Tag Archive for San Francisco construction boom

Is the “Leaning Tower of San Francisco” the Only One?

by Wolf Richter • Aug 3, 2016 • 74 Comments

Didn’t do what when they built the most luxurious condo tower in California?!

These 2 Forces Will Crush the San Francisco Housing Bubble

by Wolf Richter • Jul 5, 2016 • 76 Comments

Already happening, with impeccable timing.

It Starts: Apartment Glut in San Francisco & New York City

by Wolf Richter • Jun 2, 2016 • 36 Comments

Mega-landlord prepares for downturn.

“Market is on Edge”: US Commercial Real Estate Bubble Pops, San Francisco Braces for Brutal Dive

by Wolf Richter • May 6, 2016 • 51 Comments

“All it takes is a couple of big tech companies folding and the floodgates open, causing the sublease market to blow up, rents to drop, and new construction to grind to a halt.”

San Francisco’s Epic Condo Construction Boom

by Wolf Richter • Apr 8, 2016 • 31 Comments

Few housing markets are crazier than San Francisco’s. But what had to happen is starting to happen: while house prices continue to soar, a phenomenal building boom is causing a condo glut that will reach dizzying proportions as new condo towers are completed. And now the dynamics of the market have reversed. The median condo…

It Starts: San Francisco Office Boom Deflates, but Fitch Says It’s “Unlikely to Collapse” this Time

by Wolf Richter • Mar 22, 2016 • 27 Comments

Other tech-heavy office markets too.

Will this Crush the Insane San Francisco & Silicon Valley Housing Bubble

by Wolf Richter • Feb 25, 2016 • 76 Comments

In the city of San Francisco, the median condo price is $1.11 million and the median house price is $1.25 million, up 72% and 88% respectively from the first quarter 2012. Median means, 50% of the units cost more, and 50% cost less. Which creates an absurd situation: only 11% of the households in San…