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Repositioned for an “Over Asking!” Sale and Top Ten List or Two

March 3, 2022

Taken down to the studs and completely renovated in 2016, the 4-bedroom Bernal Heights home at 600 Gates Street hit the market priced at $1.699 million that May and sold…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Dips with a Flight to Safety in Play

March 3, 2022

Having slipped 3 basis points (0.03 percentage points) last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since pulled back another 13 basis points to 3.76 percent with…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Near Certainty for a Quarter Point Rate Hike (And Then Some)

March 2, 2022

As we outlined a couple of weeks ago, the bond market was projecting that the Fed would institute a quarter point (25 basis point) interest rate hike later this month.…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Asking Rents in S.F. Slip, Listings Drop to Pre-Pandemic Levels

March 1, 2022

Having ticked up in January, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco slipped around 2 percent in February to $3,340 month, which is roughly 6 percent…

Breaking News Commercial Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

The Re-Opening of San Francisco’s Economy, February Report

February 28, 2022

Having dropped back under 20 percent in January, driven by the Omicron surge, the weekly attendance rate for office workers in San Francisco, which was nearing 30 percent in mid-December,…

Breaking News Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics Trends

Number of Homes on the Market in San Francisco Climbs

February 28, 2022

The number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of all new sales, either pending or closed, climbed another 8 percent over the past week to 850, representing…

Bay Buildings City Planning Listings (for sale) Neighborhoods Seemingly Random

Heads Up

February 25, 2022

Triggered by a complaint of “deadly large rocks” raining down on the little public beach below, an engineer’s report has confirmed an erosion of the cliff behind the infamous seven-bedroom…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales in the U.S. Drop, Down 9.5 Percent YOY

February 25, 2022

Having ticked down 3.8 percent in December, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Special Zoning for New Irish Cultural Center Formally Sought

February 24, 2022

As we outlined at the end of last year: San Francisco’s Planning Department has just completed its preliminary review of the bold plans for an all-new United Irish Cultural Center…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Drops, Inventory Up

February 24, 2022

The seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. dropped 4.5 percent in January to an annualized rate of 801,000 transactions and was down 19.3 percent on…

Fact on Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…

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Repositioned for an “Over Asking!” Sale and Top Ten List or Two

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Dips with a Flight to Safety in Play

Near Certainty for a Quarter Point Rate Hike (And Then Some)

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The Re-Opening of San Francisco’s Economy, February Report

Number of Homes on the Market in San Francisco Climbs

Heads Up

Pending Home Sales in the U.S. Drop, Down 9.5 Percent YOY

Special Zoning for New Irish Cultural Center Formally Sought

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