Chicken John’s Plan to Save Chez Poulez
Having survived a mortgage scare back in 2009, Chicken John Rinaldi was able to maintain possession of his Mission District “Chez Poulet” at 3359 Cesar Chavez Street. And while Chez…
Major Hotel Expansion Redesigned and Closer to Reality
While the mass of the proposed four-story addition to rise upon the parking lot of the Fisherman’s Wharf Holiday Inn at 1300 Columbus Avenue hasn’t really changed, its façade has…
Russian Hill Two-Bedroom Returns Listed below Its 2015 Price
The Bellaire Tower is a classic Russian Hill building at 1101 Green Street atop of which former Mayor Gavin Newsom once lived. Seventeen floors below the two-bedroom penthouse, the 1,003-square-foot…
Uber Selling Uptown Oakland Office before It Opens next Year
Having previously announced plans to sublet over half of the former Sears Building in Uptown Oakland which Uber purchased for $123.5 million in 2015, the company is now looking to…
Embattled Dolores Park Hive Back on the Market for $6.8 Million
Purchased by the Hive Communities LLC for $6.495 million in April of last year, an ongoing battle with a number of neighbors and San Francisco’s Planning Department over the apparent…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to New 2017 Low
Having slipped back below 4 percent last month, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage slipped another 3 basis points over the past week to 3.86 percent which is…
Pace of Existing U.S. Home Sales and Median Price Slip
Having slipped 1.8 percent in June, the pace of existing-home sales in the U.S. slipped another 1.3 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.44 million transactions.…
Agent Accused of Affordable Housing Fraud
Back in 2008, a local real estate agent purchased a below market rate (BMR) one-bedroom condo on the eighth floor of the newly built SoMa Grand for $221,698. As part…
Developer and Plan for Balboa Reservoir Site Picked
The development team and draft plan(s) for redeveloping the western 17 acres of the Balboa Reservoir site, which is currently a 1,000-space parking lot under the jurisdiction of the San…
New Home Sales in the U.S. Drop despite More Inventory
Having ticked up an upwardly revised 1.9 percent in June, the seasonally adjusted rate of new single-family home sales in the U.S. suddenly dropped 9.4 percent in July to an…