Single Women Homebuyers, Your Time Has Come
This Sunday, the Chronicle ran a Sacramento Bee article from February that the NYTimes ran before them (get my point??) about how women home buyers are among the largest growing…
1st Time Buyer Loan Program that Actually Works in San Francisco
Here ye, Here ye, there is now a first time buyer home loan program that will work for San Francisco! Hallalujah! Call the press!! New Source Financial is one of…
What is Market Value, Or Who Determines The Sale Price of a Home?
Pricing, Pricing, Pricing.... It's a mad, mad world, isn't it? No matter how many times we Realtors explain that pricing for real estate is just as it is for anything…
When Enough is Enough. Rent, That Is.
Here's another interesting rent v. own article from the New York Times. Just where is the Chronicle with anything other than gloom and doom? Send me an article, people, please!…
Prices Falling in Some Parts of the Country, Not in NYC
The New York Times wrote of the reviving real estate market in Manhattan and Brooklyn. It's an interesting article because it points out how prices are falling in some parts…
Zephyr Sales Report
This week's real estate sales in San Francisco showed the same overall pattern: Of all properties sold this week: 68% of property sold with multiple offers 23% of property sold…
Attention Fence-Sitting Sellers and Buyers, A Note From My Soapbox.
Phil Says Spring is Right Around the Corner!From the official Groundhog day website, "Yes! Punxsutawney Phil is the only true weather forecasting groundhog. The others are just impostors." And this…
If you are behind on your mortgage…
If you are behind on your mortgage or worry you will be once your rate begins adjusting, the key is not to panic and to face reality. Often, it is…
Zephyr Sales Report
Check out this past week's sales report for Zephyr Real Estate, San Francisco's largest, independent real estate brokerage! Of all properties that sold: 52% received multiple offers! 55% sold for…
Housing Boom!?! The Stock Market Thinks So
You've heard endlessly, no doubt, about the imminent Housing Bust or at least, Soft Landing. Money manager, Kenneth Fisher of Forbes Magazine says we are having a Housing Boom. He…