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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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Price Reductions Tick Up in S.F., Price Per Square Foot Down

September 23, 2022

Driven by a pronounced slowdown in the pace of sales and rising inventory levels, the percentage of homes on the market in San Francisco with an asking price that has…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Cathedral Hill Infill Closer to Reality

September 23, 2022

As we first outlined earlier this year, plans for a 7-story building to rise up to 75 feet in height upon the St. Mark’s Square and Martin Luther Tower parking…

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Average 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits 6.29 Percent, Still Not “High”

September 22, 2022

Measured prior to yesterday’s announcement of another 75 basis point hike by the Fed, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage had already climbed another 27 basis points (0.27…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Existing Home Sales Down 20 Percent, Median Price Drops

September 21, 2022

Having dropped 5.9 percent in July, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. slipped 0.4 percent in August to an annual rate of 4.80 million sales, which…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Purchase Mortgage Application Volume Now Down 30 Percent

September 21, 2022

While mortgage loan application volume to purchase a home in the U.S. ticked up one (1) percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the past week, it continued to tick…

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Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Has Jumped

September 20, 2022

Driven by a pronounced slowdown in the pace of sales, the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco (i.e., inventory) has jumped by 25 percent over the…

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Another Swift $10 Million Price Cut in Pac Heights

September 19, 2022

Quietly acquired from Mark and Alison Pincus for $16 million in November of 2015, Troon Pacific subsequently engaged Snøhetta (yes, that Snøhetta) to draft plans to transform the Albert Farr-designed…

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Pending Home Sales in S.F. Down 40 Percent to a 5-Year Low

September 19, 2022

Despite an ongoing surge in the net number of houses and condos listed for sale across San Francisco (i.e., inventory), the number of homes in contract to be sold is…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Rare and Exquisite Pac Heights Home Drops 10 Percent

September 16, 2022

The “rare and exquisite” Pacific Heights at 1809 Lyon Street, an “architecturally distinctive” three-bedroom home with nearly 20-foot-high ceilings in the living/dining room, a European-style side courtyard, and a side-by-side…

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Bay Area Employment Inches Up, Slips in San Francisco

September 16, 2022

Having jumped in July, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased slipped by 800 in August to 563,900. As such, while there are now…

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Recent Reader Activity
  1. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Noe Valley Compound Now Listed for 33 Percent Less

    152 days after after the revised listing mentioned in the penultimate paragraph above, 1647 Sanchez's listing was removed from the…

  2. Brahma (incensed renter) on “Full(er) House” Home Back on the Market

    Sold for 7.7 percent under asking. From India Roby at Architectural Digest, yesterday, in a story headlined The Full House…

  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops

    Apparently, developers believe that S.F. doesn't have enough office space. But the vacancy rate is rising. According to an article…

  4. Brahma (incensed renter) on Construction of Prominent Hub District Tower Has Commenced

    Might have been underway when the above was posted, but we weren't kept plugged-in. Lendlease’s tower to rise at 30…

  5. Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern New Development Fails to Sell, Taken Back by The Bank

    Grubber2 pretty much nailed it. Sold by Avidbank to HSH Holdings for $14 million, or about 13.6 percent under the…

  6. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    My bad. Even realtor dot com is now showing that correct amount in its listing. I should have not taken…

  7. steve on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    I think someone mistyped the HOA fees. Redfin is now showing that as $1,764/mo. It doesn't change your main point,…

  8. Brahma (incensed renter) on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops

    It's not all bad at The Millennium Tower, and we can take a look at the unit namelinked above by…

  9. Brahma (incensed renter) on Prominent Nob Hill Corner Closer to Proposed Reality

    Not only has the building — now dubbed Crescent Nob Hill — been completed since the above post, but certain…

  10. Brahma (incensed renter) on Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Hits a New High, Leasing Drops

    Probably won't meaningfully decrease the amount of office space on the market. Google is pulling out of it's lease at…

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