A Misleading Drop in the Bay Area Unemployment Rate
Despite the unemployment rate in San Francisco having declined from 6.7 percent in October to 5.7 percent in November, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck…
Inventory Down in the Absolute but Up Nearly 3X Year-Over-Year
With the seasonal culling of unsold inventory in full swing, the net number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco dropped another 13 percent over the past week to…
Apples-to-Apples in the Heart of Hayes Valley
Billed as the “ultimate urban oasis for the savvy buyer,” the top floor, two-bedroom, two-bath unit #502 at 300 Ivy Street, a LEED Platinum development in the heart of “trendy…
An Unpermitted Reskin and Resultant Surprise
Purchased as a little two-unit building with “old world charm” for $2.175 million in April of 2018, permits to expand and remodel the two units at 842-844 Lyon Street were…
Target Timing for Supersized Polk Gulch Mortuary Project
As we revealed last year, the big plans for redeveloping the Polk Gulch funeral home parcel at 1123 Sutter Street and adjacent three-story garage at the corner of Sutter and…
Yes, Mortgage Rates Just Dropped to New All-Time Lows (Again)
Having held at a record-low rate of 2.71 percent last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched down another 4 basis points (0.04 percentage points)…
Bay Area Stay Home Order Has Been Triggered
The ICU availability for the greater Bay Area Region just dropped to 12.9 percent, triggering a Regional Stay Home Order which will go into effect on Thursday, December 17 at…
Historic Infill on the Boards
Purchased for $1.9 million in December of 2014, the historic façade of the two-story Polk Gulch building at 1217 Sutter Street was subsequently restored, the building’s interior refurbished and the…
Amazon Buys Prime Development Site in San Francisco
While plans to build up to 500 residential units, between 550,000 and 625,000 square feet of office space and an additional 200,000 to 312,500 square feet of “PDR” space with…
Big Club Zone Project Slated for Approval
In the works since 2017 and having qualified for a streamlined environmental review, the refined plans for two buildings which could up to 85 feet in height across the four-parcel…