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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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Bay Area Population Declines, Housing Supply Inches Up

May 10, 2021

Following a trend that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in reader’s by surprise, the estimated population of San Francisco proper decreased by 14,773 (1.7 percent) in 2020, representing the largest decline across…

City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Improved Privacy, but No Permits, for Approved Infill Project

May 10, 2021

Conditionally approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission in March, the landscaping plans for a 15-unit development, with 19 residential units and 29 off-street parking spaces, to rise upon the 36,406-square-foot…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Condo Alternative Cottage Relisted Below Its 2016 Price

May 10, 2021

As we outlined at the end of last year: Purchased for $675,000 in January of 2014, the light-filled, one-bedroom cottage at 4353 17th Street, which sits above the Castro in…

Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Inches Up

May 10, 2021

Having ticked down 2 percent last week, the net number of homes for sale across San Francisco has since inched back up 2 percent to around 880, driven by a…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions Remodeling and Renovation

A High-End Pad Fetches Eight Figures Under Its Original Price

May 7, 2021

Having undergone an extensive renovation by The Wiseman Group back in 2006, the nearly 9,000-square-foot mansion at 2590 Green Street, on the border of Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights, returned…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Planning’s Preliminary Support for a Towering Freedom West 2.0

May 7, 2021

Planning has just completed its preliminary review of the draft plans for multiple mid-rise buildings and six towers rising up to 345 feet in height across the four-block “Freedom West”…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Plans for Below-Grade Sleeping Room Development Progress

May 6, 2021

Having been panned by Planning when first proposed, the plans for a modern SRO building to rise up to 86 feet in height on the southeast corner of South Van…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Down to 2.96 Percent

May 6, 2021

Despite concerns that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent comments hinted at the need for the Fed to raise rates sooner rather than later, in order to keep the economy from…

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

A (Less Than) Significant Finding for Proposed Tower to Rise

May 5, 2021

While a detailed analysis of the proposed tower to rise up to 200 feet in height on the site of San Francisco’s aging Fire Station 13, as newly rendered by…

Breaking News Commercial Industry Stuff

Bars Can Reopen in San Francisco, Plus… [UPDATED]

May 4, 2021

With the COVID-19 case rate for San Francisco having dropped to an average of under 30 new cases per day, or under 3 new cases per 100,000 residents, and the…

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    What's the status update on socket site? AI chatbots still on strike?

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less

    152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market

    Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…

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  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank

    Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…

  7. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…

  8. steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…

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

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