Inventory Levels Inch Up in San Francisco, Poised to Jump
While the number of homes officially on the market in San Francisco (950) has only ticked up a few percent over the past few weeks, driven by new contract activity,…
Apples-to-Apples for an “Ultra-Swanky” Noe Valley Home
Purchased for $3.525 million in April of 2017, the “ultra-swanky entertainer’s showplace” home at 389 27th Street returned to the market priced at $3.75 million this past November, a sale…
New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year
The 25-story tower rising at 415 Natoma Street, the first building of the massive 5M Project, which spans a 4-acre South of Market site stretching from Mission to Howard and…
Permitting Scofflaws Take Note
As proposed by Supervisor Ronen, individuals, agents and entities that have a history of circumventing and abusing the City’s permitting process – such as working without a permit; misrepresenting the…
Bonus-Sized Development Closer to Reality in the Mission
As we first outlined back in 2018, plans for a 9-story building to rise on the 20,000-square-foot surface area parking lot at 321 Florida Street, between 16th and 17th Streets…
Change of Plans for Approved Elderly Care Facility
The plans for a mixed-use, four-story development to rise on the Grant’s Auto Repair shop parcel on the southeast corner of Mission Street and Foote Avenue, on the border of…
Leasing Activity Inches Up, Vacancy Rate Down, in San Francisco
We’ve been tracking the current occupancy and availability of 3,600 distinct apartments, spread across ten buildings in Hayes Valley, Dogpatch, Potrero Hill, Mid-Market, SoMa and the Transbay District, over the…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Holds
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has held at 2.73 percent over the past two weeks, which is only 8 basis points (0.08 percentage points) above its all-time…
Mortgage Loan Activity Slips
While purchase mortgage activity across the U.S. ticked up 2 percent over the past week and is still running 17 percent higher than at the same time last year, purchase…
Conversion of Historic Cow Hollow Garage Closer to Reality
Nearly foreclosed upon when on the market as a development site back in 2017, the 105-year-old Cow Hollow garage at 1776 Green Street, which has been tagged as a Class…