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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
Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Continues to Rise, Nearing a 4-Year High

February 1, 2018

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,…

As Proposed Breaking News City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Refined Plans for a New 800-Foot-Tall Transbay Tower Revealed

January 31, 2018

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…

Trends

Pending U.S. Home Sales Inch up but Still Expected to Slow in 2018

January 31, 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…

Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Slip Versus 2017

January 30, 2018

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…

Breaking News Trends

Bay Area Home Values Tick Up to Another High

January 30, 2018

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…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments

Contemporary Cow Hollow Development Positioning to Break Ground

January 29, 2018

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…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Fixtures & Furnishings Neighborhoods

Potrero Penthouse Fetches 4.3 Percent over 2014 Price

January 29, 2018

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…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture East Bay Neighborhoods

Designs for a Destination Waterfront Hotel

January 26, 2018

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…

As Proposed Commercial Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

New Life but No Housing for This Dogpatch Parcel as Proposed

January 26, 2018

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…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

Sub-2015 Pricing for a Luxury Two-Bedroom with Views

January 26, 2018

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…

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    And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

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  5. 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…

  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)

    And 12 years and 8 months later, brought to market asking $35 million only to be removed 122 days after…

  7. Notcom on New Tower Tops Out, on Track for Delivery This Year

    I would diagnose this type of disconnect: Ass Burgher's Syndrome

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    Yes. You correctly understood the schtick. Business people can make up all kinds of rationalizations for their pecuniary interests that…

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