Liebermann Designed Berkeley Hills Pad Listed for $3.8 Million
A major addition by the late Daniel Liebermann transformed this former redwood cottage, which sits on two secluded parcels totaling 1.4 acres up in the Berkeley Hills at 200 Panoramic…
New Home Sales in the U.S. Slip despite More Inventory
Having dropped an upwardly revised 5.6 percent in July, the seasonally adjusted rate of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped another 3.4 percent in August to an annual…
Beloved Bookstore’s Days Appear to Be Numbered
After nearly 40 years in business, the Castro’s (second to) last remaining bookstore, Aardvark Books, appears to be done as the one-story building it occupies at 227 Church Street has…
San Francisco Home Sales Take a Hit
While the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands in San Francisco proper only dropped 0.8 percent from 485 in July to 481 in August, the sales volume…
San Francisco Landmark on the Market Touting Opportunity
Designed by Albert Pissis and built in 1912, CPMC’s 20,000-square-foot Health Sciences Library Building at 2395 Sacramento Street was designated a San Francisco Historic Landmark 37 years ago. But with…
Crown Jewel of Piedmont Now Listed for $2 Million Less
Having hit the market listed as “the crown jewel of Piedmont” for $7.25 million last year, the asking price for the restored 5,700-square-foot Edwardian on a manicured half-acre lot at…
Mortgage Rates Tick Up and Odds of a Hike Jump
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up 5 basis points over the past week to 3.83 percent, the first real rise in rates since early July. The…
Development Could End Historic Recording Studio’s 48-Year Run
Founded as Wally Heider Recording back in 1969 and now known as Hyde Street Studios, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, CCR, Dead Kennedys, Green Day, Tupac, Cake, Chris Isaak…
Facebook Leases a Tower in San Francisco
Facebook has inked a lease for all 432,000 square feet of office space within the bottom two-thirds of the 54-story tower finishing up construction at 181 Fremont Street. The space…
Pace of Existing U.S. Home Sales and Median Price Slip Again
Having slipped 1.3 percent in July, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. dropped another 1.7 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.35 million transactions…