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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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
From a piece by Jessica Blough datelined Oct 9, 2026 (Illegal former Academy of Art dorms are being turned into…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Drawing a Line at Linea
After a bit over twenty-five months since last changing hands, the 8th floor with no unit above and views from…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Price Cut for San Francisco Living at Its Finest
Follow-up: Brahma won, at only a 13.7 percent difference between the above-commented guess and the ultimate selling price achieved 1…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Best Two-Bedroom Quietly Trades Down a Million Bucks
All they needed to do was hold. Returning to market four years ago at the asking price of $6,950,000 (or…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Million Dollar Price Cut for Ken Fulk’s Opulent Magic Factory
If you're confused, it's understandable. For another piece of evidence, see this other site — which is not the listing…
Notcom on Million Dollar Price Cut for Ken Fulk’s Opulent Magic Factory
Call me confused, but this property's website https://www.3107th.com/ - it's own website??? Natch - shows a figure of $5.8. So…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Million Dollar Price Cut for Ken Fulk’s Opulent Magic Factory
Based on the reporting earlier this year in The San Francisco Standard, I would say he needs the money, largely…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Sellers at The Harrison are Taking Some Big(ger) Hits
It did languish on the market, for over 760 days. After originally listing in late May 2024 asking $1.275 million,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
Apt 35E at Apt 30A at The Millennium Tower was listed in mid-January 2026 asking $1,695,000 (or < $990 per…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less
While my selling price call turned out to be correct, the seller didn't have to wait until after the two…

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