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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
Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

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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Recent Reader Activity
  1. Brahma (incensed renter) on Sellers at The Harrison are Taking Some Big(ger) Hits

    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

    But aren't you're looking thru the wrong documents? I really think it should be the Federal Directory, for an empty…

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

    For other readers that have doubts about Milkshake's characterization of Brugnara as as mythomaniac, I would refer you to the…

  6. 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…

  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.

  8. 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…

  9. 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…

  10. 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…

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