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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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A Modernized Bayview Home Returns, Take Two

January 16, 2024

Purchased for $1.170 million in early 2021, having been taken “down to the studs” and modernized, “with no details left unfinished,” back in 2019, the four-bedroom Bayview home at 1119…

Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics Trends

Listed Inventory Levels in San Francisco Start to Climb

January 16, 2024

The number of homes on the market in San Francisco jumped nearly 20 percent over the past week and is poised to climb over the next couple of months, with…

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Another 2 Million Square Feet of Vacant Office Space in San Francisco

January 12, 2024

As we noted this past October, at which point there was “only” 26 million square feet of vacant space spread across San Francisco, there was “another 2 million square feet…

Apples To Apples Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Trends

Index Versus Reality for a Contemporary Noe Condo

January 11, 2024

Purchased for $1.95 million in October of 2016, the 1,831-square-foot, “house-like” Noe Valley condo unit #1 at 547 29th Street, which features a contemporary floor plan and finishes, with direct…

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Mortgage Credit Availability Drops, Lending Standards Tighten

January 11, 2024

Despite a drop in the benchmark 30-year mortgage rate to only 6.61 percent, the decline of which has since leveled off, mortgage credit availability dropped 4.6 percent in December, with…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Trends

A Concerning Resale and Trend

January 10, 2024

Purchased for $288,000 in December of 2006, the 254-square-foot studio unit #405 in the Book Concern Building at 83 McAllister Street resold for $365,000 in July of 2021, representing net…

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Infamous Sea Cliff Mansion Slated to Be Sold

January 9, 2024

As we revealed last year, an offer for the infamous seven-bedroom home at 224 Sea Cliff Avenue, which was shielded from foreclosure by way of a bankruptcy filing, is in…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Trends

Landmark Nob Hill Condo Drops Over 30 Percent

January 8, 2024

Listed for $1.798 million in January of 2016, the “tastefully remodeled and…ready to occupy” two-bedroom unit #1414 in the Gramercy Towers at 1177 California Street, “a Nob Hill landmark located…

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Asking Prices in San Francisco Ticking Down

January 8, 2024

With pending home sales in San Francisco having just dropped to a seven-year low in the absolute and the asking price per square foot of the homes in contract across…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Trends

South Beach Penthouse Trades (Well) Below Its 2011 Price

January 5, 2024

As we outlined over a decade ago, units #402 and #403 atop the Cape Horn Lofts building at 540 Delancey Street were combined to form a single 3,000-square-foot penthouse condo,…

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