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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
Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales in S.F. Drop to a 19-Month Low

January 11, 2022

The net number of single-family homes and condos in contract across San Francisco dropped 17 percent over the past week, which represents a typical percentage drop based on typical seasonality…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Challenges for That 1,066-Foot-Tall Tower as Proposed

January 10, 2022

As we first outlined this past November: Engineered by Planning and adopted back in 2012, San Francisco’s Transit Center District Plan (TCDP) was designed to limit the number of tall…

Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) New Developments Real Estate Economics Trends

Number of Homes on the Market in S.F. Starts Ticking Back Up

January 10, 2022

Despite some industry misanalysis making the rounds at the end of last year, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco has started ticking back up with typical…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

New Cow Hollow Mansion Fetches a Record $32M

January 7, 2022

Built on a quarter-acre, triple-wide-plus view lot that was purchased for $14 million in February of 2016, the newly constructed, 12,200-square-foot Cow Hollow mansion at 2582 Filbert Street, “Residence 2582,”…

As Proposed Bay Buildings City Planning Commercial Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods

Tower to Rise on Fire Station Site Closer to Reality

January 7, 2022

Having survived a rather ironic appeal, the plans the proposed 19-story tower to rise up to 200 feet in height on the site of San Francisco’s aging Fire Station 13…

Bay Buildings Industry Stuff Neighborhoods Remodeling and Renovation

Restored Mayor’s Mansion Quietly Sold at a Big Loss

January 6, 2022

As we outlined this past June: The storied Liberty Hill home at 3690 21st Street, which sits on a nearly 6,000-square-foot, camouflaged corner lot and was built as a party/guest…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Hits a 20-Month High

January 6, 2022

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up 11 basis points (0.11 percentage points) over the past week to 3.22 percent, which is 55 basis points higher than…

Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Remodeling and Renovation Trends

Pages From the Down-Low Merger Playbook and Result(s)

January 5, 2022

Purchased as a little two-unit building at the peak of Potrero Hill for $720,000 in February of 2012, 882-888 Carolina Street was subsequently expanded and remodeled with permits for a…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Purchase Mortgage Activity in the U.S. Ended 2021 Down

January 5, 2022

Mortgage loan application volumes to purchase a home in the U.S. dropped 4 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis over the last two weeks of 2021 and ended the year…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

S.F. Will Soon Average Over 1,500 New COVID Cases Per Day

January 4, 2022

Based on our analysis of the City and County of San Francisco’s case data, the 7-day average number of daily new Covid-19 cases detected in San Francisco ticked over 1,000…

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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

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

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