Supersized Twin Peaks Infill Project Slated for Approval
Purchased for $800,000 in August of 2019, the seemingly shoehorned Twin Peaks parcel at 4512 23rd Street, which technically fronts a little known spur of 23rd Street and Argent Alley,…
Mortgage Loan Application Volumes Drop
Mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. dropped 6.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the past week and were down 6…
Housing Dropped from Approved Dogpatch Plans
As we outlined back in 2018, plans to raze the two-story Dogpatch building on the northwest corner of 20th and Illinois, which is home to Jim’s Smoke Shop and Deli,…
Purchase Mortgage Activity for New Homes in the U.S. Drops
While inventory levels hit a 13-year high in August, and were up over 30 percent on a year-over-year basis, mortgage application volumes to purchase new homes in the U.S. dropped…
Shuttered WeWork Golden Gate Space Back on the Market
Having sat vacant for 20 years, the 56,000-square-foot office condo at 25 Taylor Street, above the Golden Gate Theater, was purchased by War Horse Cities for $6 million in 2012…
Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Has Likely Peaked
Having inched down a percent over the past week to 1,240, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of new sales, appears to have hit its…
Record-Setting Pac Heights Penthouse on the Market for $45M
Having traded hands for $32 million, or nearly $6,000 per square foot, in a hush-hush deal back in 2015, the record-setting contract price for the 5,400-square-foot Penthouse (Unit #10) atop…
Office Vacancy Rate Inches Up in S.F. Despite Leasing Activity
Having ticked over 20 percent in the second quarter of the year, the effective office vacancy rate in San Francisco has inched up another 40 basis points (0.4 percentage points)…
Iconic Castro Building Back on the Market
With plans to convert the prominent Bank of America/Italy building on the southwest corner of Castro and Market into a “Randy Rooster” burlesque club having fallen through back in 2013,…
East Bay Office Vacancy Rate Ticks Up to 17.9 Percent
The office vacancy rate in the East Bay, not including Walnut Creek or further east, ticked up to 17.9 percent at the end of September, which includes 4.6 million square…