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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
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Haas Penthouse Fetches Less Than 50 Percent of Original List

December 9, 2021

The 5,180-square-foot “Haas Penthouse” atop 2100 Pacific Avenue, “one of the most important penthouse apartments in San Francisco,” according to its sales agents, with extensive wall space that was positioned…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Parkside Church to Be Razed, Condos to Rise

December 8, 2021

Purchased for $1.9 million in July of 2019, a permit to raze the one-story Living Water Fellowship building at 2308-2016 Vicente Street has been requested. And as proposed, the Parkside…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Modern Duboce Triangle Development Closer to Reality

December 8, 2021

The formal application for approval to raze the former furniture warehouse turned art gallery (67 Belcher) and designer loft (69 Belcher) and develop a modern five-story building on the 12,500-square-foot…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Plans for the Conversion of This Landmarked Building

December 7, 2021

As we foreshadowed back in 2017: Designed by Albert Pissis and built in 1912, CPMC’s 20,000-square-foot Health Sciences Library Building at 2395 Sacramento Street was designated a San Francisco Historic…

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Budget for Electrification of Caltrain Hits $2.44B

December 7, 2021

Originally expected to cost $1.5 billion and be operational in 2019, the projected budget for electrifying Caltrain, which had already ticked up to $2.3 billion earlier this year, has just…

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Musk’s Massive Silicon Valley Estate Sold for $30 Million

December 6, 2021

The resale of the 47.5-acre Silicon Valley estate at 891 Crystal Springs Road in Hillsborough, which Elon Musk purchased for $23.364 million in June of 2017 and returned to the…

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Pace of Home Sales and Inventory Levels Tick Down in S.F.

December 6, 2021

The number of homes on the market in San Francisco ticked down another 3 percent over the past week to 820, which is 42 percent lower than at the same…

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Rents in S.F. Tick Down Another Percent, But…

December 3, 2021

The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco ticked down another percent over the past month to $3,325. But as we noted last month, asking rents in…

City Planning Industry Stuff Remodeling and Renovation Trends

A DUM Remodeling “Mistake” That Could Be Rather Costly

December 2, 2021

Purchased as a vacant two-unit building for $690,000 in September of 2001, a permit to remodel the kitchen on the main/second floor of the rather lovely Victorian at 1016 Pierce…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Up, Fed Positioning for a Hike

December 2, 2021

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched up 1 basis points (0.01 percentage points) over the past week to 3.11 percent, which is 40 basis points above its…

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