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More Height and Time for Market-Rate Hub District Tower Approved

August 8, 2023

Once again, as we revealed at the end of last year, a modification to the approved plans for Related California’s 365-foot-tall tower to rise on the parking lot parcel at…

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Mortgage Credit Availability Slips on Jumbo Lending Concerns

August 8, 2023

Having dropped to a 10-year low in June, mortgage credit availability, as indexed by the Mortgage Bankers Association, inched down another 0.3 percent in July to its lowest level since…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions Remodeling and Renovation

Truth in Advertising Take Two

August 7, 2023

Purchased as “a diamond in the rough” for $1.5 million in September of 2016, the remodeled 1,880-square-foot Noe Valley home at 374 Valley Street returned to the market listed for…

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Number of Homes on the Market in S.F. Drops, Prices Too

August 7, 2023

The net number of single-family homes and condos on the market in San Francisco ticked down 6 percent over the past week and is now 18 percent lower than at…

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Another Post-Covid Leg Down in Coveted Lower Pacific Heights?

August 4, 2023

Purchased for $2.1 million in September of 2018, the 1,900-square-foot, full-floor condo at 1940 Bush Street, which “dazzles with great period details and contemporary finishes,” a few blocks from Fillmore…

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Index Versus the “Over Asking” Reality for a Single-Family Starter Home

August 3, 2023

As we outlined last month, the single-family starter home at 458 Mangels Avenue, “a charming Edwardian, nestled on a tranquil street in the Sunnyside Neighborhood” which had been purchased for…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Trends

Upgraded Archetype Edwardian Fetches Its 2020 Price

August 2, 2023

Purchased for $2.9 million in December of 2020, the previously remodeled “archetype Edwardian” at 4334 19th Street, a four-bedroom, two-bathroom home in the Castro with a “fantastic backyard and exceptional…

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Homebuying Activity in the U.S. Drops, Down 26 Percent Year-Over-Year

August 2, 2023

The number of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for an existing home in the U.S. dropped another 3 percent over the past week on both an absolute and…

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Ultra-Luxury San Francisco Condo Trades “Near Asking!” (For Millions Less)

August 1, 2023

Speaking of high-end properties in prestigious San Francisco neighborhoods, the resale of the two-bedroom corner unit #2905 near the top of the iconic Russian Hill “Summit” at 999 Green Street,…

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Price for Russian Hill Heirloom Home Has Dropped 50 Percent

July 31, 2023

The 6,300-square-foot Russian Hill home at 875 Francisco Street, an “heirloom property in one of S.F.’s most prestigious exclusive locations,” hit the market priced at $15.5 million in February of…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less
I completely agree, and if you're looking for a natural test of whether or not the extremely heated market dynamics…
Brahma (incensed renter) on 141 Below Market Rate Modular Studios Even Closer to Reality
We now have two more recent data points. Tahanan Supportive Housing (at 833 Bryant St.) completed in winter 2021, was…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Beaux Arts Beauty Suddenly Back on the Market
Maybe the seller knew what they had, didn't want to take a more than $1 million haircut and was willing…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Contemporary Little Saigon Condo Listed for Nearly 30 Percent Less
The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin &num;705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…
Aaron Goodman on Parkmerced: From The Plans To Develop, To The Plans To Preserve
Gabriel Metcalf should apologize, 6 national organizations signed a memo against the destruction of Parkmerced, and to date they have…
Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…
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…
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…
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 -…
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…

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Mortgage Credit Availability Slips on Jumbo Lending Concerns

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Another Post-Covid Leg Down in Coveted Lower Pacific Heights?

Index Versus the “Over Asking” Reality for a Single-Family Starter Home

Upgraded Archetype Edwardian Fetches Its 2020 Price

Homebuying Activity in the U.S. Drops, Down 26 Percent Year-Over-Year

Ultra-Luxury San Francisco Condo Trades “Near Asking!” (For Millions Less)

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