Enough Empty Office Space for 160,000 People in San Francisco
As we outlined yesterday, the amount of vacant office space in San Francisco has just hit a new pandemic-era high of nearly 21 million square feet. For context, the 1,070-foot-tall…
Upgraded Penthouse Trades at a Loss
As we outlined in September of last year: We’ve been fans of penthouse unit #613 atop the historic Embarcadero Lofts building at 300 Beale Street since we first featured the…
Purchase Mortgage Activity Jumps
Having dropped to a 9-year low last week, the seasonally adjusted volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for a home in the U.S. has since jumped 25…
Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits an Even Higher High
Having hit a pandemic-era high of 23 percent in the third quarter of last year, the effective office vacancy rate in San Francisco has since ticked up another 110 basis…
Inventory Up, Home Sales and Prices Down in San Francisco
The net number of condos and single-family homes listed for sale in San Francisco ticked up 10 percent over the past week and is currently running 20 percent higher than…
Now You See It…
When some surreptitiously installed scaffolding and shrink wrap was removed from over the third floor deck which faces the street at 60 Rico Way in the Marina, at least one…
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2017 Era Two-Bedroom Drops Further Below Its Purchase Price
Purchased for $1.399 million in August of 2017, which was $91,000 under its list price at the time, the “luxurious, high-style corner unit” #405 at 1450 Franklin Street, a 1,325-square-foot,…
Price for Mission District Infill Site Drops
As we outlined back in the fourth quarter of 2021: Having been in and out of contract a handful of times over the past couple of years, a sale of…
Purchase Mortgage Activity Drops to a 9-Year Low
The seasonally adjusted volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for a home in the U.S. ticked down another (1) percent over the past week. As such, purchase…
Plans for Another Big Polk Gulch Infill Project on the Boards
Plans to raze the two-story, 15,000-square-foot office building at 1460-1462 Pine Street are in the works. And as proposed, a 9-story building designed by RG-Architecture would rise up to 85…