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At Least You Didn't Move to Stockton
So, it is official...Stockton is the foreclosure capitol of America. According to a 60 Minutes report, with a clip airing on Yahoo, this Central Valley town has the dubious honor of being in the worst real estate shape possible at this point in time. Recordnet.com reports that foreclosures are up 90% over last year in [...]

It's Not Our Style (Or Scale) But A Few Might Find Them (Or It) Sexy

While we happen to favor more of a Lundberg staircase aesthetic, there's a few that might find these quite sexy. And sorry folks, but unless a plugged-in reader helps us out, we can't credit the architect(s) ...

Recap: What's The Scoop On Foreign Investment In San Francisco?

Four months ago we asked the readers, "What's The Scoop On Foreign Investment In San Francisco?" And perhaps Malin Giddings' quote in yesterday's Chronicle summarizes

An Investor/Contractor (And Perhaps Attorney) "Special" In Bernal

638 Banks in Bernal Heights changed hands in September of 2005 for $780,000 and then again August of 2006 for $658,744 (likely a sale to the bank). And after a month on the market at $549,000, the list price has been reduced $100,000 (

SF: The Aged Listing
Cooling real estate means some houses, even in seemingly bubble-burst-proof SF, see many a day on the market. You'd think then that the owners would be more interested in making a deal to get rid of these, their albatrosses. I know that such deal-making-readiness is not always the case, but those curmudgeon type owners will likely [...]

Roost Levels The Playing Field Between Listing And Buy-side Brokers, But (Speaking From Personal Experience!) How Long Before An MLS Strangles It?
Trulia! Zillow! ... and now Roost! Where do they come up with these names? Roost, a new startup in the increasingly crowded real estate search space, launched last week to a cacophony of commentary from the re.net. Joel Burslem covered its feature set, its performance, and noted that Roost has the complete MLS [...]

Rain Won't Stop this Marin Market
Despite the rain coming down this whole past week and the flood warnings arising from a closely watched creek, the housing market was relatively active this week in Marin. Based on the saved searches I have on My Redfin, daily wrap ups populate my inbox with price updates, status updates and new listings.  And it seems like these daily summaries [...]

Industry breaks the 700,000 guestroom barrier
Lodging Econometrics announced in its 2008 Outlook that the construction pipeline stood at 5,438 projects and 718,387 guestrooms at the end of 4Q 2007, breaking through the 700,000 guestroom barrier for the first time.

Debbie Young joins Hotel Fifty as director of sales
Young will be responsible for the sales and marketing of the hotel as the property undergoes a six-month, $7 million renovation to become one of Portland, Ore.'s newest boutique properties.

San Francisco Inventory Decreases by over 10% Sept thru Nov 2007
Altos Research recently debuted their first monthly housing market update which tracks real estate data from 20 major metropolitan cities. The full report can be downloaded as a PDF here.

San Francisco in the Top 5 best performing Housing Markets
Of course the agents pounding the pavement in San Francisco didn't need this to let us know we've been fortunate thus far in avoiding the national housing crisis so many other counties are working through.

However, because realtors are generally considered to have an alterior motive regarding reporting the truth of that; it's nice to have a 'neutral' party come out and say so for a change.

Compiled by Forbes magazine, ...

Tough World Out There

The Associated Press: Real Estate Agents Warn About Thieves

Carol Burnett, a vice president at Alain Pinel Realtors, which has 23 offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, said it's common for brokers in strong markets to send a second agent to high-traffic open houses just to help keep an eye on customers.

Agents also ask sellers ...

Give it A Year, At Least

Trulia real estate search adds foreclosures - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:

Trulia Inc. said Wednesday it added foreclosure properties to its online database of residential real estate listings.

San Francisco-based Trulia said users who enter their search criteria on homes for sale in any U.S. market will now also get ...