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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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Modified Plans for Prime Hillside Site Slated for Approval

January 28, 2022

Sporting twelve design modifications, “in response to community feedback,” the refined plans for a 24-unit development to rise up to 45 feet in height along Diamond Street, on the undeveloped…

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Stunning, $2.4M Ultra-Modern Live/Work Loft in Contract

January 27, 2022

With the “Luxury Live Auction!” for the “stunning, ultra-modern live/work loft” #102 at 355 Bryant Street having failed to yield an acceptable bid back in September of 2020, the 2,200-square-foot,…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales in the U.S. (And S.F.) Are Down

January 27, 2022

Having ticked down 2.2 percent in November, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped…

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Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up Another 3 Percent

January 27, 2022

Having increased 7 percent last year, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland has ticked up nearly 3 percent over the past few weeks to $2,500 a…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Holding Near a 2-Year High

January 27, 2022

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down one (1) basis points (0.01 percentage points) over the past week to 3.55 percent, which is 78 basis points percent…

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Out of the DUM Frying Pan and Into the Fire

January 26, 2022

Marketed as a single-family home, with a central internal staircase connecting the two units of the redeveloped Dolores Heights duplex at 3790-3792 21st Street, a connection which would have constituted…

Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

New Home Sales Were Down at the End of 2021, Inventory Up

January 26, 2022

While the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. increased 11.9 percent from November to December, the annualized rate of 811,000 transactions was down 14.0 percent…

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Purchase Mortgage Activity in the U.S. Down YOY

January 26, 2022

Mortgage loan application volumes to purchase a home in the U.S. ticked up 5 percent over the past week but were down 2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis and…

As Proposed Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Approval for Supersized Potrero Hill Infill Building Sought

January 25, 2022

The refined plans for a modern four-story building, with 59 condos over 3,400 square feet of new Production, Distribution, and Repair (PDR) space and a basement garage for 44 cars…

Breaking News East Bay Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Index for Bay Area House Values Decelerates, Condo Index Slips

January 25, 2022

Having held in October, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula –…

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