Climate change isn’t just an environmental issue anymore—it’s a real estate issue, with an estimated $1.5 trillion in property value at risk across the U.S., according to a recent report from Inman. Rising sea levels, intensif...
Courtesy ofWikipedia I had a great time anyway! As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I got the opportunity to go to the Dwell on Design conference and exhibition today. I hear that our green Mayor Newsom swung by today… but even t...
Per the folks over at Daily Real Estate News mortgage rates are heading upwards. And while rates are STILL historically low, the increase in rates CAN affect your purchase power significantly. How significantly, you ask? Well, using some ...
Want a brief look at San Francisco Real Estate Trends? Of course you do! That’s why you’re reading a Real Estate Blog aren’t you!?!?! These statistics are for ALL of San Francisco, and I can GUARANTEE you that YOUR neighborhood WILL ...
As the good folks at the San Francisco Real Estate Blog noted, January is often the time when San Francisco home buyers shake off the holidays and add buying a home to the list of New Years Resolutions. The San Francisco Real Estate Blog n...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...