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The Marina Times Real Estate Market Report: March 2013
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Attic = living space: Yes or no or maybe
It looks like an attic, it smells like an attic, but is it living space, too? In San Francisco this is the great unknown. During the past month, I had two clients seriously considering upper condos that included the attics. Here are two statements that were part of the listing in... Read More
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Everybody can win the lottery
One of the laziest and most clichéd phrases in business is when something is called a “win-win solution.” With that caveat, we have a problem in this town that can be solved by investment in lots of new multifamily housing units and produce (ugh) a win-win for everyo... Read More
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Values in the sky
Someone commented to me recently that he didn’t see where much more new building could take place in San Francisco. The City, already heavily built up and undergoing still more construction, seemed to be full to bursting. Certainly this city – one of the most densely popu... Read More
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The Marina Times Real Estate Market Report: February 2013
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We’re No. 1 – in housing unaffordability
Consider it the price you pay for not having to live in Ogden-Clearfield, Utah. By the end of last year, San Francisco became the metro area with the lowest percentage of its households earning the median income able to purchase a home, according to the National Association of Ho... Read More
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Torn between buying a house or a condo?
City living has so many pluses, not the least of which is fun neighborhood shopping, theatre, ballet, music, abundant restaurants, and much more. Most people want to live in a “walk to” neighborhood if they live in the City so they can stroll down the street for brunc... Read More
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New construction changing San Francisco landscape
For years there has been talk of the need for more housing by the Association of Bay Area Governments. Those of us who have our home in paradise, whether renters or home owners, could easily ignore the housing problem in the past. This is no longer possible. San Francisco has com... Read More
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Micro-apartments come to the City
Micro-apartments. Twitter-apts. Mini-flats. There are many descriptive names one could come up with for the small apartments that we will soon be seeing more of in San Francisco. But judging from the opposition, you would think they were named like the media names disastrous East... Read More
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Foreclosures: Dream or opportunity
San Francisco has never been a hot market for foreclosures and has become less so as a result of low interest rates, booming tech industry, and the improvement in the housing market. Maybe it is due to the extraordinarily low inventory of homes on the market that out of the blue ... Read More