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Yes, Bay Area Employment Is Actually on the Decline

September 15, 2023

The number of San Francisco residents with a job dropped by 6,500 in August to 557,800, more than reversing “a seasonally driven increase that could some” in July, as we…

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Price for Modern New Place Has Dropped by Over a Third

September 15, 2023

As we first outlined back in May, the rather spectacular new building at 15-17 Guy Place, which replaced a little single-family home, hit the market priced at $15 million in…

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New Home Purchase Activity Ticks Up, But…

September 14, 2023

While mortgage loan application volume for new homes across the U.S. ticked up 4 percent from July to August and was 20.6 percent higher than at the same time last…

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Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Back Up, Odds of an Easing Nil

September 14, 2023

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched back up 6 basis points (0.06 percentage points) over the past week to 7.18 percent and is back to within 5…

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Asking Price Per Square Foot in S.F. Drops to a Six-Year Low

September 13, 2023

While the number of single-family homes and condos on the market in San Francisco jumped last week and listed inventory levels are 30 percent higher, not lower, than average for…

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Entry-Level Mid-Market Condo Now Listed for 36 Percent Less

September 12, 2023

As we noted when the 672-square-foot, “once-in-a-lifetime” unit #306 at 1075 Market Street (a.k.a. “Stage 1075”) was quietly listed for 26 percent less than its 2018 price back in June,…

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Luxury Living in San Francisco for More Than a Million Less

September 11, 2023

Purchased for $5.475 million in April of 2015, the three-bedroom, 2,569-square-foot unit #28D in the Four Seasons Residences at 765 Market Street returned to the market priced at $5.475 million…

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Number of Homes on the Market in S.F. Jumps, Pricing Drops

September 11, 2023

The net number of homes on the market in San Francisco, including condos, jumped over 20 percent last week following a typical holiday drop. As such, while listed inventory levels…

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Plans for Supersized Telegraph Hill Development Grow

September 8, 2023

As we revealed back in 2021, plans for a supersized, 10-story building to rise up to 94 feet in height upon the parking garage parcel at 955 Sansome Street, at…

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Pending Home Sales in S.F. Down Over 20 Percent YOY

September 7, 2023

The number of single-family homes and condos in contract to be sold in San Francisco is currently 22 percent lower than at the last time last year, at which point…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less
I completely agree, and if you're looking for a natural test of whether or not the extremely heated market dynamics…
Brahma (incensed renter) on 141 Below Market Rate Modular Studios Even Closer to Reality
We now have two more recent data points. Tahanan Supportive Housing (at 833 Bryant St.) completed in winter 2021, was…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Beaux Arts Beauty Suddenly Back on the Market
Maybe the seller knew what they had, didn't want to take a more than $1 million haircut and was willing…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Contemporary Little Saigon Condo Listed for Nearly 30 Percent Less
The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin &num;705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…
Aaron Goodman on Parkmerced: From The Plans To Develop, To The Plans To Preserve
Gabriel Metcalf should apologize, 6 national organizations signed a memo against the destruction of Parkmerced, and to date they have…
Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…
The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…
Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)
Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price
Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

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Yes, Bay Area Employment Is Actually on the Decline

Price for Modern New Place Has Dropped by Over a Third

New Home Purchase Activity Ticks Up, But…

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Back Up, Odds of an Easing Nil

Asking Price Per Square Foot in S.F. Drops to a Six-Year Low

Entry-Level Mid-Market Condo Now Listed for 36 Percent Less

Luxury Living in San Francisco for More Than a Million Less

Number of Homes on the Market in S.F. Jumps, Pricing Drops

Plans for Supersized Telegraph Hill Development Grow

Pending Home Sales in S.F. Down Over 20 Percent YOY

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