Back Below 2005 in Bayview?
As we wrote about the Bayview home at 1426 Van Dyke Avenue last month (which sparked an interesting and honest dialog about the neighborhood): “Purchased for $670,000 in 2005, the…
311 Complaints Jumped 24 Percent in San Francisco Last Year
The number of 311 complaints jumped 24 percent in San Francisco last year to 350,000, with residents of the Inner Mission and South of Market neighborhoods registering the most. Not…
Mortgage Rates Tick up but Remain near Three-Year Lows
Having dropped to a three-year low of 3.57 percent, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has ticked up 7 basis points to 3.64 percent over the past two…
OMG! Another Church on the Market for $3.2M
The Gethsemane Church of God in Christ at 240 Page Street is on the market for $3.2 million. While the 5,500-square-foot church is historically protected, the interior of the Hayes…
Pending Home Sales Index Hits 10-Year High, Surges in the West
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes an average level of activity, hit a ten-year high in April, ticking up 5.3 percent from (a…
Ornate Tenderloin Garage Pitched for Redevelopment
Zoned for development up to 130 feet in height, and with a lot that could support building up to 76 apartments or condos, the 1920’s era garage at 525 Jones…
Refined Designs and Momentum for a Bold Van Ness Development
The proposed designs for the bold 13-story building to rise at 1200 Van Ness Avenue have been refined by Woods Bagot, shifting the mass of its eight-story residential tower towards…
Plans for Studios to Rise on SoMa Car Wash Site Closer to Reality
A gas station occupied the northeast corner of 10th and Harrison from 1949 through the 1960s. In 1969, the 10th Street Car Wash took over the Western SoMa site. And…
Designs for Proposed 448-Unit Auto Row Development in Oakland
As proposed and working its way through Planning, the Oakland Acura Dealership at 277 27th Street will be razed and a 18-story building with 448 residential units over 66,500 square…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Surges to Eight-Year High
Having slipped a revised 1.3 percent in March, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. surged 16.6 percent in April to an annual rate of 619,000 sales…