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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…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less
152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market
Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank
Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…
steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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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