I was talking to a friend the other day about elephants—don’t ask me how we got there, but it was one of those conversations that just kind of happens. And it got me thinking. Elephants are pretty amazing, and not just because they can ...
Woo Hoo! This is the first year that I’ll be attending the Dwell on Design Conference and Exhibition! And I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am! (maybe the exclamation points are giving it away though.) Since July of last year...
I ran across an article a few days ago on Forbes.com that listed the 5 Best Places to Sell a Home. Frankly, with more than half of all properties in the San Francisco Market going for significantly over asking price, and approximately half ...
If you have questions about permits and inspections in the San Francisco building process (and who doesn’t?!), The annual Department of Building Inspection Summit is right around the corner! Meet the DBI Summit, on October 11 and 12,...
Rents in San Francisco are (surprise) on the rise! As less people qualify for loans due to the tighteninig restrictions in the mortgage industry (restrictions that I agree with wholeheartedly), more people need to rent, rent, rent their hom...
Below is Zephyr Real Estate's sales data for the previous week. These are NOT properties that have closed, just listings on which a purchase agreement has been ratified and the property has gone into escrow. This week, Zephyr Real Estate's ...
If your usual parking spot has a chicken running around, or has a park bench, or looks like an art gallery, don’t be surprised. September 21, 2007 – PARK(ing) Day Conceived by REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective,...
So it’s officially September now. Indian Summer is in full force here in the City, the Labor Day weekend is here and August sales data is officially available! People are always asking me how the market is doing and I am always more than...
If, in the past, you’ve tried to call a City department, say to get a pothole fixed… only to find that the department you called referred you to another department who referred you to another department who referred you to another depar...
Those of you that know me, know that I’m passionate about the San Francisco Zoo. In fact, I donate a portion of every one of my commissions to The Zoo. I support their mission of conservation, and am happy to be a part of their goal...
I am not the only one that believes that the interest rate shake-up we’ve had over the last few weeks will not flatten the San Francisco real estate market. In last Friday’s edition of the San Francisco Business Times, they published ...
Here's an excerpt from a commentary by Catherine Carr of New Source Financial on today's Fed activity: In a surprise move, the Fed lowered their Discount Rate by a half percent this morning. The Discount Rate is the rate at which the Fed...