Employment Ticks up to (Mostly) Record Highs as Growth Slows
Having dropped by a downwardly revised 3,700 at the beginning of the year, the number of people living in the city of San Francisco with a job increased by 2,900…
Two-Bedroom on Third Fetches 5.7 Percent over Its Early 2015 Price
Purchased for $700,000 in April of 2015, the 1,016-square-foot Bayview condo #2414 at 5900 Third Street returned to the market priced at “$698,000” two months ago. The top floor unit,…
Index for Bay Area Home Values Inches up with a Slip Atop
Having ended 2017 at an all-time high, 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…
Detailed Plans for a ‘Creative’ Uptown Oakland Tower
Speaking of proposed towers to rise in Oakland, the detailed plans for a 27-story “creative office building,” with an oxidized metal frame, trim and finishes, to rise up to 465…
Impact Report for Transformative SoMa Plan Slated for Certification
San Francisco’s Planning Commission is slated to certify the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the City’s ambitious Central SoMa Plan on April 12. And if successfully certified, an attempted appeal…
Plans for Seemingly Split Oakland Tower Likely DOA
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, Oakland’s Planning Commission has set the stage for a formal denial of the plans for a seemingly split, 460-foot-tall…
Compatible Development Closer to Reality in the Historic Tenderloin
Having faced some pushback from Planning with respect to the previously proposed six-story addition to rise above the former automotive garage turned parking lot at 135 Hyde Street, with 51…
Studio in the Marina Chateau Fetches 10 Percent over Its 2016 Price
Purchased for $575,000 in June of 2016, the 551-square-foot studio #403 at the Marina Chateau (2701 Van Ness Avenue) returned to the market listed for $610,000 in January. The unit,…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Inches Up, Drops in the West
Having dropped a downwardly revised 4.7 percent in January, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. inched up 0.6 percent in February to annual pace…
San Francisco and Oakland Rents Inch up but Remain below Peak
Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco have inched up around one (1) percent over the past two months, in part…