Approved Development Now Listed at a Larger Loss, Plus…
As we revealed last year: Acquired for $4.125 million in June of 2016, plans to level the shuttered nightclub space at 280 7th Street – a through block building which…
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Index for Bay Area Home Values Inches Up, Down 9.7 Percent YOY
Having ticked up a percent in May, 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…
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Price for a Premier Twisty Tower Condo Drops Over 25 Percent
Featuring larger windows, elevated finishes and the best views, the “Panorama Collection” of three-bedroom condos across the top 5 floors of the twisty 40-story MIRA tower at 280 Spear Street…
Coveted Duboce Triangle Condo Nears Its 2015 Price
Purchased for $2.1 million in April of 2015, the “elegantly modern & smart” full-floor condo #2 at 68 Belcher, with three bedrooms, three baths and a private rooftop deck with…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Hits a 22-Year High of Only 7.23%
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 14 basis points (0.14 percentage points) over the past week to 7.23 percent, which is 168 basis points higher…
Approved Development for Moneyed Techies Back in Play
Entitled for the development of nine modern units designed to target “an international gathering of millennial techies that inhabit the streets” of SoMa, with “sophisticated urban tastes and money” back…
New Home Sales in the U.S. Tick Up, Discounting in Play
Having slipped in June, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up 4.4 percent in July to an annual rate of 714,000 sales. And…
Homebuying Activity in the U.S. Drops to a 28-Year Low
Following a trend that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the number of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for an existing home in the U.S. dropped 7…
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Hot Bernal Heights Home Drops to Its 2017 Price
Purchased for $1,375,000 in March of 2017, which was “over asking!” in “hot hot hot” Bernal Heights, despite having been listed for $1,550,000 in April of 2016, prior to being…
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Bay Area Employment Drops on Year-Over-Year Basis, Again
Having dropped in June, the number of San Francisco residents with a job increased by 6,300 in July to 564,200, a seasonally driven increase that could mislead some. In fact,…