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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

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Conversion of Iconic Building Even Closer to Reality

September 3, 2021

As we outlined earlier this year: The plans for redeveloping the iconic I. Magnin/Macy’s Building on the southwest corner of Geary and Stockton, across from Union Square, have been refined…

City Planning Industry Stuff Remodeling and Renovation

Approved But Not Permitted and a Couple of Familiar Names

September 2, 2021

Plans to add a new Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to the four-unit Noe Valley building at 1475 Church Street were drawn and approved back in mid-2018. And the completed work…

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Plans for Development of Key SoMa Site Closer to Reality

September 1, 2021

In exchange for the additional height and density afforded by San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, new office developments in the area are required to incorporate ground floor Privately‐Owned Public Open…

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Refined Plans for Modern Buddhist Temple Slated for Approval

September 1, 2021

Having been on hold over the past few years, the refined plans for a modern six-story temple to rise on the American Buddhist Cultural Society’s office and bookstore building parcel…

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Apples-to-Apples Versus The Index for a Luxury Two-Bedroom

August 31, 2021

Purchased for $1.945 million in April of 2018, the two-bedroom, two-bath unit #27B in the Lumina tower at 201 Folsom Street, which “exemplifies urban luxury,” with high-end finishes and city…

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Index for Bay Area House Values Up 22.1 Percent YOY

August 31, 2021

Having ticked up 2.6 percent in May, 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…

Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Approved Grubstake Redevelopment Challenged Anew

August 30, 2021

In the works since mid-2015, as we first reported at the time, San Francisco’s Planning Commission approved the bonus-sized plans for a modern 8-story building to rise up to 83…

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Pending Home Sales Drop, Inventory Ticking Up

August 30, 2021

Having dropped 1.9 percent in June, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped another…

As Proposed Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Bonus Plans for a 58-Story Tower to Rise Right Here

August 27, 2021

Plans for a 58-story tower to rise up to 575 feet in height on the South of Market parcel at 620 Folsom Street, upon which a three-story, 43-foot-tall office building…

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Modern Dolores Heights Infill Mansion Slated for Approval

August 27, 2021

Purchased for $6.853 million in May of 2019, plans to raze the remodeled 2,317-square-foot Dolores Heights home at 376 Hill Street, along with its pool and 499-square-foot pool house, a…

Notcom on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again
Remember being a currently imprisoned felon is not a bar to running for President! So will Luke allow Eugene Debs…
The Milkshake of Despair on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again
Wow, that guy has really taken to heart our nation's recent "cheat, lie, and deny" zeitgeist. Thanks for the update.
Brahma (incensed renter) on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again
Follow up: After six months on the lam, Luke Brugnara was taken into custody in the Sunset District in late…
Brahma (incensed renter) on New Plans for Big Polk Gulch Infill Project
Y-I-M-B-Y advocacy journalists want us to believe that if only we support State Legislators in their campaign to impose political…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Looking for (Another) Sub-2014 Priced High-End Loft?
The owner apparently disagreed, and tried the leasing option. Roughly a month after the above main post, Apt 602's listing…
Conifer on Seized Pac Heights Home Listed with a $14M Price Tag
Perhaps Brahma should take over SocketSite and bring it back to life. I am just a long-term, half a century,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Seized Pac Heights Home Listed with a $14M Price Tag
You were spot on for the selling price, but years off on the time frame. After several listing removal and…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Motivated Sellers Drop Price for Light Filled Dogpatch Loft, Again
The AI Boom! continues to show the incredible impact of wealth creation in S.F. and on S.F. real estate. 578…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
Then the owner should sell the property to someone who can get the job done. Apparently the Y-I-M-B-Ys are apparently…
tipster on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
Ha ha, "upon the slopped site" Little did the editor realize the foreshadowing of this typo in the 2019 post.…

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