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Latest Posts

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
As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Ghirardelli Garage Redevelopment Closer to Reality

April 26, 2019

As we first outlined early last year: Plans to level the two-story Ghirardelli garage at 915 North Point have been in the works since 2016. And as now formally proposed,…

Apples To Apples Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Take Two for a Previously Flipped Nob Hill Condo

April 26, 2019

Purchased for $1.74 million in May of 2015, renovated (“including all new kitchen, all new bathrooms, a lighting system, hardwood floors and window coverings”) and then successfully flipped for $2.255…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

More Storage for Stuff as Envisioned, with a Rooftop Twist

April 25, 2019

Plans to demolish the existing “Stop & Stor” self-storage facility at 2285 Jerrold Avenue, which is primarily composed of re-purposed shipping containers set on a 68,000-square-foot corner lot in the…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Up, Odds of an Easing Jumps

April 25, 2019

The average rate for a 30-year mortgage inched up 3 basis points over the past week to 4.20 percent, which is up 14 basis points since the end of March…

Bay Buildings Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Dramatically Reduced Former Consulate Fetches $15.85M

April 24, 2019

Having hit the market at the end of 2016, priced to “define the city’s high end with a $22-million price tag,” the former Egyptian Consulate at 3001 Pacific Avenue has…

Trends

Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Is Up, Median Price Down

April 24, 2019

Having gained an upwardly revised 5.9 percent in February, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up another 4.5 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Modern Bayview Development on the Boards

April 23, 2019

Plans to raze the dilapidated storage shed which currently spans four underdeveloped Bayview parcels on the corner of 3rd Street and Thornton Avenue have been drafted. As envisioned, the four…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Remodeling and Renovation

Renovated Victorian Fetches 7 Percent over its 2017 Price

April 23, 2019

Purchased for $3.4 million in June of 2017, having been remodeled in 2015, the “meticulously re-designed” Victorian at 2385 Bush Street, a three bedroom, three and one half bath Lower…

City Planning Commercial Neighborhoods New Developments

Mission Bay Is Nearly Built Out, Mission Rock in the Wings

April 22, 2019

When San Francisco’s 300-acre Mission Bay neighborhood is “fully developed,” it is slated to encompass 6,500 units of housing; 4.4 million square feet of clinical, office and other commercial space;…

Trends

Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Drops

April 22, 2019

Having jumped in February, but failed to gain on a year-over-year basis, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. dropped 4.9 percent in March to an annual…

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    And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…

  2. The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

    The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…

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