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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
As Proposed Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Bigger Plans for Mission District Lavanderia Parcel Proposed

March 31, 2017

The formal application to raze the Wash Club lavanderia at 2918 Mission Street and redevelop its Mission District parcel and adjacent parking lot has been filed. As expected, while the…

City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments

More Affordable Housing on the Way in South Mission Bay

March 30, 2017

While Mission Bay North is fully developed, and the last market rate residential development to be built within the boundaries of Mission Bay South is under construction at 1000 Channel…

Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Crowdfunding Gone Wrong on Telegraph Hill

March 30, 2017

Purchased as “an amazing opportunity to reinvent a special and historically rich residence on a coveted Telegraph Hill cul-de-sac” for $1.65 million in 2013, the buyers of the two-unit building…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to 4.14%

March 30, 2017

Having ticked up to 4.30 percent two weeks ago with the probability of the Fed’s second rate hike already priced-in, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Modern Alamo Square Renovation Fetches $7.35 Million

March 30, 2017

As we first reported last month (and have been following from its start): Purchased as a dilapidated four-unit building which had been completely stripped of its architectural integrity for $975,000…

Design & Architecture East Bay Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

The First Home in Albany to Break the $2 Million Mark

March 30, 2017

Listed for $1.685 million on the first of March, the sale of the remodeled Craftsman home at 1613 Sonoma Avenue, over in Albany, has already closed escrow. And with a…

Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) RealRecentReductions San Jose (And South)

Woodside Estate Reduced to 38 Percent of 2012 Price

March 30, 2017

Originally marketed by Sotheby’s for $47.5 million in 2012, the 3.4-acre Woodside estate dubbed “Woodhaven Manor” at 700 Kings Mountain Road – which was built in 1988 and includes a…

Apples To Apples Commercial Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions

Million Dollar Price Cut for Asia SF’s Western SoMa Home

March 29, 2017

Listed for $8.595 million at the beginning of the year, the asking price for the three-story Western SoMa building on the southeast corner of 9th and Howard, the ground floor…

Design & Architecture Fixtures & Furnishings Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation San Jose (And South)

VC’s Stunning Estate on the Market for $39.75 Million

March 29, 2017

While not officially listed for sale, the Atherton estate which the co-founder of VanatgePoint Capital Partners, Alan E. Salzman, purchased for $12 million in 2001 is now quietly on the…

Trends

Pending U.S. Home Sales Jump, Remain Below Average in the West

March 29, 2017

Having dropped 2.8 percent in January to its lowest level in a year, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes an average level of…

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