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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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A Creative Cow Hollow Transformation and Pesky Complaint

June 15, 2021

Purchased as a 3,260-square-foot, two-unit building for $3.2 million in June of 2017, plans to remodel 2742-2744 Baker Street were approved in early 2018. As approved and subsequently permitted, the…

Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

Number of Homes on the Market in San Francisco Ticks Up

June 15, 2021

With the number of homes that were newly listed for sale in San Francisco having outpaced the number of new purchase contracts that were written over the past two weeks,…

Breaking News Industry Stuff

San Francisco Reopened, Unscheduled Open Houses Allowed

June 15, 2021

For the first time since early 2020, real estate Open Houses and showings can once again be held in San Francisco without any capacity, distancing or scheduling requirements in place,…

Apples To Apples As Proposed Bay Buildings Breaking News Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

(New) Plans to Raze a One of Kind Residence and Build Up

June 14, 2021

The former furniture warehouse 67-69 Belcher Street, which measures nearly 19,000 square feet and was slated to be demolished decades ago, was acquired by artists Spaulding Taylor and Win Ng…

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

Downsized Plans for that Prominent North Beach Development

June 11, 2021

As we revealed back in 2019, plans to demolish the façade of the burned-out Verdi Building at 659 Union Street, between Columbus and Powell, and redevelop the site in the…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Appreciation for a Stately Presidio Heights Home

June 10, 2021

Extensively remodeled in 2015, the Presidio Heights home at 145 Presidio Avenue was listed for $7.495 million in April 2019 and sold for $7.2 million that June. While maintaining a…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Down to 2.96 Percent

June 10, 2021

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down 3 basis points (0.03 percentage points) over the past week to 2.96 percent, which is 25 basis points below its…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Impact of Proposed Tower Appealed, Rather Ironically

June 9, 2021

Having been granted a Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration (PMND) by Planning last month, which establishes that that its development “would not have a significant effect on the environment as proposed”…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Purchase Loan Activity Continues to Drop in the U.S.

June 9, 2021

Adjusted for Memorial Day, mortgage loan application volumes across the U.S. dropped 3.1 percent last week, having dropped 4 percent the week prior, and were down 13 percent on an…

As Proposed City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Seeking Forgiveness for an Illegal Grow House Conversion

June 8, 2021

Illegally converted into a cannabis grow house early last year, with unpermitted electrical work and construction, a formal request “to convert” the former Bay Area Ironworks Suppliers building at 1440…

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    It did languish on the market, for over 760 days. After originally listing in late May 2024 asking $1.275 million,…

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

    Apt 35E at Apt 30A at The Millennium Tower was listed in mid-January 2026 asking $1,695,000 (or < $990 per…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less

    While my selling price call turned out to be correct, the seller didn't have to wait until after the two…

  4. Notcom on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again

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  5. Brahma (incensed renter) on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again

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  6. Notcom on Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated for Foreclosure, Again

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  7. 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.

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