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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
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Uber Quiet Sale of Pac Heights Home for $16.5M Is a Fait Accompli

January 3, 2018

As we first reported last month: Purchased for $7.995 million in early 2015, at which point the home’s total square footage measured around 6,200 square feet, including its lower level…

Bay Buildings East Bay Rentals Trends

Rents in San Francisco and Oakland down at the End of 2017

January 3, 2018

Continuing the trend we first noticed forming at the end of 2016, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco and Oakland ended the year lower than at the start of…

As Proposed Commercial Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

The Antithesis of Swoopy at Fifth and Brannan as Newly Proposed

January 2, 2018

While Tishman Speyer is pushing forward with plans to completely redevelop the northeast corner of Brannan and Fifth Streets, across from the contentious San Francisco Tennis Club project, an all-new…

Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Fixtures & Furnishings Neighborhoods

Landmark Presidio Heights Home Fetches a Mere $11 Million

January 2, 2018

The landmark 10,000-square-foot home at 3500 Jackson Street is the largest Bernard Maybeck designed home in San Francisco and still features a plethora of its original detailing, with redwood walls…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Fixtures & Furnishings Remodeling and Renovation

An Ironic $320K Hit for a Remodeled ‘Penthouse’ Loft

January 2, 2018

Having been completed remodeled from the studs up, with custom finishes throughout and the phrase “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm” prominently stenciled near…

As Proposed City Planning Commercial Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

This Will Define San Francisco in 2018

December 29, 2017

Yes, the proposed development to rise at Fourth and Harrison has been redesigned by HOK for Boston Properties, incorporating a more curvilinear approach which would rise up to a height…

East Bay Marin (And Points North) San Jose (And South) Trends

Median Bay Area Home Sale Price Hits All-Time High, Sales Slip

December 29, 2017

The number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area totaled 7,268 in November, down 5.0 percent from an upwardly revised 7,653 in October and…

Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Designer Noe Pad Finally Fetches 27 Percent under Original Price

December 29, 2017

Priced at $6.8 million or roughly $1,420 per finished square foot at the beginning of the year, the list price for the designer five-bedroom home at 4352 26th Street was…

As Proposed Breaking News Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Plans for a Pair of Swoopy SoMa Towers Revealed

December 28, 2017

Tishman Speyer has formally filed their application to move forward with the development of two modern towers stretching across seven Central SoMa parcels (including those currently occupied by The Creamery,…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Another Waylaid Development Slated for Approval in the Mission

December 28, 2017

Waylaid by the Mission District Development Controls which are set to expire on January 14, 2018, the plans for a 37-unit building to rise up to seven stories upon the…

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