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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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Plans to Activate Shuttered Development Sites in San Francisco

April 19, 2019

Having noticed that buildings which have been shuttered, pending the approval, financing or market conditions for redevelopment, often sit vacant “for months or years, during which the streetscape surrounding the…

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

Bay Area Employment Actually Dropped Last Month

April 19, 2019

Having hit a record high in February, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck, which typically ticks up in March, actually decreased by 3,400 last month…

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Positioned for an “Over Asking!” Sale on Anderson Street

April 19, 2019

Having been taken “down to the studs,” completely remodeled and expanded to a little over 2,000 square feet (with four bedrooms, four baths and a panoramic roof deck to boot),…

Bay Buildings Coming Soon Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments

Twisty 400-Foot-Tall Tower has Topped Out

April 18, 2019

Having broken ground on the northwest corner of Spear and Folsom back in 2017, construction on the twisty 400-foot-tall tower dubbed MIRA (a.k.a. 280 Spear Street) has officially “topped out.”…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Price Cut for a Newly Rendered Noe Flip

April 18, 2019

Having been owned by the same family for half a century, the three-bedroom Noe Valley Victorian at 331 Day Street hit the market last May, touting “many of the traditional…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Up, Odds of an Easing Slips

April 18, 2019

The average rate for a 30-year mortgage ticked up 5 basis points over the past week to 4.17 percent, which is up 11 basis points since the end of March…

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Trust Staff Pans Plans for 30-Acre Redevelopment in the Presidio

April 17, 2019

As requested by the Presidio Trust’s Board of Directors, the Trust’s staff has completed an in-depth review of the now singular proposal to redevelop the 30-acre Fort Winfield Scott campus…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

No Major Red Flags for Proposed Tower of Micro Rooms

April 17, 2019

As we first reported earlier this year, plans for a slender 25-story hotel to rise up to 260 feet in height on the 4,000-square-foot parking lot site at 36 Tehama…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Design & Architecture

Appreciation for a Historic Heublein Building Loft

April 16, 2019

Purchased for $930,000 in March of 2016, the 953-square-foot unit #101 in the historic Heublein building at 601 4th Street, across the street from a new Central Subway stop at…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales Trend in San Francisco Turns Up

April 16, 2019

While the number of homes sold in San Francisco will end the first quarter down versus the first quarter of 2018 and around a ten-year low, pending sales activity recently…

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