitan area in U.S. has recorded a median sale price above $1 million for single-family homes. And that honor belongs to San Jose,…

City Planning Trends

Survey: Bay Area Headed in Wrong Direction, Residents Might Flee

May 2, 2016

According to a poll of 1,000 Bay Area residents conducted for the Bay Area Council, only 40 percent of residents feel like we’re “headed in the right direction,” down from…

East Bay Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Transit

What It Costs to Live near BART and the Relative Commute Times

March 31, 2016

The relative cost of living near BART has been newly mapped by Estately, which compiled the average sale price per square foot for all the houses, townhouses and condos that…

Trends

The Most Expensive U.S. Metro Areas: San Jose And San Francisco

August 11, 2015

San Jose (#1) and San Francisco (#2) remain the two most expensive major metropolitan areas in U.S. for single-family homes and the gap between the two and the rest of…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Rentals

Short-Term Rental Scofflaws Hit With $276,000 Fine

May 6, 2015

Two landlords who employed the Ellis Act to evict tenants from the rent-controlled units and then marketed the apartments as short-term rentals on Airbnb, Homeway and VRBO have been hit…

East Bay San Jose (And South) Trends

San Jose And San Francisco Prices Slip While U.S. Median Advances

November 7, 2014

San Jose and San Francisco remain the two most expensive major metropolitan areas in U.S. for single-family homes, but the gap between the two and the completion has narrowed a…

Bubble (Or Not) City Planning Real Estate Economics

City Responds To “Gloomy” Outlook For Affordable Housing In SF

September 26, 2014

Responding to the Civil Grand Jury report which noted that the Mayor’s goal of creating 30,000 new and rehabilitated homes is San Francisco by 2020 “will provide some relief to…

Trends

Most Expensive Metro Area In The US? San Jose. San Francisco #2

August 12, 2014

While home-price growth in the U.S. has slowed to its slowest pace since 2012, up an average of 4.4 percent, year-over-year, the median single-family home sale price within the San…

City Planning Trends

San Francisco Will Miss Its Affordable Housing Allocation By A Mile

July 23, 2014

As was long ago determined by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the regional Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), in order to meet the growing…

Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
One can certainly hope so!
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Scott Wiener and Sacramento knowingly set SF up for failure with the 82,000 unit mandate One has to wonder about…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
I share your skepticism. I've also read that the 833 Bryant project, built on the cheap, has all kinds of…
Parklife on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
Except that the S&P return during that same period was approximately 88%, without holding costs (albeit assuming this was leveraged,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
If anything good can come from this, hopefully tthose who aren't cheerleading development and have concerns about neighborhood character will…
Jack on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
I guess it’s hard to argue with value engineering low income housing, but what a shame they were not able…
Brahma (incensed renter) on An Opportunity to Capitalize on a Bernal Heights Blaze
A joint venture led by three local developers including Bernal Heights Housing Corporation, Tabernacle Community Development Corporation, and Mitchelville Real…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Lurie's key claim — and the big point in his favor relevant for this thread — is that he was…
Neighborhood Activist on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Your guess is as good as mine. He may be really good for SF, or he may be worthless. I…
Notcom on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Yes it is, definitely...one of the two.

Building Up Lombard Take Two (More)

San Jose Breaks the Million Dollar Mark for Single-Family Homes

Survey: Bay Area Headed in Wrong Direction, Residents Might Flee

What It Costs to Live near BART and the Relative Commute Times

The Most Expensive U.S. Metro Areas: San Jose And San Francisco

Short-Term Rental Scofflaws Hit With $276,000 Fine

San Jose And San Francisco Prices Slip While U.S. Median Advances

City Responds To “Gloomy” Outlook For Affordable Housing In SF

Most Expensive Metro Area In The US? San Jose. San Francisco #2

San Francisco Will Miss Its Affordable Housing Allocation By A Mile

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