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In SF, higher priced homes fared better
The big news on the real estate front this week was the release of the S&P/Case-Shiller index, which tracks home values in 20 major metropolitan cities across the country. Disappointing news is closing out the year as national home prices continued … Continue reading
Social Media Fuels SoMa Rental Boom — But Will It Be San Francisco’s Next Big Real Estate Bubble?
By Aaron Sankin Huffington Post SAN FRANCISCO — Walk through San Francisco’s bustling SoMa neighborhood and you’d be forgiven for thinking that the economic roller coaster of the last 12 years was nothing more than a bad dream. Both the … Continue reading
Real estate recovery likely to be slow
Fair warning to U.S. real estate players: Resign yourselves to “a slowing grind-it-out recovery” in 2012, as “enduring economic doldrums” continue to weigh heavily on the market. Your best bets: a small handful of “property-wealth islands,” including San Francisco and San Jose/Silicon … Continue reading
At last: interior details of SFMOMA expansion
Six months after the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art released conceptual designs of how a new wing would look alongside its current home, the institution on Wednesday showed how the two pieces might fit together inside. The biggest surprise: … Continue reading
IPOs stoke San Francisco housing market
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Adam Holm has been looking to sell his three-bedroom Victorian house in San Francisco’s Potrero Hill neighborhood all year, but he needs one thing to happen first: gaming-company Zynga’s initial public offering. “It … Continue reading
Is San Francisco the new definition of Silicon Valley?
by HERMIONE WAY http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/11/15/is-san-francisco-the-new-definition-of-silicon-valley/ Silicon Valley is the term used to describe the region in the San Francisco Bay Area home to the world’s largest technology corporations. As Wikipedia says, ‘Silicon Valley refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California’. But now … Continue reading
Tale of Two Cities: San Francisco vs. Las Vegas and the distressed property blues
Nationally, foreclosures are up– no one, not even the sunniest, most Pollyanna-esque of Realtors, can deny it. Bloomberg reports that the U.S. will experience as much as a 20% increase in foreclosure filings, up record numbers filed in 2010. This figure … Continue reading
State Clarifies Questions Regarding Installation of Carbon Monoxide Detectors
Due to inconsistent installation requirements mandated by local governments and a multitude of questions raised by property owners concerning California’s new carbon monoxide alarm law, the state Housing and Community Development Department has issued emergency regulations to bring clarify to … Continue reading
Tech boom causing rising SF rents
It’s hard to imagine that real estate is revving up in some parts of the bay, when nationally and for much of the bay area, home values are still coasting downward. We’ve written in the last few weeks about the housing … Continue reading
New State Law Mandates Installation of CO Devices in Homes by July 1, 2011
On May 7, 2010, the Governor signed SB 183, a bill that requires owners of all single-family homes that have fossil fuel burning appliances, fireplaces, or an attached garage to install carbon monoxide device(s) (“CO devices”) approved and listed by … Continue reading
