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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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Number of Homes for Sale in San Francisco Poised to Jump

August 29, 2022

The net number of homes on the market in San Francisco (i.e., inventory) has effectively held at 1,140 over the past two weeks despite typically dropping over 10 percent at…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

New Plans for a Wall of Townhomes to Rise Right Here

August 26, 2022

Challenged by neighbors and the City alike, albeit for very different reasons, plans to double the size of the 2,200-square-foot Nob Hill home which sits on the front of a…

As Proposed City Planning Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments Trends

Approved Tower Pushed Back, Parking Lot Extension Sought

August 26, 2022

As we outlined back in September of 2020: Having been approved back in 2016 but yet to break ground, the entitlements for a skinny 495-foot-tall tower to rise at 524…

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Amazing Eureka Valley Home Further Improved, Just Reduced

August 25, 2022

Purchased for $2.325 million in May of 2018, the already “amazing” single-family home at 4540 20th Street, a “prime Eureka Valley location” with views, a “chef’s kitchen” and a private…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Surges Back Over 5.5 Percent

August 25, 2022

Having dropped under 5 percent for the first time in four months three weeks ago, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since surged 56 basis points (0.56…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Purchase Activity at the High End of the Market Is Weakening

August 24, 2022

Mortgage loan application volume in the U.S. dropped another 3.0 percent over the past week from what was already a 22-year low, with a 2 percent drop in purchase mortgage…

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Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Has Tanked

August 23, 2022

Having dropped a downwardly revised 7.3 percent in June, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. fell another 12.6 percent in July to an annualized…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Decline in U.S. Home Sales Is Accelerating, Median Price Drops

August 23, 2022

Having dropped 5.4 percent in June, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. dropped another 5.9 percent in July to an annual rate of 4.81 million sales,…

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Purchase Activity for New Homes in the U.S. Continues to Drop

August 22, 2022

Despite the fact that the number of new homes on the market across the U.S. is over 30 percent higher than at the same time last year, with the most…

City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Remodeling and Renovation Trends

Another High-End Redevelopment and DUM Problem at Hand

August 19, 2022

Purchased as a two-unit building with a “bonus room” on the ground floor for $2.7 million in November of 2017, permits to remodel and expand the Lake District property at…

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