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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
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Massive ‘Sorry to Bother You’ Mansion Trades at a Loss

October 20, 2020

As we outlined in March of last year: Designed by John Hudson Thomas and built for John Hopkins Spring, a real estate developer, in 1914, the 12,000-square-foot Spring Mansion which…

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Number of Homes for Sale in S.F. Hits a Two-Decade High

October 20, 2020

Following a trend which shouldn’t have caught any plugged-in readers by surprise, as its basis was in place prior to the pandemic having hit, the number of homes on the…

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Rents Continue to Tumble in San Francisco

October 19, 2020

Despite offers of up to three months free rent, cash incentives to sign a new lease and advertised rents having already dropped over 20 percent on a year-over-year basis, the…

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Office Vacancy Rate in the East Bay Ticks Over 14 Percent

October 19, 2020

As in San Francisco, the vacancy rate for East Bay office space has just ticked back over 14 percent, which includes 3.6 million square feet of un-leased space along with…

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Bay Area Employment Rebound Sputters

October 16, 2020

Having dropped by over 90,000 from March through May, yielding an unemployment rate of 12.7 percent, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck rebounded by 33,000…

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Sub-Million Dollar Listing Levels Tick Up Again in San Francisco

October 16, 2020

With the number of homes on the market in San Francisco nearing a two-decade high, and the percentage of homes on the market listed for under a million dollars having…

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Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to a New All-Time Low

October 15, 2020

Having moderated around 2.9 percent since early September, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down 6 basis points over the past week to a new all-time low…

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Nearly 12 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in S.F.

October 14, 2020

In addition to 5.6 million square feet of directly vacant, un-leased office space spread across the city, which is up from around 3.7 million square feet of un-leased space at…

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Reduced Rents and Pricing for a Prized View Condo

October 14, 2020

Purchased from the sales office for $3,149,500, or roughly $2,003 per square foot, back in June of 2016, the “highest and largest” two-bedroom, two-bath unit in the Lumina tower at…

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Another Wave of Vacancies Poised to Roil the Market in S.F.

October 12, 2020

While the vacancy rate for larger, multi-unit apartment buildings in San Francisco had only ticked up from around 5 percent in the second quarter of last year to around 6…

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    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

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  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…

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    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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