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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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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Slips

May 7, 2019

Having started picked up steam in late March, the pace of home sales in San Francisco was running 8 percent higher on a year-over-year basis by the middle of April,…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Much Bigger Plans for this Central SoMa Gas Station Site

May 7, 2019

While plans for an eight-story hotel to rise up to 85 feet in height upon the eastern three-quarters of the Central SoMa Shell Station site on the southwest corner of…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture East Bay Fixtures & Furnishings Listings (for sale)

East Bay BONE Home Listed for $2.995 Million

May 6, 2019

Listed as Project 16-693 in Bone Structure’s portfolio of buildings, the contemporary Claremont Pines home at 6226 Acacia Avenue, which sits above Oakland’s Rockridge neighborhood and overlooks the Claremont Country…

City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments Rentals

Affordable Units about to Rise on Previously Prohibited Site

May 6, 2019

Having successfully rezoned the north side of 16th Street, between Folsom and Shotwell, to both allow housing to be built on the previously zoned Production, Distribution & Repair (PDR) site…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Inventory of Homes on the Market in SF Continues to Inch Up

May 6, 2019

The inventory of homes listed for sale in San Francisco inched up another 2 percent over the past week to 640. That being said, while inventory levels are now 39…

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A Resale Round Trip for a Contemporary Mission District Condo

May 6, 2019

Priced at $1.879 million in early 2014, two-bedroom unit #206 at 3500 19th Street, at the corner of Valencia, sold for an even $1.800 million, or roughly $1,157 per square…

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Developer Seeks Forgiveness for Reimagined $9.4 Million Home

May 3, 2019

Purchased for $1.5 million in August of 2014, when bank-owned, two legal units and partially tenant occupied, the “classic Victorian” at 3847-3849 18th Street, half a block from San Francisco’s…

As Proposed City Planning Commercial Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments

Recommendation to Prioritize Development in Central SoMa

May 3, 2019

Approved by voters in 1986, Proposition M limits the amount of new office space that can be built in San Francisco and provides San Francisco’s Planning Commission with the sole…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Plans to Erase this Instagram Famous Façade

May 2, 2019

The “two-bedroom” home at 2140 Great Highway hit the market earlier this year, with a marketing push touting its “Mondrian inspired” paint job (which the seller had successfully maintained for…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Slips, Odds of an Easing Drops

May 2, 2019

The average rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped 6 basis points over the past week to 4.14 percent, which is 41 basis points below the average rate as measured at…

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