Forget Staging, It’s Now About Posing
An instant classic! A reader forwards an email they recieved promoting a friend-of-a-friends open house this weekend. The classic excerpt: “I have an open house this Sunday from 2-4 and…
Flippers (Not Strippers) Gone Wild
What happens when a venture capitalist and Wall Street executive get together to buy a Broadway producer’s house in the Hamptons for $14 million? According to the Wall Street Journal,…
You Can Relist, But You Can’t Hide
It’s a dirty little secret of the real estate trade: relist (or in this case, change agents) in order to obscure a dramatic price reduction for a property. And it…
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Inman echo’s our previous observations (and then some) concerning the abrupt slowdown in local open house traffic: All the signs are there: no more double parking to get a sneak…
Flexcar Comes To San Francisco
As of today, City Carshare and Zipcar have some competition in the San Francisco car-share arena. Two important things to note: 1. up to 75% of Flexcar’s fleet will by…
Boast Busters (SocketSite Style)
On September 20th, real estate agent Matt Lanning posted the following to his blog: There is a veritable saturation in the market this week of way too many homes. This…
Word Of The Day: Palpable
Under the heading “Signs of a changing real estate market”, Inman News kicks off a three-part series on the rapidly changing real estate market. And wouldn’t you know it, Northern…
Not Only Fashion Trends Move East To West
For months we’ve been keeping our eyes on the steady uptick of San Francisco listings that have languished in the market and have finally succumbed to the dreaded scarlet “r”…
Sign Of The Real Estate Times
Have you noticed that the San Francisco Real Estate Times is quickly approaching the thickness of a small town phone book? Page count has increased 30% since September ’04 (yes,…
Pier Wars
We’d like to believe that we’re such a force in San Francisco that we were singled out as recipients of a very nice voicemail asking us to take a look…