Landmark Office Complex Closer to Reality
Designed by Gustave Albert (G. Albert) Lansburgh and built for H. Levi & Co. in 1912, the five-story brick warehouse building on the southeast corner of Kansas and 15th Street…
New Unemployment Claims Drop but Remain Historically High
The number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area dropped to 126,835 in July, which was the fewest new claims in a month since the pandemic hit, down…
Corner Church on the Market, Primed for Redevelopment
Built in 1948, the 10,732-square-foot Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church and Gracie Infant Care Center on the southwest corner of Ulloa Street and 33rd Avenue is now on the market with…
Super Skinny Hayes Valley Development Fully Permitted! But…
As we outlined back in the fourth quarter of 2016: Having been approved for a pair of super skinny buildings to rise up to five stories across the Hayes Valley…
Mortgage Rates Are Holding, Application Volumes Have Dropped
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has inched up a total of 1 basis point (0.01 percentage point) over the past two weeks to 2.88 percent, which is…
Nob Hill Subdivision Slated for Approval
Permits to demolish the 512-square-foot, one-car garage that occupies the Nob Hill lot at 1728 Larkin Street, which was created and then sold for $2 million in 2019 by subdividing…
Purchase Mortgage Activity Continues to Drop in the U.S.
Mortgage loan application volumes to either purchase or refinance a home in the U.S. dropped another 3 percent over the past week, or a combined 1.9 percent on a seasonally…
Corner of (Broken) Dreams Back on the Market
Foreclosed upon in 2012 and then again in 2019, the verdant Russian Hill parcel on the northwest corner of Broadway and Taylor, big plans for which have been drawn, is…
Home Buying Activity in S.F. Just Slipped Year-Over-Year
As we noted two weeks ago, pending home sales activity in San Francisco, which peaked in April, was on track to drop on a year-over-year basis “within the next few…
Rents in San Francisco Are Up 10 Percent
Despite some recent misreports to the contrary, apartment rents in San Francisco have not risen 18 percent since the start of the year. The weighted average asking rent for an…