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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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Plans for Major Mid-Market Development Revealed

November 20, 2017

With Nordstrom Inc. having inked a deal to sell its parking lot parcel for 176 cars at 469 Stevenson Street, between Fifth and Sixth, plans to develop the underdeveloped Mid-Market…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Neighborhoods Seemingly Random

SoMa Penthouse Nearly Fetches Its 2007 Price

November 20, 2017

Purchased for $850,000 in January of 2012, the two-story, 1,245-square-foot penthouse unit #827 at The Palms returned to the market listed for $1.399 million this past June. Reduced to $1.299…

Breaking News East Bay Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

San Francisco and Bay Area Employment Slip from Record Highs

November 17, 2017

Having hit a downwardly revised record of 555,000 in September, the number of people living in the city of San Francisco with a job slipped by 1,800 in October to…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Plans for Prominent Market Street Site Qualify for Streamlined Review

November 17, 2017

The big plans for a 96-unit building to rise up to 85 feet in height at the intersection of Market and Duboce, behind the historic façade of the former Gantner…

As Proposed City Planning Commercial Neighborhoods

Philz Sets Its Sights on Polk Street

November 17, 2017

Philz Coffee is planning to take over the former Russian Hill Bookstore storefront at 2230 Polk Street which has been vacant for five months. As proposed, while the interior of…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Design & Architecture

Blanc de Blanc in Downtown San Francisco

November 16, 2017

Purchased as new for $1.275 million in February of 2014, the penultimate “penthouse” unit #1001 atop the Stanley Saitowitz designed boutique building at 1080 Sutter Street dubbed “Blanc” resold in…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Tick Up, Odds of a Rate Hike Holding at 100 Percent

November 16, 2017

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up 5 basis points over the past week to 3.95 percent, which is the highest rate in nearly four months, within…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Trends

Noe Valley View Home Fails to Fetch 2015-Era Price

November 15, 2017

Newly built on a wide Noe Valley view lot which was purchased for $1.185 million in May of 2015, the contemporary 3,675-square-foot home at 1644 Diamond Street hit the market…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Trends

Plans to Raze an $11 Million Fixer for a Fashionable Mansion to Rise

November 14, 2017

Purchased as an oceanfront “fixer” for $11 million in April of 2015, plans to demolish the existing 4,600-square-foot home at 178 Sea Cliff Avenue are in the works. And as…

As Proposed Design & Architecture East Bay Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Expected Timing for a Modular Oakland Tower and Townhomes

November 14, 2017

The downsized plans for a modular 29-story tower to rise up to 350 feet in height on the corner of Franklin and 21st Street in Uptown Oakland have just received…

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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)

    Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…

  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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    The Chron has some numbers to put to this: They just published a rundown of office occupancy by largest tenants.…

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