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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
Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Another Hillside in San Francisco Is Now in Play

December 12, 2018

Speaking of previously undeveloped hillside parcels in San Francisco which are now in play, the 1.5-acre parcel of land which sits below the 18 homes stretching from 107 to 141…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Bubble (Or Not) Neighborhoods

Up and Down in the Inner Mission Take Two

December 12, 2018

Purchased for $950,000 in June of 2015, the modern two-bedroom unit #411 at 1875 Mission Street (aka “M@1875”) returned to the market listed for $1,050,000 this past August, a sale…

Bay Buildings Neighborhoods SocketSite Readers Report

Peter Thiel’s Former Mansion Quietly Sold for $7.4 Million

December 11, 2018

While we missed it at the time, as correctly noted by a plugged-in reader last week, the Marina District mansion that PayPal co-founder turned iconic Silicon Valley venture capitalist and…

Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

60 Percent More Homes on the Market in San Francisco

December 11, 2018

With the holiday slowdown and market seasonality in full swing, the number of homes actively listed for sale in San Francisco has dropped to 715, which is down 25 percent…

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New Timing for Salesforce Transit Center Testing, Findings and Fix

December 10, 2018

The draft findings as to what caused the cracked beams which suddenly closed San Francisco’s brand new transit center are slated to be delivered to the Bay Area’s Metropolitan Transportation…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Bubble (Or Not) Trends

‘Ultra-Premium’ Condo in the Mission Resells at a $300K Loss

December 10, 2018

Purchased for $1.625 million in mid-2015, the two-bedroom Mission District condo #205 in the “V20” building at 3590 20th Street, at the corner of Valencia, was on the market for…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Ambitious Plans for Prominent Chunk of Telegraph Hill Revealed

December 7, 2018

With the list price for the 120-foot-wide chunk of Telegraph Hill’s hillside which fronts Sansome Street, below the homes at the end of Alta Street above, having been reduced to…

As Proposed Neighborhoods

Plans to Level Lovingly Maintained $3 Million Home

December 7, 2018

Hidden behind the Avila Ocean Adventures LLC, a former Facebook engineer turned tech investor purchased the three-bedroom home at 3600 Lyon Street, which sits adjacent to both The Palace of…

Breaking News Rentals Trends

City Attorney Intends to Tag Couple for Affordable Housing Fraud

December 6, 2018

Back in 1999, Caroline Novak appears to have fraudulently purchased a below market rate (BMR) condo at 300 Beale Street, having failed to disclose that she already co-owned property in…

As Proposed City Planning Commercial Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments

Plans for Transbay District Grocery Store Nixed

December 6, 2018

As we first reported last year: It’s now been over two years since Related California cut 99 residential units from their development plans for Transbay Block 8 and reduced the…

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  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval

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