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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But… Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale
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Initiative to Establish a Good Neighbor Commission in San Francisco

April 20, 2017

The paperwork for a proposed ballot measure to establish a “Good Neighbor Commission” has been submitted to San Francisco’s Department of Elections. As envisioned, San Francisco’s existing seven-member Entertainment Commission…

Industry Stuff New Developments Real Estate Economics Trends

New S.F. Condo Sales Slipped in March but Jumped Year-Over-Year

April 20, 2017

While the number of purchase contracts signed for new condominiums in San Francisco slipped 4 percent from February to March, the sales volume in March (91) was more than twice…

Design & Architecture Marin (And Points North)

Mid-Century Modern Mill Valley Gem Fetches $2.8 Million

April 20, 2017

Designed by Daniel Liebermann and built out of old-growth redwood, glass and brick back in 1962, the Mid-Century Modern Mill Valley home at 861 Lovell Avenue, which was listed for…

Apples To Apples East Bay Neighborhoods

Former Cal Coach Scores on Fast Break from East Bay Home

April 20, 2017

Purchased by Cuonzo Martin for $2.5 million in mid-2014, two months after Cuonzo was named head coach of Cal’s men’s basketball team, the 4,123-square-foot Piedmont home at 88 Sandringham Road…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops Below 4 Percent

April 20, 2017

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped below 4 percent for the first time since November, shedding 11 basis points over the past week and 33 basis…

As Proposed City Planning Neighborhoods New Developments

Timeline to Adopt San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan Slips

April 20, 2017

Originally expected to occur this “Spring,” the formal process to adopt San Francisco’s revised Central SoMa Plan is now expected to be initiated in July, a shift which could push…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Fixtures & Furnishings Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods

New Offering for a Banker’s Eight-Figure Presidio Heights Pad

April 19, 2017

The Presidio Heights mansion at 3444 Washington Street, which onetime Bank of America Chairman and CEO, David Coulter, purchased along with his wife, Susan Weeks Coulter, for $15.225 million in…

As Proposed Design & Architecture

Go Eat in Your Room

April 19, 2017

As we noted yesterday, the proposed eight units to replace the existing garage and storage rooms of the six-unit building at 4640 Balboa average 255 square feet apiece. But to…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Positioning to Break Ground on Former Freeway Parcel T

April 19, 2017

The building permit for the the modern building and beer hall to rise on the slender Central Freeway Parcel T, fronting Octavia Boulevard between Page and Rose in Hayes Valley,…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Remodeling and Renovation

Externalizing Parking to Double Density as Proposed

April 18, 2017

Purchased as a six-unit apartment building with eight bedrooms and a six-car garage for $1.452 million in the first quarter of 2013, plans to add eight new apartments, with nine…

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