i ran into a realestate friend on the street the other day. she was busy dashing between her handful of listings organizing stagers scheduling buyer tours and openhouse dates. but she confided she thought she would have difficulty shifting a couple of her listed homes because she said the homeowners were refusing to set realistic prices. the market has changed but they just dont see it she moaned...
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today ive upped the caffeine to bring you the most current news from dataquick yesterdays was a day late and a dollar short so to speak. dqs monthly report was released and the headline is a mix of good and bad news bay area home sales climb above last year median price falls hard. home sales appear to be hitting their stride making july the big winner over previous months of 2008. july is traditi...
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a year ago i wrote i have friends single friends mostly who refuse to go to noe valley. they tell stories of being shoved aside in the cheese shop by the more determined hand of a young mother intent upon that dutch edam sample for the mouth of her squalling child. they claim to bear scars from unfortunate entanglements with baby strollers at the intersection of 24th and sanchez. but really these ...
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earlier today the mayor signed into law the nations most stringent green building codes for both residential and commercial construction. this being a continuing effort by the mayor to put san francisco in the spotlight when it comes to progressive politics. all politics is local as they say and energy policy is probably the most pressing issue the world is facing today. from the chron earlier ...
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i have noticed a recent increase in advertisements for real estate classes and seminars. how to buy foreclosures how to buy your first home how to get rich quickyou get the picture. for a price you can hear experts tell you what you need to know. most of these feel dishonest in some way an attempt to lure the masses with false data. so i was thrilled to see that the commonwealth club had put toget...
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with the passage of measure ga the lennar construction group has the green light to clean up toxins from the naval shipyard and then partner with other companies to construct high raises build green tech buildings and restore and expand open space areas. also contained in the measure is a pad for a 49ers stadium surrounded by ample parking and a promise from lennar that they would provide infrastr...
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sfs got a reputation as one of the nations greenest cities. and though people argue over the ban on plastic bags or the date when all ofamuni will run on clean energy few people have anything against solar power. homeowners are included here since installing solar power not only reduces our carbon footprint it also reduces our out of pocket utility expenses. in green spirit fellow blogger tracey t...
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i am a renter and thus depend on rent contol to keep my 1968 per month oneabedroom plus office affordable.a still i do see the issue from the property owners view especially when a tenant has been sitting on a unit for decades maybe paying 600 for something thats now renting ata4 times that elsewhere.a both sides on the issue have a point rent contol protects tenants it also unfairly burdens owner...
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damion matthews provides a look into infinitys penthouse unit 37b on his blog sfluxe.com. thanks for sharing the photos damion piggybacking on damions blog entry are socketsite and curbed sf and now my blog rinconhillsf.org. probably the wisest comment ive read is that folks should probably consider cultural differences before firing off their disdain for the zebra rug in the kitchen and other d...
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aaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa aaaa weve heard sf or at least parts are bubblepop resistant no matter what goes on in the rest of the country. here are a few listings with that in mind. featured today on socketsiteaa 3373 22nd st.ais a restored home really restored the former version was a complete disaster recently listed at 2095000 purchased in disrepair at 920k in 2005. the interior and exterior show b...
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while browsing through some realestate blogs and believe me there are a gazillion of them out there some better than others i stumbled upon some valuable new tools for those of us who labor in or merely take an interest in this complex crazy industry. first up courtesy of mike simensons blog at altos research i discovered krunching.com love that name. krunching which is geared towards real estat...
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from xkcd so doing my regular tour of duty reading blags i couldnt help but be a little put off by holly from decor8s article in real simple titled cutting through the design blog smogawhich was referred to on apartment therapy los angeles. dont get me wrong im all for people spending less time on the computer and getting out into nature or whatever but i dont know how cool it is to urge people to...
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fabric8 johnny siu pitchfork two pipettes enter two pipettes leave wtf forget his and hers baths how about his and hers living rooms at socketsite......
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upper playground augors graffiti in new film featuring augs yoin and char another admittedly incomplete update for a few featured properties at socketsite 1150 folsom 1 still on the market and now 795000 34000 reduced sfist top grossing u.s. sf restaurants......
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ive a passion for business and keep looking for information on it. today i checked if i could find more info by entering business technology in google and found this i really think ill need to not only develop the technology which is my area but also to do some heavy pr not my area and evangelizing not my area although i see myself crossing over to that across the board to get this going as we...
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i read about this on real estate blog socketsite today the plans to move forward this spring to develop an office building to replace a surface parking lot at 535 mission street in the rincon hill neighborhood. from the simon associates web site . 535 mission street in san francisco is a leed core shell project owned by beacon capital partners. it will be the site of a 300000squarefoot 27stor...
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...re there really that many people who can afford well over a million dollars for a condo in san francisco or will some of these heart breakingly beautiful homes sit empty until prices come down photo socketsite .com......
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nitens flickr gadgets group trackr san francisco graffiti you know youve always wondered and heres your chance to see at socketsite dept. of currency penny dreadful reporting essays the new yorker......
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some of the fallout from the mess that is the housing markets in no particular order1 15000 rebate checks bribes given to people if they buy a house.2 the fed giving 200 billion dollars to banks in exchange for their toxic mortgages that they still have not marked to market because they are out of money and know if they mark to market then their bottom lines will collapse.3 raising the gse conform...
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well that didnt take long. after 8 days on the market 752 carolina street went into contract. last week one of our readers wanted to know if we thought the house would sell at the asking price since this home has the potential of being the highest priced house ever to sell in potrero hill. based on this breaking news were pretty confident it sold for at least the asking price. who wants to be...
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the tart cart dave chappelle jury selection a truly unique san francisco space and penthouse 601 4th st ph1 at socketsite weird house on a roof......
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