Supes Reject Recommendation to Encourage Development
As we first reported earlier this month: The former homes that stood on the underdeveloped Glen Park lot fronting Brompton Avenue and Kern Street were removed in the late 1960s,…
Timing for Massive India Basin Development Pushed Back, Again
Having quietly changed from “Q4 2017” to “Q1 2018/Q2 2018” in the fourth quarter of last year, Build Inc’s expected timeline to secure the necessary entitlements to move forward with…
Pending Home Sales in the U.S. Slip While Inventory Ticks Up
Having dropped 1.3 percent in April, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, slipped another 0.5 percent in May…
Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Tick Up
Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco have since ticked up nearly 6 percent since the beginning of the year. But…
A Six-Figure Salary Is NOT ‘Low Income’ in San Francisco
Despite making for a shocking headline, a “six-figure salary” is not actually considered “low income” for residents of San Francisco. Yes, for a household of four in the city, a…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Ticks Up, Led by the Middle
Having jumped 2.1 percent in March to a record high, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East…
Price for Hidden Glen Park Estate Reduced Another Million
Having hit the market priced at $12.5 million this past September, the asking price for the massive Glen Park estate at 47 Chenery Street has just been reduced to $8.5…
CCA’s Master Plan Newly Rendered, Above and Below
The proposed multi-tiered addition to rise behind the California College of the Arts (CCA) campus in San Francisco has been newly rendered and detailed by Studio Gang Architects. As we…
Relative Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco on the Rise
Speaking of inventory levels, and despite what you might have read elsewhere, while the number of homes on the market in San Francisco has inched down over the past week…
Big Plans to Transform Tenderloin Block Closer to Reality
In the works since 2013, as we first reported at the time, the big plans to redevelop the Tenderloin parcel upon which the 27,000-square-foot Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist sits…