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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
As Proposed Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Big Plans for a New Mid-Market Hotel to Rise Right Here

January 4, 2019

Plans to raze the two, two and three-story, buildings on the northwest corner of Mission and Ninth Streets are in the works. And as envisioned, a new 15-story hotel could…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Quick Resale at The Pacific Fetches $2,320 per Square Foot

January 4, 2019

Purchased for $4.675 million in October of 2017, the 2,112-square-foot unit #501 in “The Pacific” at 2121 Webster Street returned to the market priced at $5.9 million, or roughly $2,794…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture

Plans to Revitalize the Pedestrian Realm

January 3, 2019

Plans to “revitalize the pedestrian realm” at the base of 101 California are in the works. And in addition to “updating” the existing glass enclosure of the tower’s lobby –…

As Proposed Design & Architecture East Bay Neighborhoods

Refined Design and Timing for That Creative Uptown Tower

January 2, 2019

As we first reported early last year, plans for a 27-story “creative office building,” with an oxidized metal frame, trim and finishes, to rise up to 465 feet in height…

As Proposed City Planning Industry Stuff

Plans to Develop Lucca Ravioli’s Mission District Parking Lot

January 2, 2019

Having hit the market in August, Lucca Ravioli’s detached parking lot at 1120 Valencia sold for $3.5 million and plans to develop the Mission District parcel have been drafted. And…

East Bay Rentals Trends

Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Reversed Course in 2018

January 2, 2019

Having dropped in 2017, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco and Oakland ticked up in 2018 but both markets remain below peak. Including one-off rentals,…

Real Estate Economics Trends

2018 Ends with More Homes for Sale in SF, Pending Sales Down

December 31, 2018

With only a handful of homes having been newly listed for sale over the past week, and the seasonal culling of unsold listings – which will likely return to the…

Bubble (Or Not) East Bay Marin (And Points North) San Jose (And South) Trends

Bay Area Home Sales Drop, Median Price Trending Down

December 28, 2018

Having rebounded to a 7-year seasonal low in September, the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area totaled 6,147 in November, down 14.1…

Apples To Apples Neighborhoods San Jose (And South)

Palo Alto Prestige Trades for Nearly $2 Million Less

December 28, 2018

Purchased for $8.5 million in June of 2016, the “sumptuous” Palo Alto home at 1117 Hamilton Street, which sits on a “prestigious Crescent Park” parcel and features “exquisite architectural and…

Trends

Pending U.S. Home Sales Continue to Drop Despite More Inventory

December 28, 2018

Having dropped 2.6 percent in October, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, declined another 0.7 percent in November…

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