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Population Growth of San Francisco Really Slows Its Roll

May 1, 2019

Having grown at an average rate of over one percent per year over the past decade, peaking at 1.7 percent in 2012, the estimated population of San Francisco proper inched…

Being Green Listings (for sale) Remodeling and Renovation

Renovated Cottage and Rose Garden Priced at $898K

May 1, 2019

Set behind an unassuming privacy fence and garage at 745 Lakeview Avenue sits a landscaped courtyard and entrance to a renovated 672-square-foot, two-bedroom cottage. The home’s remodeled kitchen has been…

East Bay Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents Inch Up in San Francisco, Slip in Oakland

April 30, 2019

The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as units in larger developments, has inched up $25 over the past month to…

East Bay Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Index for Bay Area Home Values Ekes Out a Gain

April 30, 2019

Having dropped 1.3 percent in January, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area (which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula)…

Trends

Fewest First Quarter Home Sales in San Francisco Since 2009

April 30, 2019

Recorded home sales in San Francisco totaled just under 1,000 in the first quarter of 2019. That’s down nearly 13 percent versus the first quarter of last year, the fewest…

Trends

Pending U.S. Home Sales Tick Up

April 30, 2019

Having slipped 1 percent in February, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, ticked up 3.8 percent in March…

Breaking News East Bay Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Bay Area Home Sales Are Down, Median Price Has Slipped

April 29, 2019

Following a trend which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, while the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area increased a seasonally…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Designer Penthouse Fetches a Few Percent over Its 2016 Price

April 29, 2019

Purchased for $3.125 million in mid-2016, having been listed for $3.2 million, the designer two-bedroom penthouse #708 atop 255 Berry Street, which features a wood-paneled ceiling, walls and wide plank…

Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Inches Up

April 29, 2019

With the number of homes newly listed for sale over the past two weeks having outpaced sales, the listed inventory of homes on the market in San Francisco has ticked…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods San Jose (And South)

Modern Silicon Valley Mansion Finally Fetches $1,300 Per Foot

April 26, 2019

Having hit the market priced at $29.8 million early last year, touting nine Feng Shui selling points, the modern Atherton mansion at 96 Ridge View Drive has finally fetched a…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less
152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market
Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank
Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…
steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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Population Growth of San Francisco Really Slows Its Roll

Renovated Cottage and Rose Garden Priced at $898K

Asking Rents Inch Up in San Francisco, Slip in Oakland

Index for Bay Area Home Values Ekes Out a Gain

Fewest First Quarter Home Sales in San Francisco Since 2009

Pending U.S. Home Sales Tick Up

Bay Area Home Sales Are Down, Median Price Has Slipped

Designer Penthouse Fetches a Few Percent over Its 2016 Price

Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Inches Up

Modern Silicon Valley Mansion Finally Fetches $1,300 Per Foot

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