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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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Mortgage Rates Inch Up, 30-Year Rate Hits a Six-Month High

October 14, 2021

Having jumped back over 3 percent two weeks ago, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched up to 3.05 percent, which is a six-month high. And…

Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Landmark Octagon House Reduced $800K

October 13, 2021

As we outlined back in 2015, when half of the landmark home was listed on Craigslist as a rental for $10,000 a month, the Feusier Octagon House at 1067 Green…

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The Actual Appreciation for a “LuXe” One-Bedroom

October 13, 2021

Purchased for $1.17 million in February of 2017, the 894-square-foot Pacific Heights condo #506 in the “LuXe” at 1650 Broadway returned to the market priced at $1.3 million last month.…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Loan Application Volumes Inch Up, But…

October 13, 2021

Mortgage loan application volumes across the U.S. inched up 0.2 percent over the past week on a seasonally adjusted basis having dropped 6.9 percent the week before, with a 2…

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Planning to Protect Neighborhood Laundromats, for Now

October 12, 2021

With a third of the neighborhood-serving Laundromats in San Francisco having shuttered over the past eight years, which has disproportionally impacted lower-income and older residents in buildings without in-unit or…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Apples-to-Apples to Index for a Contemporary Noe Compound

October 12, 2021

Purchased for $4.6 million in October of 2018, the contemporary Noe Valley home and cottage compound at 680 Douglass Street returned to the market price at $4.795 million last month.…

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Number of Homes on the Market in San Francisco Inches Up

October 11, 2021

With fewer purchase contracts having been written over the past week than there were properties newly listed for sale, the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco…

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Bigger Plans for a Project That’s Already Broken Ground

October 8, 2021

Plans to merge the two Central SoMa parcels at 952-960 Howard Street, demolish everything but the façade of the 100-year-old, single-story industrial building at 960 Howard, and develop a new…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Bold Plans for an All-New United Irish Cultural Center

October 8, 2021

The bold plans for an all-new United Irish Cultural Center to rise up to 96 feet in height on the site of the existing 35-foot-tall Center at 2700 45th Avenue,…

Bay Buildings Commercial Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics

Conversion of Historic Clay Theater Closer to Reality

October 7, 2021

Having shuttered in February of last year, plans to convert the historic Clay Theater at 2261 Fillmore Street into a retail space have since been drawn. And a formal application…

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  3. 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…

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  7. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

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