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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
Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

$100K Cut for Sub-2015 Priced Two-Bedroom with Views

March 19, 2018

Sporting both “Bay & City” views, the 1,323-square-foot two-bedroom unit #28F in the Infinity tower at 301 Main Street was purchased for $2.199 million in December of 2015, establishing a…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Van Ness Corridor Development Closer to Reality

March 16, 2018

As we first reported two weeks ago: While the former McDonald’s site on the northeast corner of Van Ness and Golden Gate Avenue is likely to remain a construction staging…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Detailed Plans for Massive Power Plant Redevelopment and Stack

March 15, 2018

If approved as proposed, the redevelopment of the 29-acre Potrero Power Plant site will yield 2,700 units of housing; 600,000 square feet of office space; 700,000 square feet of R&D…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture East Bay Neighborhoods

Oakland Loft with Penthouse Addition Fetches $2.75 Million

March 15, 2018

We first featured (and gushed over) the 5,361-square-foot unit #405 atop the converted Phoenix Iron Works building, on the western edge of Oakland’s Jack London Square, back in early 2008…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Slip, Odds of a Rate Hike Rise

March 15, 2018

Having ticked up 51 basis points since the beginning of the year, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage slipped 2 basis points over the past week to 4.44…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Redevelopment of Western SoMa Club Site Closer to Reality

March 14, 2018

Plans to level the shuttered nightclub space at 280 7th Street, which was once home to “Rawhide II,” the only Country Western club in San Francisco, and develop 20 condos…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

New Plans for the Historic Mini Dealership Building on Van Ness

March 14, 2018

While currently leased to Mini of San Francisco, plans to renovate and repurpose the historic Willis Polk and Co. designed building on the southwest corner of Van Ness Avenue and…

Bay Buildings East Bay Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

Renovated Lake Merritt Lodge on the Market

March 14, 2018

Built for the YWCA as a “home-away-from-home for young working girls” in 1929, the Blue Triangle Club building at 2332 Harrison Street was sold by the “Y” in the late…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Million Dollar Cut for Approved Development in the Mission

March 14, 2018

Speaking of approved projects in San Francisco’s housing pipeline which have yet to break ground, the asking price for the Mission District parcel on the southeast corner of 16th and…

As Proposed Breaking News Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments Trends

Record Pipeline of Projects in SF but Actual Building Slows Down

March 13, 2018

With the number of newly proposed units of housing to be built in San Francisco having outpaced the number of units that finished up construction in the fourth quarter of…

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