Waylaid NoPa Development Slated for Approval, Again
While waylaid by efforts to increase the percentage of below market rate (BMR) units the proposed six-story building to rise on the old Alouis Radiator shop turned Seismic Retrofitters parcel…
City Bracing for Lawsuit over Adoption of Its Central Soma Plan
While San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors have upheld Planning’s certification of the City’s framework to mitigate the projected environmental impacts of its ambitious Central SoMa Plan, it has yet to…
Mortgage Rates Slip but Hover near 8-Year Highs
Having jumped to 4.9 percent in early October, which was the highest average rate since early 2011, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has slipped 7 basis points…
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No Appreciation for an Upgraded Noe Valley Home
Designed by Zack | de Vito Architecture, the “spectacular Noe Valley home” at 725 Duncan Street, which features “stunning Downtown, Bay, and Bridge views, paired with dramatic modern architecture and…
Bay Area Home Sales Plunge to an 11-Year Seasonal Low
The number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area totaled 5,970 in September, down 18.9 percent on a year-over-year basis and the slowest September…
Illegal Airbnb-Ing Activity in SF Persists but on the Decline
The number of formal complaints related to illegal short-term rental activity in San Francisco has continued to drop, with a total of 231 complaints lodged in the first three quarters…
Destination Waterfront Hotel Redesigned
Facing pushback from the Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s (BCDC) Design Review Board, which determined that the plans for a 155-room resort hotel to rise up to six stories in…
Pending Home Sales in San Francisco Remain Down
While the inventory of homes for sale in San Francisco is now running 40 percent higher on a year-over-year basis and price cuts are on the rise, the number of…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Slips
Having inched up 0.6 percent to a record high in July, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the…
Concept Proposals for SF’s Historic Piers Are Due
Responses to the Port of San Francisco’s request for concept proposals from developers and tenants interested in redeveloping thirteen of San Francisco’s historic piers, along with the Agriculture Building adjacent…