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City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation Trends

On the Market and Outed Anew, Another DUM on the Down-Low

December 16, 2021

Purchased as a two-unit building for $831,500 in October of 2011, permits to remodel the two one-bedroom, one-bath units at 1566 19th Street and 395 Arkansas, on the north slope…

City Planning Neighborhoods

Department of Sanitation and Streets Established

December 16, 2021

Authorized by voters last year, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has formally approved the creation of a new Department of Sanitation and Streets (DSS) and Commission, separate from the Department…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Prepare for Multiple Rate Hikes in 2022

December 15, 2021

With “supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic and the reopening of the economy” having “continued to contribute to elevated levels of inflation,” which has been rattling the market,…

City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Common Sense Prevails, Upscale Nob Hill Project Approved

December 15, 2021

As we outlined back in October, the refined plans for razing the two-story parking garage at 1320 Washington Street and building a six-story, 25-unit building upon the Nob Hill site…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Problems for the Bold New Irish Cultural Center as Proposed

December 14, 2021

San Francisco’s Planning Department has just completed its preliminary review of the bold plans for an all-new United Irish Cultural Center to rise up to 96 feet in height on…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Trends

Inflation in the Excelsior and on the Boards

December 13, 2021

While plans to raze the 20-foot-tall discount store building at 4550 Mission Street were first drafted back in 2006, the ground has yet to be broken. And the former Woolworth’s…

East Bay Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents in Oakland Inch Up

December 13, 2021

Having held at around $2,400 over the past three months, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland has inched up a (1) percent over the past few…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics Trends

Pace of Home Sales in S.F. Drops, Down Over 20 Percent YOY

December 13, 2021

The number of homes on the market in San Francisco dropped 11 percent over the past week to 730, which is 42 percent lower than at the same time last…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Historic Addition Further Refined, Recommended for Approval

December 10, 2021

Having undergone another round of refinements, as newly rendered by Leavitt Architecture below, the plans for a five floor addition atop the historic Key Klub building at 850 Bush Street,…

Breaking News East Bay Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Bay Area Unemployment Claims Drop to a Pandemic-Era Low

December 10, 2021

The number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area dropped to 51,484 in October, which was down from 138,831 in September, the fewest new claims since the pandemic…

Fact on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
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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…

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On the Market and Outed Anew, Another DUM on the Down-Low

Department of Sanitation and Streets Established

Prepare for Multiple Rate Hikes in 2022

Common Sense Prevails, Upscale Nob Hill Project Approved

Problems for the Bold New Irish Cultural Center as Proposed

Inflation in the Excelsior and on the Boards

Asking Rents in Oakland Inch Up

Pace of Home Sales in S.F. Drops, Down Over 20 Percent YOY

Historic Addition Further Refined, Recommended for Approval

Bay Area Unemployment Claims Drop to a Pandemic-Era Low

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