San Francisco Bay Area's Highest Earning Zip Codes - 01/24/09 12:06 PM
1. 94027 - Atherton  Also known as the home of the $6.4 million dollar teardown, Atherton is a favorite of developers, who like the town's developer-friendly building code. The median household income is $236,845.
2. 94028 - Portola Valley. My hometown. When I was a kid this was a relatively modest burg with ranch style custom homes on big lots, with horse pastures in the front yard. Now many of those ranch homes have been torn down and replaced with massive showcase properties and the pastures have been replaced with vineyards.
7.  94065 - Redwood City. This zip code's neighborhood is adjacent to … (0 comments)

San Francisco is Incredibly Walkable - 01/24/09 12:02 PM
The SustainLane 2008 US City Rankings of the 50 most-populous cities is the nation's most complete report card on urban sustainability. The study's indicators focus on which city's public transit, renewable energy, local food, and development approaches are most likely to  limit the impacts of fossil fuel dependence. SustainLane's rankings also reflect tap water and air quality, walkability, park space and roadway congestion. They also factor in the growth of clean technologies that provide jobs and tax base expansion.
This year San Francisco remained in the #2 spot right behind Portland. SustainLane is especially happy with our Energy and Climate Change … (0 comments)

Weird San Francisco Trivia Even I Didn't Know - 01/24/09 11:59 AM
The San Francisco gay community has its roots in the San Francisco Gold Rush when the emerging city was mostly young males. Newspapers of the day told of the exploits of the "Lavender Cowboys." Military purges of homosexuals during WWII had a profound effect on making San Francisco a destination of gays. Those serving in the South Pacific were dismissed to the port of San Francisco and many opted to stay.
In 1938, the St. Francis hotel began the tradition of coin washing to prevent ladies' white gloves from getting soiled. St. The practice of operating world's only silver coin cleaning operation has … (0 comments)

Buyer Psychology - 01/24/09 11:54 AM
A buyers' market should be just that- a buyers' market.  By its very name it means buyers should be doing one thing and one thing only- buying. But the irony of a buyers' market is that even through the opportunity to buy is high, buyers' urgency hits an all-time low.
Buyer reluctance is ironic since not so long ago buyers were incredibly excited about buying- and it was a sellers' market.  Just last summer people were buying like there was no tomorrow. Back then fear drove the market- buyers were afraid of losing out by not buying even through the advantage was … (0 comments)

San Francisco Condo Developers Hurting for Buyers - 01/24/09 11:28 AM
This Chronicle article reports discounts at The Millennium, Cubix, Radiance and One Rincon, and discusses the general tenor around negotiating good deals for new homes.
The Millenium Tower in San Francisco is very high end, with a brand name known for cutting edge, luxury projects. Besides offering a downtown location, and massive square footage, the project also offers a second building with distinctive architecture that's full of loft style 'shells' ready to be finished out by the new owner. I have an associate who is under contract for one of these units. She looks forward to finishing it out exactlly to … (0 comments)

Home Remodeling Costs Just Got Cheaper - 01/12/09 07:23 PM
You may think it's a rotten time to sell your house (and it's really not, however that's  a different discussion),  but it's a great time to do renovations or repairs.  Costs are starting to drop - in some cases, sharply - on everything from building materials to contractors' fees as the economy weakens.
In fact, consumer spending on home improvements is off by 12% since peaking last year-- that works to the advantage of anyone willing and able to remodel now.  With contractors hungrier for business, you'll be able to negotiate better prices, win other concessions and hire better-quality contractors than you … (0 comments)

Remodeling Costs Just Got Cheaper - 01/12/09 07:22 PM
You may think it's a rotten time to sell your house (and it's really not, however that's  a different discussion),  but it's a great time to do renovations or repairs.  Costs are starting to drop - in some cases, sharply - on everything from building materials to contractors' fees as the economy weakens.
In fact, consumer spending on home improvements is off by 12% since peaking last year-- that works to the advantage of anyone willing and able to remodel now.  With contractors hungrier for business, you'll be able to negotiate better prices, win other concessions and hire better-quality contractors than you … (0 comments)

Weird San Francisco Trivia Even I Didn't Know. . . - 01/12/09 07:19 PM
The San Francisco gay community has its roots in the San Francisco Gold Rush when the emerging city was mostly young males. Newspapers of the day told of the exploits of the "Lavender Cowboys." Military purges of homosexuals during WWII had a profound effect on making San Francisco a destination of gays. Those serving in the South Pacific were dismissed to the port of San Francisco and many opted to stay.
In 1938, the St. Francis hotel began the tradition of coin washing to prevent ladies' white gloves from getting soiled. St. The practice of operating world's only silver coin cleaning operation has … (0 comments)

Drum roll, please. . . - 01/12/09 07:12 PM
So Ms. Pacita Damicali of Gallagher and Lindsey in Alameda, CA told me I need to get my blog postings up here. I'm a bit of an old hand at blogging about San Francisco Real Estate-- you can see about three years worth of postings at www.sfrealestatebuzz.com.  Given that ActiveRain is 'blog central' for real estate agents, it seems prudent to get more involved in this community. We'll see how it goes. . .
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