Iconic Lion Pub Building Has Sold for $3.4 Million
The now vacant Pacific Heights Victorian building on the southeast corner of Divisadero and Sacramento, the bottom floor of which had operated as the iconic Lion Pub for the past…
Timing for Massive Development Revealed
With the preparation of the proposed project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR) now underway, we now have the anticipated timing for the massive 445-unit redevelopment of Kirkham Heights to share. Assuming…
Mortgage Rates Return to 2017 Highs, Odds of a Rate Hike Rockets
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up 5 basis points over the past two weeks, an 11 point jump over the past seven days, and is back…
Mini Condo Listed at a Big Loss
As we wrote about the Book Concern Building condo #511, which measures a legal 275 square feet and fetched $465,000, or roughly $1,690 per square foot, in June of 2015:…
Million Dollar Price Cut for Historic Piedmont Estate
Designed by Albert Farr and finished in 1928, the historic “Hampton House” estate at 395 Hampton Road hit the market in Piedmont last year listed for $8.95 million. Sitting on…
The Stories behind This Story on Mission Street
It’s true, the two adjacent buildings at 657 Mission and 667 Mission Street have traded hands, purchased from separate sellers by Chinese developer Vanke and local partner Align Real Estate,…
Narrow Market Street Site on the Market Touting Tower Potential
Built in 1922, the narrow two-story building at 570 Market Street, which also fronts Sutter Street and is currently home to Daiso Japan, Creative Marketing Concepts, ABC Cleaners, Lucky Nails…
Planning for Record-Setting Inner Sunset Project Moving Forward
Westlake Urban, which purchased the 86-unit Kirkham Heights apartment complex at 1530-1585 5th Avenue back in 1976, is pushing forward with plans to level the existing 11-building complex and build…
Demand Really Dropped in San Francisco but Not Around the Bay
Seeking to rationalize the recent drops in recorded home sales in San Francisco, a lack of inventory, seasonality and changes in the mortgage market which shifted sales at the end…
Inventory of Homes for Sale in S.F. On the March (Up)
The number of single-family homes and condos currently listed for sale in San Francisco ticked up 13 percent over the past two weeks to 580, the highest total at the…