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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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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 Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…
Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)
Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price
Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…
Brahma (incensed renter) on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)
And 12 years and 8 months later, brought to market asking $35 million only to be removed 122 days after…
Notcom on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year
I would diagnose this type of disconnect: Ass Burgher's Syndrome
Brahma (incensed renter) on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year
Yes. You correctly understood the schtick. Business people can make up all kinds of rationalizations for their pecuniary interests that…
Daniel on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
The Chron has some numbers to put to this: They just published a rundown of office occupancy by largest tenants.…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Another Motivated Seller and Near Million Dollar Drop
San Francisco clearly isn't doing enough to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive city for elite tech founders with lots…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Conversion of Historic Cow Hollow Garage Closer to Reality
Sold at the Sep 2025 asking price. 23 days after the immediately preceding comment, 1776 Green St Unit 201 closed…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
According to our local RE boffins, the AI startup boom is in full swing. From Queenie Wong's 8 Apr 2026…

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