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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But… Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale

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…

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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…

Notcom on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again
Remember being a currently imprisoned felon is not a bar to running for President! So will Luke allow Eugene Debs…
The Milkshake of Despair on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again
Wow, that guy has really taken to heart our nation's recent "cheat, lie, and deny" zeitgeist. Thanks for the update.
Brahma (incensed renter) on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again
Follow up: After six months on the lam, Luke Brugnara was taken into custody in the Sunset District in late…
Brahma (incensed renter) on New Plans for Big Polk Gulch Infill Project
Y-I-M-B-Y advocacy journalists want us to believe that if only we support State Legislators in their campaign to impose political…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Looking for (Another) Sub-2014 Priced High-End Loft?
The owner apparently disagreed, and tried the leasing option. Roughly a month after the above main post, Apt 602's listing…
Conifer on Seized Pac Heights Home Listed with a $14M Price Tag
Perhaps Brahma should take over SocketSite and bring it back to life. I am just a long-term, half a century,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Seized Pac Heights Home Listed with a $14M Price Tag
You were spot on for the selling price, but years off on the time frame. After several listing removal and…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Motivated Sellers Drop Price for Light Filled Dogpatch Loft, Again
The AI Boom! continues to show the incredible impact of wealth creation in S.F. and on S.F. real estate. 578…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
Then the owner should sell the property to someone who can get the job done. Apparently the Y-I-M-B-Ys are apparently…
tipster on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
Ha ha, "upon the slopped site" Little did the editor realize the foreshadowing of this typo in the 2019 post.…

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