Benchmark Mortgage Rate Holding Around 4 Percent
Having briefly dipped below 4 percent two weeks ago, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has inched back up to 4.02 percent. While that’s 41 basis points above…
Cloud over Claremont Hotel Project Could Soon Be Cleared Up
Confusion over whether or not the landmark Claremont Hotel & Spa’s historic status extends to its formerly landscaped grounds, a determination which has been clouding the preparation of the required…
Sixth Street Rising: Plans for Eight Stories at 999 Folsom
Plans to level the former gas station turned parking/detailing lot on the southeast corner of Folsom and Sixth Streets are in the works. And if approved at the end of…
Oh Sh*t
If approved, San Francisco’s largest wastewater treatment facility, the Southeast Water Pollution Control Plant in northern Bayview, will be upgraded and expanded over the next five years. The existing 40-acre…
Predator Landlord Fined $2.4 Million, Evictions Voided
A Superior Court Judge has ruled against Anne Kihagi, the predator landlord who was sued by the City of San Francisco for waging an ongoing war of “harassment, intimidation, and…
Prime Noe Valley Take Two
Purchased mid-renovation for $3.8 million in February 2015, the four-bedroom Noe Valley home at 4316 25th Street returned to the market as a finished flip this past September, priced at…
Plans for a 12-Story, 300-Room Hotel Right Here
The big plans for either 112 condos or 190,000 square feet of office space to rise up to 11 stories in height upon the auto shop parcels at 565-589 Bryant…
Trophy Home Slated for Foreclosure (Again)
As we noted when 224 Sea Cliff Avenue was listed as a “spectacular trophy home with HUGE potential!” for $19.675 million at the end of last year, “while the property…
Another Tower in S.F. Sees Premature Deterioration, Files Suit
While not nearly as serious as the lawsuits related to the sinking Millennium Tower, a lawsuit seeking damages for the “premature and unreasonable deterioration” of the 55-story tower at 425…
Refined Designs for a Downsized Modular Tower and Townhomes
The refined designs for a modular 29-story tower to rise up to 350 feet in height on the corner of Franklin and 21st Street, a block from the proposed 2…