Twice as Many Condos on the Market in San Francisco
While home sales in San Francisco slowed to a five-year seasonal low last month, new listing activity has remained strong. And as a result, there are now twice as many…
Lucas Abandons Chicago Museum Plan, It’s Headed Back to California
George Lucas and his museum Board have officially abandoned their plans to build the $700 million Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago and declared that the museum will be…
Three Schemes for Hap’s Old Mission Haunt and a New Living Alley
With San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission having cleared the way for Loren ‘Hap’ Jones’ former motorcycle shop at 235 Valencia Street to be razed, the formal plans for the site…
A Historic Move to Infill Uptown Oakland
Plans for a five-story building to rise on the site of the two historic Cathedral District buildings at 570 and 600 21st Street in Uptown Oakland are in the works,…
San Francisco Home Sales and Median Price Drop
At a time of the year when sales typically increase by 10 percent versus the month before, the recorded sales volume of single-family homes and condos in San Francisco dropped…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Slips Despite More Inventory
Having hit an eight-year high in April, which has since been revised down, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped 6.0 percent in May but remains…
The High-Tech Conversion of Saint Joseph’s Church Is Underway
The plans to rehab Saint Joseph’s Church at 1401 Howard Street, and convert the Western SoMa building into a high-tech office space, with a restaurant and 2,500-square-foot assembly hall in…
Initiative to Allow More In-Laws in San Francisco
Speaking of potential housing related ballot measures and legislative bargaining chips, Supervisor Mark Farrell has submitted the paperwork for an initiative to allow more in-law units to be added to…
Another Big Reduction for a Silicon Valley Estate with Parking Galore
On the market for $23.995 million last year, the list price for the Los Altos Hills home with nearly 17,000 square feet of living space at 11627 Dawson Drive was…
Bonus Height Fight Headed to the Ballot Box
With San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program, which would allow market-rate developers to build up to two stories higher than currently zoned in exchange for pricing 30 percent of…