Category: Trends

A loud “Amen!” with regard to reducing your exposure to “variable-rate or interest-only loans”, but damn, even we’re not as bearish as financial consultant, and author (Sell Now! : The…

Lots of questions with regard to sales activity for three of the New Developments we’ve recently profiled, so let’s do a quick rundown to kickoff the weekend (and help you…

So is it a simple war of the wills, or a real war of the wallets? From the New York Times: Along much of the East and West Coasts, home…

Yesterday SocketSite caught a local Realtor, and popular blogger, using statistics from the MLS to prove that demand is outstripping supply in the San Francisco housing market (and to “back…

On a year-over-year basis, home prices are up 6.1% in the Bay Area (8.1% in San Francisco County) according to the California Association of Realtors. Yes, single-digit year-over-year appreciation for…

Results of the Bay Area Council’s annual poll have been released. Although 35 percent of respondents ranked transportation as their highest concern, 19 percent said housing was the biggest problem.…

An excerpt from this week’s Surreal Estate: Recently, San Francisco has added protections to make Ellis Acting less desirable. Just this week, the California Court of Appeals upheld a new…

A couple of interesting paragraphs from Inman News yesterday: “As real estate industry layoffs continue and the toll mounts, some industry experts predict a toll of as much as 40…

Fixing to flip or ready to renovate? Eight trends in home design you need to know (according to CNNMoney.com):

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…