Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

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SF Chronicle: MIMBYs instead YIMBYs and NIMBYs Maybe? Kevin and Jonathan Get Asked About Declines in New Construction Starts (March 4, 2023)

While acute market forces are curtailing new construction starts now, development here was already an uphill battle. Development timelines take years, so any non-NIMBY-related delays in adding new homes will keep housing prices high that much longer. But even for people who can afford to buy in the Bay Area, there’s a shortage of accessible destination homes for folks who are downsizing or ones who can no longer do the stairs in their 3-story Victorian.

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Kevin in the New: S.F.’s best apartment bargains are in brand-new buildings | Archives | sfexaminer.com

Check out our latest news interview talking about new opportunities for renters (who should become owners sooner or later). “Renters can get…

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Plans for rising Mid-Market threaten to create aesthetic tangle – SFGate

It’s a sign of progress for San Francisco’s Market Street that a half-dozen developers want to build housing and hotels on the…

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Luxury on the Way at the Lumina

Information about the Lumina, a luxury development coming to San Francisco now.

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8 Octavia breaks price records in Hayes Valley — On The Block — but value remains

The first few condos from the Stanley Saitowitz-designed 8 Octavia started coming to market in July, and are already breaking pricing records…

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Curbed SF : The San Francisco Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog

As San Francisco enters into a condo construction boom reminiscent of that before the 2008 crash, new condos are grabbing premiums of…

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Curbed SF : The San Francisco Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog

The latest census data estimates that San Francisco’s rise in population since 2010 was 32,000 people, but only 4,200 new housing units…

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The Most Comprehensive History of Why SF Real Estate is so Pricey: How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF’s Housing Crisis Explained) | TechCrunch

Today, the tech industry is apparently on track to destroy one of the world’s most valuable cultural treasures, San Francisco, by pushing…

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Most of San Francisco’s office construction pipeline already taken – San Francisco Business Times

Developers plan to add 5.5 million square feet of new Class A office to San Francisco’s hot market in the next four…

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Fifteen Fifteen by JS Sullivan Development: San Francisco | BuzzBuzzHome

Coming Soon! Fifteen Fifteen is a new condo project by JS Sullivan Development currently under construction at 1501 15th Street in San…

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More Answers from a Structural Engineer | Mission [email protected]

Rodrigo Santos, from Santos & Urrita Structural Engineers, had many great things to say during our last interview. Like any good discussion,…

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Two New San Francisco Condo Developments: The Onyx SF in Potrero Hill and VidaSF in the Mission

Here are some early advances from market intelligence from yours truly, Kevin Ho at Vanguard Properties. OPENING SOON WITH VANGUARD:  Nearly 20 new historic…

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