Inventory Levels Continue to Tick Up in San Francisco
Having hit a relative 7-year high last month, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco (690) has since ticked up another 9 percent and inventory levels are…
Slew of Subpoenas Served to Developer, Expediter, et al.
As part of the widening probe and criminal investigation into San Francisco’s former Director of Public Works, Mohammed Nuru, the City Attorney’s Office has just issued 14 subpoenas related to…
Pending Home Sales Activity in the U.S. Rebounds, But…
Having dropped 4.9 percent in December, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, rebounded 5.2…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Back Down to a 3-Year Low
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped back down to the 3-year low of 3.45 percent it hit three weeks ago, which is within 14 basis points…
Neighbors at Odds Over Potential “Devaluing” (Of Views)
Plans to triple the size of the little 1,093-square-foot, two-bedroom Noe Valley home at 762 Duncan Street have been drawn and environmentally approved, plans which would yield a modern 3,229-square-foot…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Is Trending Up
Having ended last year on an upward trajectory, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. gained another 7.9 percent in January to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Ended 2019 Up (And Down)
Having eked out a 0.2 percent gain last November, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay,…
Design Standards for the Balboa Reservoir Redevelopment
The detailed Design Standards and Guidelines (DSG) document for the proposed redevelopment of San Francisco’s Balboa Reservoir has just been released, with the project team aiming to secure approvals from…
Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Slip
While the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco ticked up in January, it has since slipped a percent to $4,100 a month and is now running…
Rare Yerba Buena Unit Trades Below Its 2015 Price
As we outlined this past August, the upgraded 1,400-square-foot Yerba Buena Loft unit #523 at 855 Folsom Street, which was designed by Stanley Saitowitz and is “one of the area’s…