Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

Are We in an Affordability Crisis or a Housing Bubble? | SPUR

No one in San Francisco is arguing about whether real estate is expensive. There is, however, some debate about how to characterize…

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Curbed SF : The San Francisco Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog

The San Francisco luxury home market has traditionally been entrenched in the city’s long-established northern neighborhoods, from Sea Cliff through Pacific Heights…

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The Latest Chapter in Ellis of Our Lives: Bill To Freeze Ellis Act Evictions Amended, Key Exception Added – SocketSite™

Drafted “to ensure that real estate speculators in San Francisco do not buy rent-controlled property and empty it of long-term tenants,” Senate…

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Curbed SF : The San Francisco Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog

As San Francisco enters into a condo construction boom reminiscent of that before the 2008 crash, new condos are grabbing premiums of…

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S.F. Ellis Act reform bill rejected by Legislature – Politics Blog

Legislative efforts to give San Francisco the ability to curtail the number of Ellis Act evictions in the city failed Wednesday night as…

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Average US 30-year mortgage rate falls to 4.21 pct – SFGate

Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week for a second straight week as the spring home-buying season has gotten off…

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Pac Heights Home Sells for Jaw-Dropping $1.405M Over Asking – Sold Stuff – Curbed SF

The San Francisco bidding war madness has officially reached new levels with the sale of this 2-bed, 2.5 bath Gough Street home…

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Curbed SF : The San Francisco Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog

The latest census data estimates that San Francisco’s rise in population since 2010 was 32,000 people, but only 4,200 new housing units…

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Where Homes Are Going Fastest This Spring — The Bay Area | from Trulia Trends

The Market is Fastest in the Bay Area, Quickening in New York, and Slowing in SoCal The share of homes for sale…

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America’s Urban Future – NYTimes.com

FOR all of the attention showered on hipster enclaves like Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Portland, Ore., America is only in the beginning stages…

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The Most Comprehensive History of Why SF Real Estate is so Pricey: How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF’s Housing Crisis Explained) | TechCrunch

Today, the tech industry is apparently on track to destroy one of the world’s most valuable cultural treasures, San Francisco, by pushing…

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April 16, 2014 Real Estate Industry

We’re not the Only Ones: Downtown L.A. Goes From Gritty to Glitzy – WSJ.com

After selling their sprawling mansion for about $37 million in the summer, businessman and TV producer Burt Sugarman and his wife, former…

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