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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
Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Trends

Upgraded Russian Hill Victorian Nearly Fetches Its 2016 Price

December 18, 2018

Purchased for $2.95 million in June of 2016, the “exceptional” Russian Hill home on an extra-wide corner lot at 2500 Leavenworth Street, with “soaring 12-foot ceilings, hardwood floors and period…

As Proposed Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Mission District Parking Lot Positioned for Big Development

December 18, 2018

Plans to develop the 20,000-square-foot parking lot parcel at 321 Florida Street, between 16th and 17th Streets in the Mission, are in the works. And as envisioned, over 150 units…

Apples To Apples Neighborhoods

Adorable Bernal Heights Home Nearly Fetches its 2015 Price

December 18, 2018

Purchased for $1.065 million in July of 2015, the “adorable” Bernal Heights home at 430 Nevada Street, which is located “within walking distance to bustling Cortland Ave” and features two…

As Proposed City Planning Coming Soon Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments Trends

Pipeline of Development in San Francisco Ticks Up, Construction Too

December 17, 2018

With the number of newly proposed units of housing to be built in San Francisco having outpaced the number of units that recently finished up construction for the fourth quarter…

Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

Nearly 70 Percent More Homes on the Market in San Francisco

December 17, 2018

While the pace of home sales in San Francisco continues to slow, with fewer than 20 new homes listed for sale in San Francisco over the past week and a…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Folsom Street Development and Its Shadow Closer to Reality

December 14, 2018

Having been redesigned to look less “muddled,” while adding a floor, last year, the proposed seven-story development to rise on the northwest corner of Folsom and Russ Street, upon the…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Trends

Another, Bigger, Sub-2015 Sale in South Beach

December 14, 2018

As we wrote when we noted the slightly sub-2015 sale price for the one-bedroom unit #403 at 72 Townsend Street last year, “if you’re kicking yourself for having missed yet…

Bay Buildings Breaking News Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Cause of Transit Center’s Cracks and Proposed Fix Revealed

December 13, 2018

The forensic engineering team (LPI) engaged to identify the root cause of the two fissures/fractures which caused the emergency closure of San Francisco’s new Salesforce Transit Center, a month after…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions

Puttin’ on the Ritz for $325K Less

December 13, 2018

Purchased as new for $2.2 million in early 2008, right as the Great Recession was picking up steam, the two-bedroom, two-bath Ritz-Carlton Residences unit #2101 at 690 Market Street quietly…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to a Three-Month Low

December 13, 2018

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped 18 basis points over the past two weeks to 4.63 percent, which remains 70 basis points above its mark at…

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