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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But… Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale
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Speaking Of The Need To Differentiate

May 24, 2006

There are now 495,000 licensed real estate agents in the state of California (up 14% last year, and up 57% from five years ago). That equates to almost one agent…

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Ooh La La! La Maison

May 24, 2006

What do you get when you combine an East Bay real estate agent (Suzanah Juras), a “secluded hilltop villa in the East Bay”, and an “environment where men can be…

Design & Architecture New Developments

New Developments: 601 King Street

May 24, 2006

601 King Street is a “mixed-use development of retail space and 224 dwelling units” (market rate and affordable housing) that is being developed by A.F. Evans Company and architected by…

New Developments Seemingly Random

Capturing Construction

May 24, 2006

Thanks to the Potrero Hill neighborhood blog for bringing our attention to a project by Donald Booth (and sponsored by his employer, Adobe) to document the construction of 601 King…

Listings (for sale) Seemingly Random

Inside The Average Luxury Home

May 23, 2006

If the price of an average luxury home in San Francisco is now $2,920,000, then 2931 Pierce (listed for $2,950,000) just happens to be the most average luxury home currently…

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Ah, To Be Average

May 23, 2006

According to First Republic Bank, the price of an average luxury home in San Francisco is now $2.92 million (up $231,456 from just one year ago). And according to David…

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Glen Park Market Place: Range Of Prices And BMR Deadline

May 22, 2006

The doors are open at the Glen Park Market Place and of the 15 residential units 13 are market rate (ranging from $759,000 to $869,000) and 2 are BMR ($271,040…

Listings (for sale)

A Primer In Flooring

May 22, 2006

Three words that just don’t belong together in the same sentence: “High-end” and “laminate flooring.” (Or is that four words?) Regardless, it definitely begs the question: What’s the difference between…

Real Estate Resources

Circling The Waters

May 22, 2006

PropertyShark is now swimming in the Bay Area. For those who are unfamiliar, PropertyShark provides property reports, comparable sales data, and listings (through a relationship with Trulia); aims to answer…

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Just Quotes: Staging Is So Like 2005

May 22, 2006

“Dallas-based Centex built four model homes , filled them with furniture, then took things one bizarre step further. The company hired four actors to play the role of a family…

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