Well, folks, it looks like San Francisco is about to crank up the fun with new public drinking zones. We’re talking outdoor sippin’ spots where you can grab a drink, listen to live music, and soak up that downtown energy. With places like Maiden Lane and Mid-Market on the map, it’s clear The City is trying to bring a little life (and a lot of booze) to some of our quieter areas.

Hey San Francisco, let’s dive into something that could have a big impact on our City—California Proposition 33. This upcoming proposition could tighten statewide rent control measures, and while it sounds like a win for tenants, the reality is more complex, especially for small mom-and-pop investors who rely on rental income for their retirement. Let’s break down what this means and compare it to the current rent control measures in place in San Francisco.

As I sit here today, I can hear the wind howling outside my window. The fog has settled over the Inner Sunset, while the rest of the City—Noe Valley, Potrero Hill, and even the Outer Sunset—are all basking in blue skies. Yes, it’s yet another classic San Francisco summer! Honestly, that’s one of the many reasons I love living here. I’m not a fan of hot weather; it makes me feel like I’m going to melt, which keeps me indoors. But the cool coastal air here? It lets me enjoy everything the City has to offer without breaking a sweat.

In case you’re a regular reader here at the blog, you probably have noticed the ridiculous lack of steady posts over the last several weeks.  Things in the SF real estate market have been anything but slow, and Zephyr has the scoop:

Some of you may have heard about the San Francisco’s Below Market Rate Housing Program.  It allows would-be homebuyers with income that is somewhat restricted to actually buy a home of their own. 

My favorite sign of spring in SF is always forget-me-nots! Of course, with that comes a busy spring home buying season. I was busy with sellers and buyers since January, but it seems things are ramping up to get even busier, which may mean less blog posts here.

You read that right!  First time home buyers that get into contract before May 1st and close between May 1st and June 30th get a big fat tax credit! 
I could rehash the details, or I could give you the skippy straight from the horse’s mouth (and by horse, I mean the San Francisco Association of Realtors.)  You’re getting the latter:

Yet again, Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog brings you latest San Francisco Real Estate market report here. (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen). Heres’s a little glimpse of the report:

Good news my earth loving, tree hugging, composting, recycling, reusing San Franciscans! 
From the San Francisco Association of Realtors:

So sales of homes in San Francisco are well, moving like hotcakes, at least relative to the last year or two. 
Socketsite reportedthat “recorded home sales volume in San Francisco was up 50.6% on a year-over-year basis last month“ and that “median sales price in March was $675,000, up 11.0% compared to March ’09 ($608,000) and up 7.6% compared to the month prior.”
Not enough evidence for you that we may have seen the bottom of the market? 
Well, how’s the evidence that multiple offers are on the rise again?  Out of the last 8 offers I’ve written for clients, 7 properties received multiple offers. 

When l first arrived in Turkey, flying into the airport in Izmir, I confirmed my vague suspicions that Turkey was a hot, dusty desert of low rolling hills and sparse, scrubby vegetation. But when I got on the ground and traveled around a bit, I discovered that this relatively big country, has craggy, snow capped mountains, broad lakes, cool pine forests, miles of white beaches, snowy winters, long summers a lot to offer a tourist.

What tourism can mean for the country in terms of foreign credit and cultural exchange, and has therefore entrusted the promotion of tourism to a ministry formed expressly for this purpose. Ephesus, Istanbul and Cappadocia is mean of tourism in Turkey.

Walking is the best way to see Ephesus, as all of its significant buildings are up or down the steep hillside off Terrace Houses. Actually, walking is the only way to see the sights. In summer, walking here is very hot work, you can see the ephesus tours at the Kusadasi Town.

The hills east of  Ephesus have been inhabited by Christian ascetics since the 400s. Within a century after the first monks arrived, Jacob Baradeus, bishop of Edessa (now the Turkish city of Izmir), got into a bitter theological wrangle with the bishop of Constantinople. The controversy, over the exact nature of the divinity of Christ, turned on this point: did Christ have both a divine and a human nature, as the bishop of Constantinople held, or did he have only a di Ephesus vine nature, as Baradeus said?

The city is divided into two general regions: the Ephesus old city spreading down from the Citadel, with Selcuk Square as its center; and “Ephesus 13th century BC the Greek peninsula was invaded by the Dorians” with Ayasuluk center about a mile from Selcuk in Ephesus Tours Guide you should know that some buses are privately owned.

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