Read It Today (Because Tomorrow You Pay)
Columnist Bob Bruss offers up “10 key questions smart condo buyers should ask (but condo sellers hope their buyers don’t ask)”: 1. What is the financial condition of the homeowner’s…
It’s Time To Take Responsibility
June Fletcher, a staff reported at the Wall Street Journal, tackles the question, ‘Why is it so hard to get good data on housing-market prices?’ and offers up some great…
Much Ado About Nothing Really New (Again)
Last December, Microsoft unveiled Windows Live Local powered by Virtual Earth, which “integrates local search, mapping, driving directions and yellow pages with a bird’s-eye view of major U.S. cities.” It’s…
Be Your Own Agent (And Get Paid Even Better)
BuySide Realty quietly launched in California this week under the tag line, “Where it Pays To Find Your Own Home”. The basic premise: you do the research, find the home,…
Google Mashes Themselves?
As noted on ReyEstate, Google has started to release real estate specific tools for mining Google Base listings. Currently not enough content (i.e. listings) to make it very useful at…
Zillow Is A Lot Catchier
While they might not be making any more land, according to the Pilot California Infill Parcel Locator (doesn’t quite roll off the tongue like Zillow, now does it?), there are…
Reader Question: What’s Really Going On? (Part I)
We recently received the following question from a reader: “Several large condo complexes are in phase I, II etc and claim rates of 50% – 80% sold after just a…
Central What Way?
San Francisco CITYSCAPE has always been one of our favorite local sites – great little nuggets, tight community, and (mostly) intelligent discussions. Case in point: discussion of San Francisco’s on-again,…
Finding A Contractor
According to the folks at Charles and Hudson, a San Francisco version of the Franklin Report (“surveying all of your friends and neighbors to find the best home services –…
QuickLinks: Real Estate Acronyms (and Euphemisms)
Remember ‘Adorable’ Really Says It All? Well, the Matrix kicks off the weekend with a plethora of resources to help one understand all the real estate lingo, acronyms, abbreviations, and…