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New Pricing for Luxury Condo Already Listed at a Loss

February 13, 2024

Purchased for $2,486,500 in December of 2018, the 1,400-square-foot unit #6C at 288 Pacific Avenue, a luxurious “modern oasis…ideally situated on the 6th floor of an architectural masterpiece,” with 24/7…

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Another Supersized Development Has Been Abandoned

February 12, 2024

Having faced some pushback from Planning, related to the approved plans for up-zoning and infilling San Francisco’s Central SoMa District, the Fifth and Folsom Investors, LLC subsequently received a notice…

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Mortgage Availability Inches Up From an 11-Year Low

February 12, 2024

Having dropped back down to its lowest level in over a decade at the end of last year, mortgage credit availability inched up 0.7 percent last month, with a 1.9…

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Tenant Buyouts Drop in San Francisco

February 9, 2024

Landlords in San Francisco inked 260 legally recorded tenant buyout agreements last year, as mapped above, a 33 percent drop from the 389 inked in 2022 and 391 inked in…

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Plans for Pac Heights Redevelopment Entitled! But…

February 9, 2024

As we outlined at the end of last year, plans for converting the landmarked Health Sciences Library building on the southeast corner of Sacramento and Webster into a 24-unit luxury…

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Expected Value of Rate Cuts Tumbles, Mid-Six Rates Normalized

February 8, 2024

In a move that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the probability of a rate cut this quarter, based on movements in the futures market, has dropped to under…

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Nearly 30 Percent Cheaper for a One-Bedroom With Views

February 7, 2024

Purchased for $1.65 million in November of 2017, the high-floor unit #35D in the Lumina tower at 201 Folsom Street, a “stunning 1-bed, 1-bath + den gem with amazing views…

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Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Finally Trades

February 6, 2024

On the market for $19.675 million back 2016, returned to the market listed for $17.5 million in 2020, having been “cleaned up” and positioned as a “beautiful blank canvas ready…

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Number of Homes for Sale in S.F. Ticks Up, Asking Prices Down

February 5, 2024

The net number of condos and single-family homes listed for sale in San Francisco ticked up 4 percent over the past week. While 6 percent lower than at the same…

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Modernized Pac Heights Home Drops Below Its 2016 Price

February 2, 2024

Purchased for $9.500 million in March of 2020, the four-level, five-bedroom Pacific Heights home at 2741 Vallejo Street, “an exclusive and quiet street surrounded by lovely homes and a short…

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…
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…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
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…
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…
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,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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New Pricing for Luxury Condo Already Listed at a Loss

Another Supersized Development Has Been Abandoned

Mortgage Availability Inches Up From an 11-Year Low

Tenant Buyouts Drop in San Francisco

Plans for Pac Heights Redevelopment Entitled! But…

Expected Value of Rate Cuts Tumbles, Mid-Six Rates Normalized

Nearly 30 Percent Cheaper for a One-Bedroom With Views

Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Finally Trades

Number of Homes for Sale in S.F. Ticks Up, Asking Prices Down

Modernized Pac Heights Home Drops Below Its 2016 Price

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