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Ruh Roh on Rausch?

May 25, 2023

Purchased for $880,000 in May of 2019, establishing a new “comp” for other neighborhood sales and valuations at $1,410 per square foot, the 624-square-foot, one-bedroom unit #502 at 99 Rausch…

City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Trends

Plans for Excelsior District Site Close to Being Entitled, But…

May 25, 2023

Plans to redevelop the Excelsior District gas station site at 4199 Mission Street, which was purchased for $500,000 in 1998, have been in the works since 2007, at which point…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

New Home Sales Tick Up, Sale Prices Drop

May 25, 2023

While the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up a little over 4 percent in April to an annualized rate of 683,000 homes, a…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

A Contemporary Starter Condo Drops Over 20 Percent

May 24, 2023

Purchased for $650,000 in March of 2016, the 545-square-foot, one-bedroom unit #206 at 870 Harrison Street, which was built by JS Sullivan in 2015 and features “floor-to-ceiling windows with an…

Design & Architecture Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation Trends

Potrero Hill Sanctuary Fetches Its 2019-Era Price

May 24, 2023

Further remodeled and expanded since we featured it back in 2009, the now 2,400-square-foot “modern farmhouse” that’s hidden behind the unassuming fence at 870 Kansas Street, yielding a “private sanctuary…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Homebuying Activity Continues to Drop, Down 30 Percent YOY

May 24, 2023

The number of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for an existing home in the U.S. dropped another 5 percent over the past week in the absolute and 4…

Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales Hold, Inventory Ticks Up in San Francisco

May 22, 2023

With the number of single-family homes and condos in contract to be sold in San Francisco having effectively held over the past week in the absolute, down around 40 percent…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Mortgage Rates Inch Back Up, Odds of an Easing Down

May 18, 2023

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched back up 4 basis points (0.04 percentage point) over the past week to 6.39 percent, which is 114 basis points and…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Homebuying Activity Drops, Risk Premium on the Rise

May 17, 2023

The number of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for an existing home in the U.S. dropped 5 percent over the past week on both an absolute and seasonally…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Remodeling and Renovation Trends

Shovel Ready and Now Back on the Market for $2.5M

May 16, 2023

Positioned as an “incredible opportunity,” with the potential to expand and redevelop the dated two-bedroom Noe Valley home at the intersection of Dolores Heights and the Mission, 3537 23rd Street…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less
I completely agree, and if you're looking for a natural test of whether or not the extremely heated market dynamics…
Brahma (incensed renter) on 141 Below Market Rate Modular Studios Even Closer to Reality
We now have two more recent data points. Tahanan Supportive Housing (at 833 Bryant St.) completed in winter 2021, was…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Beaux Arts Beauty Suddenly Back on the Market
Maybe the seller knew what they had, didn't want to take a more than $1 million haircut and was willing…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Contemporary Little Saigon Condo Listed for Nearly 30 Percent Less
The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin &num;705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…
Aaron Goodman on Parkmerced: From The Plans To Develop, To The Plans To Preserve
Gabriel Metcalf should apologize, 6 national organizations signed a memo against the destruction of Parkmerced, and to date they have…
Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…
The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…
Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)
Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price
Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

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Ruh Roh on Rausch?

Plans for Excelsior District Site Close to Being Entitled, But…

New Home Sales Tick Up, Sale Prices Drop

A Contemporary Starter Condo Drops Over 20 Percent

Potrero Hill Sanctuary Fetches Its 2019-Era Price

Homebuying Activity Continues to Drop, Down 30 Percent YOY

Pending Home Sales Hold, Inventory Ticks Up in San Francisco

Mortgage Rates Inch Back Up, Odds of an Easing Down

Homebuying Activity Drops, Risk Premium on the Rise

Shovel Ready and Now Back on the Market for $2.5M

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