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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
Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Marin (And Points North)

Gated Estate Back on the Market with an $8.85 Million Price Tag

April 5, 2017

On the market for $16.8 million at the end of 2012, the gated two-acre estate at 11 Circle Drive in Ross – which includes a six-bedroom main home, a two-bedroom…

Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Bankruptcy Saves High-End Development Site from Foreclosure

April 4, 2017

While on the market with an $8.9 million price tag, touting “a great starting point for a high-end housing development,” the Green Street Auto Body garage at 1776 Green Street…

City Planning Neighborhoods Transit

Could Potrero and Dogpatch Lose Their Coveted Caltrain Stop?

April 4, 2017

With the refined options for connecting Caltrain (and High Speed Rail) to San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center, redeveloping the 20-acre Caltrain Depot at 4th and King Streets and tearing…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Neighborhoods

Neighbors Challenge Elbo Room Redevelopment

April 4, 2017

With the proposed redevelopment of the Elbo Room – which now calls adding three new stories atop the existing two-story building at 645-647 Valencia Street, converting its ground floor into…

Breaking News East Bay Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Rents Tick Up in San Francisco, Drop in Oakland

April 3, 2017

Recent reports of a sharp drop in apartment rents in both San Francisco and Oakland shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, as it’s a trend we first noticed forming…

New Developments Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

Inventory of Homes for Sale in S.F. Nearing a Six-Year High

April 3, 2017

Having ticked up another 6 percent over the past four weeks, the number of single-family homes and condos currently listed for sale in San Francisco now totals 615, the highest…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture East Bay Neighborhoods

400-Foot-Tall Downtown Oakland Tower Closer to Reality

April 3, 2017

The refined plans for a 40-story downtown Oakland tower to rise up to 400 feet in height upon the western quarter of the Downtown Oakland block bounded by Franklin, Webster,…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods New Developments

Little Lot Sells for $299K with Big Plans for a Small House

March 31, 2017

The substandard 1,522-square-foot lot at the corner of Folsom and Chapman has just sold for $299,000, having been marketed as “high above the fray and close to Bernal Heights Park,…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Plans to Transform the Former Volvo Shop on 16th

March 31, 2017

Purchased by Steel Arc Properties (a.k.a. the Martin Building Company) for $4.6 million last year, plans to add two modern stories and twelve apartments atop the former Volvo Centrum shop…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Commercial Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Proposal to Double the Size of Lyft’s Old HQ and Add Townhomes

March 31, 2017

Plans to double the size of the 68,500-square-foot Mission District office building at 2300 Harrison Street, which was leased to Lyft before their move to China Basin, are in the…

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