A belated Happy New Year everyone. One of my new year’s resolutions is to blog more frequently. I love blogging about real estate! I just need to get faster at it. This can be a challenge if you care about … Continue reading
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Say you want to spend around a million bucks to buy a house. Wouldn’t it be useful to know how much houses typically go for per square foot in that price range? Then you could take the square footage of … Continue reading
Courtesy of my gentle reader, JC, a moment of levity (click to enlarge): As an Aussie born and bred, I take umbrage at my homeland being represented by a beer as mediocre as Fosters, but at least we’re on the … Continue reading
My last post was about the fact that Noe Valley median home prices are still down 30% from their all time highs despite a smart recovery in median home prices city-wide. This, despite my sense that there seem to have … Continue reading
Judging by the number of houses I’ve seen being redone from the studs up, together with the number of homes that seem to be hitting the market at over $2 million these days, you’d think that Noe Valley real estate … Continue reading
Woke up this morning to NPR announcing that new home sales were the lowest they’d been in 15 years. The housing market is already in a double dip, with some additional price declines on the horizon, though we’re near the … Continue reading
I first saw this house, advertised as a fully remodelled 4 BR, 2BA, Potrero Hill View Home,” back in October 2009. With its Spanish Mediterranean, sunny yellow exterior, it had curb appeal, together with terrific if industrial views over the … Continue reading
Back from vacation, and ready to blog and roll! I’m currently working with a couple of clients looking for homes in the Potrero Hill District. Here, we’re talking specifically about subdistrict 9.E under San Francisco’s MLS (Multiple Listing Service). It’s … Continue reading
A couple of months ago (gasp!) I promised to post my favorite charts from the UC Berkeley Fisher School of Real Estate and Urban Economics’ symposium on the state of the market. I then got swamped working on my own … Continue reading
I came across this beautiful wreck during a walk in my ‘hood last autumn and snapped this photo to catch the eerie light through the windows. Purchased a year ago for $700,000, the 1300 sf house has grown to 4BR, … Continue reading
