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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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Light House Condo Offered for 895 Bitcoin (in 2018) Sells

September 30, 2021

Purchased for $6.495 million in April of 2016, the 5,493-square-foot “Light House” condo at 651 Dolores Street, one of four condos within the converted Second Church of Christ Scientist, across…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Jumps Back Above 3 Percent

September 30, 2021

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped 13 basis points (0.13 percentage points) over the past week to 3.01 percent. While 3.02 percent is still historically low, with…

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Bigger Church Street Project Even Closer to Reality

September 29, 2021

As we outlined last year, while plans to raze the former Sparky’s, and current Thorough Bread and Pastry, building and build up to six stories in height upon the 240-250…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales in the U.S. Recovered Last Month, But…

September 29, 2021

Having ticked down 1.8 percent in July, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, recovered…

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Purchase Mortgage Activity in the U.S. Ticks Down

September 29, 2021

Overall mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. ticked down 1.1 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the past week, according to…

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Index Versus Reality for a Russian Hill View Unit

September 28, 2021

Featuring picture-postcard views, spanning from the Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz and far beyond, the renovated unit #3C at 1080 Chestnut Street, which is a classic cooperative building “on one…

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Index for Bay Area House Values Ticks Up 1.2 Percent

September 28, 2021

Having gained 2.7 percent in June, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and…

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Auctioned Estate Resells “Well Below Appraised Value”

September 27, 2021

Marketed by Sotheby’s with a $47.5 million price tag back in 2012, subsequently reduced a number of times and listed for as little as $15.99 million in late 2017, “Woodhaven…

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Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Inches Up, Sales Too

September 27, 2021

The net number of homes for sale in San Francisco inched up another two (2) percent over the past week to a little over 1,200, representing the most active inventory…

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New Bayview/Dogpatch Lab Development on the Boards

September 24, 2021

Purchased for $34 million early 2019, plans to raze the warehouse buildings on the two Bayview blocks at 3150 and 3240 3rd Street, between Cesar Chavez and Islais Creek, on…

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