Benchmark Mortgage Rate Holding at a 32-Month Low
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage has been holding at around 3.75 percent over the past two weeks, which is down 119 basis points (1.19 percentage points) since the…
Lawsuit to Block Hotly Contested Navigation Center Has Been Filed
While San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected an appeal of the approved, but hotly contested, plans for a temporary Navigation Center to be constructed on the Port’s current parking…
Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco is Still Down
While some segments are doing better and others worse, the overall pace of home sales is still down in San Francisco. In fact, recorded sales in the first half of…
Affordable Waterfront Development Has Broken Ground
Having identified the parking lot parcels fronting Front and Davis Streets, between Broadway and Vallejo, as “the greatest affordable housing development opportunity among the seawall lots in the northeastern waterfront,”…
Newly Proposed Development on the Rise in San Francisco
Having dropped to a seven-year low in 2018, the number of newly proposed plans for major developments in San Francisco has been on the rise this year. In fact, plans…
Opposed Development Redesigned, Slated for Approval (Again)
As we outlined back in April: While opposed by a number of neighborhood factions, two new buildings could rise up to 78 feet in height upon the Mission District parking…
Reports of Illegal Airbnb-ing Continue to Drop in San Francisco
The number of formal complaints related to illegal short-term rental activity in San Francisco has continued to drop, with around 130 complaints lodged in the first half of 2019, which…
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Deal(s) for Massive Flower Mart Redevelopment Inked
Tentative development deals between the San Francisco Flower Mart Tenants Association, Kilroy Realty and the City of San Francisco have been inked, clearing the way for the massive redevelopment of…
Rejected Oakland Tower Take Two
As we first reported earlier this year, with Oakland’s Planning Commission having formally rejected the plans for a proposed 460-foot-tall, and seemingly split, tower to rise on the historic King…
Plans to Redevelop the Historic El Rey Theater Site Progress
Purchased out of foreclosure for $1.06 million in 2015 and since forcibly designated as an official San Francisco Landmark (No. 274), plans to redevelop the former El Rey Theater at…