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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
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Tech Mogul’s Silicon Valley Estate Now Listed for $33 Million Less

May 30, 2018

The 21,400-square-foot home at 27500 La Vida Real in Los Altos Hills, which was built for Kumar Malavalli, the co-founder of Brocade Communications Systems and current VC, hit the market…

East Bay Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents Inch up in San Francisco and Oakland

May 30, 2018

Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco have since ticked up a little over 3 percent since the beginning of the…

Commercial Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

Newly Approved Development on the Market in Dogpatch

May 29, 2018

As we wrote at the beginning of this year: Plans to redevelop the Dogpatch parcel at 2230 Third Street, upon which the one-story Leo’s Tire and Brake shop building which…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Bubble (Or Not) Neighborhoods

Another “V20” Penthouse Takes a Big Hit in the Mission

May 29, 2018

Purchased for $2.595 million ($1,411 per square foot) in mid-2015, the two-level penthouse unit #505 at 3590 20th and Valencia (a.k.a. the “V20” building) returned to the market listed as…

Breaking News Bubble (Or Not) Trends

Index for Bay Area Home Values Jumps

May 29, 2018

Having ticked up 1.0 percent in February, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Transit

Proposed Hub Heights Raised, Impact Report about to Be Drafted

May 25, 2018

With San Francisco’s ambitious Central SoMa Plan nearing adoption, the city’s Planning Department is about to start drafting the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the equally ambitious Hub District Plan.…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Contemporary Dogpatch Development Slated for Approval

May 25, 2018

Plans to raze the two-story Dogpatch building on the northwest corner of 20th and Illinois, which is currently home to Jim’s Smoke Shop and Deli, could be approved next month.…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

More Height for Hayes Valley Tower as Newly Rendered

May 25, 2018

As we first reported early last year: “San Francisco’s Planning Department has completed its preliminary review of the French American International School’s proposed 320-foot tower to rise on its parking…

As Proposed Bubble (Or Not) Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Trends

Price Cut for Approved SoMa Development and Land

May 24, 2018

Approved by the City last year, the plans for a 24-unit development to rise up to six stories in height upon the former CrossFit site at 1228 Folsom Street and…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Move Higher, Odds of a Rate Hike Slip

May 24, 2018

Having hit a 7-year high last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has ticked up another 5 basis points to 4.66 percent, which is 71 basis points…

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