I recently had a client and blog reader ask about doing an Owner Move In on a single family home in San Francisco. 
Typically owner move-ins are allowed, unless the tenant has protected status based on age, disability or is terminally ill.  However, in a single family home or rented condo unit in San Francisco, […]

Fort Funston, originally uploaded on by maison
As you guys know, I’ve put Open Shutter to the Past: San Francisco in Pictures on hold for a bit. 
Also, you’re probably noticed that postings in this SF Real Estate Blog have been pretty light this week.  
I’ve done a bit of a number on my back, and after seeing an awesome […]

So I’m broken. 
I’ve hurt my back something terrible and the right side of my body from the middle of my back on up is in excruciating pain.  I did the heat thing, the massage thing, the lots of (legal) drugs thing and finally today, the acupuncture thing.  I’m still in pain. 
So, I’m not […]

As I do every month, I ran the latest San Francisco real estate sales figures from the month of August for you.  I’m a little late this month since the weather was soooo nice at the beginning of September, and frankly, I really didn’t want to deal with pulling reports from the MLS (if you’ve ever had […]

Biker on Bridge, originally uploaded on by pup ajax
Those of you that stop by often know that here on my San Francisco real estate blog, Friday’s are typically my historical SF photo post. 
But those that know me well know that I’m not very good at routines or schedules or doing the same things over and over.  Frankly, […]

The latest market report is here. (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen).
Here’s a little glimpse of the report:
Sales of single-family, re-sale homes fell 10.1% last month compared to July, and were off, year-over-year, by 2%. Year-to-date, home sales are down 7%.
Loft/condo sales […]

I few days ago, I wrote about escrow failures and a reader wrote in with more anectodal evidence that lenders have tightened up standards.
Here are two new ways to fail to get a loan.

1) If you have an open building permit not marked as COMPLETE on the DBI web site on a property the loan […]

For those of you that like your San Francisco real estate market data without commentary, here ya go.  Take a look, check it out, come to your own conclusions. 
Or – you can always ask me questions. 

Fast Facts

Single_Family_8-2008.pdf

 
NUMBER OF UNITS is the equivalent of number of sales/transactions. For condominiums, each unit is treated […]

So by now, I know you’ve heard all about the fact that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been rescued by the federal government. 
What you may not realize is the impact that it’ll have on the San Francisco real estate market. 
We (as in SF real estate agents) got the word that interest rates […]

Last week I was busier than a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest.  I’m juggling a few more new listings as well as keeping some other transactions from falling out of escrow as well as making sure other transactions close on time. 
 
The most recent statistics I read show that one out of three transactions these days is […]