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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
Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Loan Application Volumes Tick Back Up

January 13, 2021

Having slipped over the previous two holiday weeks, purchase mortgage loan activity across the U.S. ticked up 8 percent over the past week and was 10 percent higher than at…

Apples To Apples Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation Trends

So You Thought You Knew the Market in Noe / San Francisco

January 12, 2021

As we outlined last month, the previously remodeled three-bedroom home at 3806 22nd Street, which is “located on one of the best, flat blocks in Noe Valley,” was purchased for…

Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Timing for Skinny Central SoMa Hotel Pushed Back

January 12, 2021

Having been approved by Planning back in the second quarter of 2018, building permits for the skinny 8-story Central SoMa hotel and group housing development to rise at 744 Harrison…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The Plans for That $6.5 Million Teardown in Dolores Heights

January 12, 2021

Purchased for $6.5 million, or a breathless “$6,069 per square foot,” back in May of 2018, plans to raze the existing 1,071-square-foot home on an oversized, 6,926-square-foot Dolores Heights lot…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Neighborhoods

A Twenty Percent Drop at The San Francisco Shipyard

January 11, 2021

Marketed as a “fantastic opportunity to get in on the new and ultra chic community of The Shipyard,” the two-bedroom, two-bath unit #216 at 451 Donahue Street, which was purchased…

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

Black and Blue with Stakeholders All Over

January 11, 2021

Built in 1920, the two-story building on the northwest corner of 8th and Howard might not appear to be particularly noteworthy. But having been identified as a contributing resource to…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Twenty-Five Potrero Hill Infill HOMEs Could Rise Right Here

January 8, 2021

Purchased for $1.7 million in September of 2018, plans to develop the two currently inaccessible Potrero Hill lots at 999 Texas Street have since been drawn and dubbed “1055 Texas.”…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture

Historic Addition Redesigned, Rendered and Formally Proposed

January 7, 2021

Having faced some pushback from Planning as originally envisioned, the plans for a five floor addition atop the historic Key Klub building at 850 Bush Street, which is located within…

Breaking News East Bay Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Bay Area Stay Home Order Will Be Extended [UPDATED]

January 7, 2021

With the ICU availability for the greater Bay Area Region having just dropped to 3.5 percent of total capacity, the Regional Stay Home Order which went into effect at 11:59PM…

As Proposed City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Character of Bonus-Sized Development Questioned

January 6, 2021

As we outlined back in 2014: Residents in north-facing condos at the Palms – or fans of the Marina Auto Body shop – take note: plans to raze the auto…

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