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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
Apples To Apples Real Estate Economics Trends

Another Over Asking Sale, so There!

February 22, 2023

Listed for $1.398 million last month, the two-bedroom, two-bath, 1,325-square foot unit #602 at 1450 Franklin Street, which comes with a parking space in the building’s garage and access to…

As Proposed Bay Buildings Commercial Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Market Street Conversion on the Boards!

February 21, 2023

Purchased for $30 million, or roughly $725 per existing square foot, last year, plans to expand, renovate and modernize the five-story commercial building at 838 Market Street, which was built…

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Inventory Ticks Up in S.F., Pending Sales and Prices Down

February 21, 2023

The net number of condos and single-family homes listed for sale in San Francisco, which is set to climb, ticked up another 7 percent over the past week despite a…

Apples To Apples Neighborhoods Real Estate Economics Remodeling and Renovation Trends

Sunnyside Single-Family Effectively Fetches Its 2020 Price

February 17, 2023

Purchased for $780,000 in 2013, the then 1,155-square-foot, two-bedroom Sunnyside home at 663 Joost Avenue was subsequently redesigned, expanded, remodeled and resold as a fully upgraded 1,725-square-foot, four-bedroom home, with…

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Benchmark Mortgage Rate Keeps Ticking Up

February 16, 2023

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 20 basis points (0.20 percentage points) over the past week to 6.32 percent, which is 240 basis points higher…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Purchase Mortgage Activity Continues to Drop, Down 40% YOY

February 16, 2023

With the average rate for a 30-year mortgage having ticked back over 6 percent and poised to rise, the seasonally adjusted volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan…

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Condo Conversion of the Warfield Theater Building, Take Two

February 15, 2023

Once again, don’t panic, The Warfield Theater itself isn’t being converted into condos a la the Lighthouse development across from Dolores Park. But plans to convert 25,000 square feet of…

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Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Set to Climb

February 14, 2023

The net number of condos and single-family homes listed for sale in San Francisco (830) inched down 2 percent over the past week, which is typical for the week preceding…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods RealRecentReductions Trends

Buena Vista View Mansion Drops a(nother) Million

February 13, 2023

Purchased for $6.6 million in 2013, the 7,138-square-foot home at 15 Buena Vista Terrace, which was built on a double lot, with panoramic views and luxury finishes throughout, including a…

Bay Buildings Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Corner Synagogue on the Market, Positioned for Redevelopment

February 13, 2023

The 8,000-square-foot temple on the southeast corner of Taraval and 46th Avenue, which is currently home to Congregation Am Tikvah and Little People Preschool and Kindergarten, is on the market…

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  1. 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…

  2. 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…

  3. 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…

  4. Brahma (incensed renter) on Contemporary Little Saigon Condo Listed for Nearly 30 Percent Less

    The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin #705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…

  5. 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…

  6. 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…

  7. 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…

  8. 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…

  9. 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 -…

  10. 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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