Refreshed Noe Valley Condo Suddenly Returns
As we outlined at the end of last year: Purchased for $1.95 million in June of 2015, the 1,753-square-foot unit #7 in the former St Paul’s Primary School building at…
Charges Against Former Building Commission President Grow
As we first reported back in 2018: San Francisco’s City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, has just filed suit against construction engineering firm Santos & Urrutia Associates, its principals and several clients…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Up, Short-Term Rates Drop
Having dropped to an all-time low of 3.29 percent last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched up 7 basis points to 3.36 percent but…
Mid-Market Infill Tower Closer to Being Entitled, But…
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed 27-story infill tower to rise on Nordstrom’s underdeveloped parking lot parcel at 469 Stevenson Street has just been released by Planning…
Reports of Illegal Airbnb-ing Back on the Rise in San Francisco
While the number of formal complaints related to illegal short-term rental activity in San Francisco had been on the decline since the second quarter of 2016, following the passage (and…
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Now Listed for a Million Less in the Mission
Purchased as a 2,000-square-foot property, “in need upgrading,” for $1.31 million in May of 2018, the single-family home at 1160 Florida Street has since been redesigned by Martinkovic Milford Architects,…
$13.5 Million Pac Heights Home Has Been Seized
It was back in April of 2018 that we tied the eye-popping sale of 2755 Fillmore Street for $13.5 million to Michael Lacey, the co-founder of Backpage.com, and two counts…
Number of Homes for Sale in SF Nearing a 9-Year High
Having hit a relative 7-year high last month, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco (730) has since climbed another 15 percent and listed inventory levels are…
Decidedly Modern Infill Dwellings Closer to Reality
First envisioned back in 2016, when the parcel was purchased for $375,000, the refined plans for a decidedly modern infill development of four single-family dwellings to be built on the…
Bonus Plans for Historic City Lights Site on the Boards
With the 8-story, 200-unit micro unit development having topped out and finishing up construction next door, plans to redevelop the City Lights parcel at 1585 Folsom Street, on the corner…