Ellis Act Relocation Assistance Upheld
A challenge of San Francisco’s relocation assistance law for Ellis Act evictions has failed. From the Chronicle: A state appeals court on Tuesday upheld a San Francisco law requiring landlords…
Reader’s Tip: MLS DOM
A reader “tips” us off to a trick for finding a listing’s DOM on the MLS: “If you want to see the date a home goes on the market. Do…
706 Mission Sold And Mission Bay Booming
Add the 10-story office building at 706 Mission St. to the list of “older, smaller office structures snapped up by luxury housing developers” over the past couple of years (others…
Mansion Impossible (The Timesuck Game)
Okay, so we really had the best of intentions to wait until Friday to corrupt you with this little timesuck, but what the hell…welcome to “Mansion Impossible” (thanks to grow-a-brain…
Proof Of Listing Dates? Inconceivable!
Folks, if you’re planning on either discrediting or slandering us in the future, do us a favor and at least have the decency to know what the hell you’re talking…
Hot Housing Design Trends
Fixing to flip or ready to renovate? Eight trends in home design you need to know (according to CNNMoney.com):
Fiserv Says San Francisco Home Prices To Drop 1.9%
Fiserv Lending Solutions (a provider of mortgage and consumer lending services) is forecasting a 1.9% drop in home prices for the San Francisco MSA in 2006. Unfortunately we’ve never heard…
And We Definitely Agree With Sir Issac Newton
An evenly balanced follow-up from the Chronicle with regard to the their coverage of the most recent DataQuick report: This spring, Bay Area homeowners are likely to know whether the…
We Agree With David (Sort Of)
For the past eight months we’ve been yammering on about “risky mortgages”. Why? We’ll let David Lereah (chief economist for the National Association of Realtors) explain: “Home price appreciation, after…
Condo’s Going Up. Prices Coming Down?
No mention of San Francisco in today’s New York Time’s article about the impact of speculators exiting the condo market (“Farewell, Condo Cash-Outs“), but it’s still relevant. And worth a…