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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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East Bay Office Vacancy Rate Inches Up, But…

April 12, 2024

With the office vacancy rate in San Francisco having ticked over 33 percent last month, the effective office vacancy rate in the East Bay, not including Walnut Creek or further…

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Price Cut(s) for Broadway Mansion on a Prime Flat Block

April 11, 2024

The remodeled Pacific Heights mansion at 2480 Broadway, a prime five-bedroom home with panoramic bay views and a rather awesome roof deck, on a coveted flat block of Broadway, quietly…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Back Near 7 Percent

April 11, 2024

Following a trend that shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the average rate for a benchmark 30 year mortgage ticked up another 6 basis points (0.06 percentage points) over…

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Mid-Market Two-Bedroom Resells for Nearly 50 Percent Less

April 10, 2024

Purchased for $1,250,000 in mid-2019, at which point it established a building and neighborhood comp for other sales at $1,437 per square foot, the two-bedroom, two-bath unit #513 with two…

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Purchase Mortgage Activity Drops, Rates on the Rise

April 10, 2024

Having inched up a percent at the end of last month, purchase mortgage application volume in the U.S. dropped 5 percent in the absolute over the past week and 4…

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Price Cut(s) for A Great South Beach Investment

April 9, 2024

Purchased as “a great investment” for $608,000 in March of 2021, which was actually $31,000 under asking at the time, the 493-square-foot, junior one-bedroom Portside II unit #505N at 403…

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Awesome View Home Fetches Twice Its 2016 Price! But…

April 8, 2024

“Perched majestically atop Golden Gate Heights” on a 6,365-square-foot, park-like lot, the designer five-bedroom home with a detached guest cottage at 565 Ortega Street returned to the market priced at…

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Over 40 Percent More Homes on the Market than Average in S.F.

April 8, 2024

As we projected, the number of condos and single-family homes on the market in San Francisco (i.e., inventory) ticked up another 5 percent over the past week and continues to…

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A Fast 230K Over Asking Sale in The Mission!

April 5, 2024

Listed for $995,000 three weeks ago, the 990-square-foot, one-bedroom penthouse unit #308 atop the “premier…residential building” at 3500 Nineteenth Street, with high-end finishes, panoramic views, and a private wrap around…

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Expected Value of Rate Cuts Drops

April 5, 2024

As we first outlined early last month, based on an analysis of the futures market for interest rate products, the expected value of the Fed’s rate cuts was suggesting there…

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