Refined Plans for Modern Urban Village Closer to Reality
As designed by PYATOK Architects for the Friendship House Association of American Indians, a modern six-story building dubbed the “Village SF” is proposed to rise up to 79 feet in…
Waylaid Mission District Development Back on the Boards
Having been undermined by advocates back in 2016, Lennar’s approved plans for a 157-unit development to rise up to six stories in height at 1515 South Van Ness Avenue, on…
Demand Drops in “Rapidly Cooling Home-Price Environment”
With the average loan size on applications to purchase a home across the nation having dropped to a two-year low, which, in the euphemistic words of the Mortgage Bankers Association,…
Rents in San Francisco Drop, Availability Up
Having ticked down a percent in October, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco has since dropped another 3 percent to $3,575 per month and has…
North Beach Institution Positioned for Redevelopment
The quirky 10,572-square-foot structure that occupies an odd-shaped 11,918-square-foot lot at 1040 Columbus Avenue, a parcel that fronts Francisco and Taylor Streets as well and has been home to Kennedy’s…
Inventory, Sales and Prices Drop in San Francisco
Driven by a slowdown in listing activity, the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco dropped 8 percent over the past week but remains 35 percent higher…
Visualizing the Burgeoning Hub District Plan(s)
As newly rendered by SOM along with the first two Hub District towers that have risen at 1580 Mission and 30 Otis and already yielded nearly 1,000 units of housing,…
More Height for Approved Tower sur la Table
A modification to the approved plans for the French American International School’s 365-foot-tall tower to rise on the parking lot parcel at 98 Franklin Street, at the intersection of Oak,…
Prestigious High-Rise Unit Trades for 23 Percent Less
Speaking of “San Francisco’s best condominium project,” the apples-to-apples-to-apples re-sale of the three-bedroom, three-bath unit #32E in the Lumina tower at 338 Main Street has closed escrow. Purchased for $3.25…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to 6.49 Percent, But…
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked down 9 basis points (0.09 percentage points) over the past week to 6.49 percent, which is only 109 percent higher than…