Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to a Five-Month Low [UPDATED]
Having inched back over 3 percent two weeks ago to a two-month high, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since dropped 12 basis points (0.12 percentage points)…
Undocumented Conversion Threatens Proposed Infill Project(s)
As we outlined early last year, plans to raze the shuttered Quan Bac building(s) at 4110-4116 Geary Boulevard, a perennially challenged restaurant and lounge space with a second floor residential…
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In the Heights of Eureka Valley
Redeveloped in 2018, as was the single-family home at 335 Diamond Street next door, the two-unit building at 333 Diamond returned to the market in 2019, listed as a 5,190-square-foot…
Former Building Commission President Indicted
While the former president of San Francisco’s Building Inspection Commission, Rodrigo Santos, has been indicted for bank fraud, as charged last year, the City Attorney’s investigation into permitting, inspection and…
Serenity Estate Finally Trades at 60 Percent Below Original Price
Custom built 14 years ago, the 101-acre Alamo estate at 10 Serenity Lane is centered around a nearly 13,000-square-foot “chateau,” with a state-of-the-art, 12,000-square-foot car barn/museum that can accommodate up…
Pending Home Sales Drop to a 4-Month Low in San Francisco
While the number of homes on the market in San Francisco has ticked up to a six-month high, the number of properties in contract across the city (i.e., pending home…
Muted Appreciation for a Modern Statement Home in the Mission
Purchased for $6.85 million in October of 2016, the modern 4,665-square-foot home at 50 Oakwood Street in the Mission returned to the market priced at $8.35 million this past April,…
Considerations, but No Red Flags, for Nob Hill Infill Project
As we revealed earlier this year: Plans to demolish to the two single-family homes, three apartments and Twin’s Armoire building which span 842-860 California Street and back to 119 Joice…
Purchase Loan Activity in the U.S. Drops, Down 17 Percent YOY
Mortgage loan application volumes in the U.S. dropped 7 percent over the past week, including a 6 percent drop in purchase mortgage activity, which was down 17 percent on a…
Pending Home Sales Rebounded 8 Percent in May, But…
Having dropped 4.4 percent in April to 106.2, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity,…