Number of Homes on the Market in San Francisco Ticks Up
Having inched up 2 percent last week, the net number of homes for sale across San Francisco has since ticked up another 4 percent to around 920, which is 10…
Apartment Rents in San Francisco Appear to Have Bottomed
Having continued to inch down last month, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco appears to have bottomed at around $3,050 a month, down around 25…
Auction of Marin Mega-Estate Site Fades to Black
Listed for $39 million back in 2015, the asking price for the 140-acre “King Mountain Estate” site, an assemblage of six Marin parcels stretching from Kentfield to Larkspur, upon which…
Scofflaw Permit Expediter Agrees to a $1.7 Million Settlement
Walter Wong, the permit expediter for the 555 Fulton Street project and head of the W. Wong Construction Company, has agreed to repay the City for $1.45 million in no-bid…
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Conversion of Iconic Union Square Building Closer to Reality
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 and newly rendered by Handel Architects.…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Down, Short-Term Rate Drops
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down another 2 basis points (0.02 percentage points) over the past week to 2.94 percent, which is 34 basis points below…
San Francisco’s City Hall Will Reopen in June
Having closed to the public in March of last year, San Francisco’s City Hall will reopen for in-person services, such as applying for marriage licenses, obtaining birth and death certificates,…
Dolores Heights View Home Fetches an Early 2019 Price
Having been “meticulously rebuilt to exacting luxury standards” in 2018, the three-bedroom, 3000-square-foot Dolores Heights view home at 3627 21st Street sold for $4.5 million in March of 2019. Featuring…
Value of a Prized View Condo Drops $500K
As we outlined in October of last year: Purchased from the sales office for $3,149,500, or roughly $2,003 per square foot, back in June of 2016, the “highest and largest”…
MLB Instructs the Oakland A’s to Explore a Move
Citing “ with the rate of progress on the A’s new ballpark effort with local officials and other stakeholders in Oakland,” Major League Baseball has instructed the Oakland Athletics “to…