Benchmark Mortgage Rate Continues to Rise, Nearing a 4-Year High
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage rose up another 7 basis points over the past week to 4.22 percent which is the highest rate in over ten months,…
Refined Plans for a New 800-Foot-Tall Transbay Tower Revealed
Having faced some pushback from Planning early last year, the plans for a 61-story tower to rise up to 800 feet in height upon Transbay Parcel F at 542-550 Howard…
Pending U.S. Home Sales Inch up but Still Expected to Slow in 2018
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, inched up 0.5 percent to 110.1 in December, ending the year 0.5…
Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Slip Versus 2017
Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco inched up 1.1 percent over the past month but remain 1.3 percent lower versus…
Bay Area Home Values Tick Up to Another High
Having ticked up 1.2 percent in October, 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…
Contemporary Cow Hollow Development Positioning to Break Ground
Having been approved by Planning last month, the exemption to allow the long-shuttered Chevron service station site at the corner of Van Ness and Union to be leveled and a…
Potrero Penthouse Fetches 4.3 Percent over 2014 Price
Purchased for $1.725 million in May of 2014 and dubbed “the best penthouse in the Onyx,” the two-bedroom unit #407 at 415 De Haro Street, in the flats of Potrero…
Designs for a Destination Waterfront Hotel
With the proposed 326-unit building to rise up to eight stories in height on the Jack London Square parcel known as “F2” softly rendered in the background, the design for…
New Life but No Housing for This Dogpatch Parcel as Proposed
Plans to redevelop the Dogpatch parcel at 2230 Third Street, upon which the one-story Leo’s Tire and Brake shop building which was most recently occupied by Skully Helmets (a crowdfunded…
Sub-2015 Pricing for a Luxury Two-Bedroom with Views
Listed for $2.290 million in July of 2015 with both “Bay & City” views, the corner 1,323-square-foot two-bedroom unit #28F in the Infinity tower at 301 Main Street sold for…