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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…

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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…

Fact on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
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Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less
152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market
Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops
Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced
Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank
Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…
steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality
Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…

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Mortgage Credit Availability Slips on Jumbo Lending Concerns

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