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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 on the Market in S.F. Is Ticking Up

January 19, 2022

Despite some industry misanalysis making the rounds at the end of last year, the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco has jumped 27 percent over the…

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Formal Investigation Upends Local Favoritism Report

January 18, 2022

Prompted by a two-part hit piece published by Mission Local, a formal investigation by the City Attorney’s Office into alleged favoritism by the Interim Director of San Francisco’s Department of…

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Wagging the Dog on Potrero Hill

January 18, 2022

Owned by the owners and operators of the adjacent Il Pirata Bar & Restaurant on 16th Street, the derelict 2-story Potrero Hill home at 312 Utah Street, which had been…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation Trends

Renovated Beaux-Arts Beauty Trades for Millions Less

January 18, 2022

As we outlined back in August of last year: Purchased for $9.75 million in August of 2016, the interior of the fully renovated Nob Hill home at 1230 Sacramento Street…

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Plans for New Hayes Valley Hotel Back in Play

January 14, 2022

Drafted back in 2017, a formal application to move forward with the redevelopment of the Hayes Valley “Days Inn” site at 465 Grove Street, between Gough and Octavia, has been…

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Office Vacancy Rate in the East Bay Inches Up

January 14, 2022

The office vacancy rate in the East Bay, not including Walnut Creek or further east, inched up from 17.9 percent at the end of September to 18.1 percent at the…

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Telegraph Hill Lot on the Market for Only $150K!

January 13, 2022

An undeveloped Telegraph Hill lot that’s zoned for development up to 84 feet in height is on the market for only $150,000! But there are a couple of challenges. Positioned…

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Benchmark Mortgage Rate Jumps to a 22-Month High

January 13, 2022

In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage jumped 23 basis points (0.23 percentage points) over the past week…

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Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Inches Down, But…

January 12, 2022

Having hit a pandemic high of 20.5 percent in the third quarter of last year, the effective office vacancy rate in San Francisco inched down to 19.9 percent at the…

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Rebuilt, Reduced, In Contract and Under Investigation

January 11, 2022

Purchased as an older two-story, two-unit building for $1.3 million in September of 2014, permits to remodel and expand the Dolores Heights duplex at 3790-3792 21st Street were approved in…

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

  3. 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…

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

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  6. 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…

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

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  8. 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,…

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