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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…

Fact on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
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Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less
152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market
Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank
Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…
steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…

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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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