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Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog was created to share insights about San Francisco Real Estate and about San Francisco living. Written by Luba Muzichenko, an "almost-native" San Franciscan and a local Realtor® with Zephyr Real Estate, Luba’s San
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Noe Valley Starter Homes – $5!
If only Santa could really bring us real estate deals like these in San Francisco! (Seen at The Garage Store on Sanchez Street at 24th.) ...
Single Female in Search of Home for Sale
The title of the post almost sounds like a personal ad, right? Well I was taking a look at my list of San Francisco clients that are looking for a home or have recently purchased a home and I realized that about 35% of them are single women. While...
Newsom Facebook’s his Press Release about Treasure Island Transfer from Navy to SF
Photo from Inhabitat.com According to a Facebook update (yes, I’m Gavin’s FB friend, I’d like to think we’re actually really close and he reads my status updates and laughs. ): [Mayor Newsom] just announced an agreement w...
How to Tell You’re in a Safe SF Neighborhood
I hate to say it, but the title of this post is kinda of misleading. It’s actually a bit of a trick question. Why? Well, everyone has a different idea of what makes a neighborhood “safe.” Frankly, each person has a different tolerance to...
Just in Case I Need to Sell Houses in the Afterlife…
…I can announce my arrival with a business card that doubles as a head stone. (padum, bump) I’ve been sick with a cold/swamped with work duties the last few days (almost all performed from the comfort of my couch/recovery bed), so hav...
Swine Flue Vaccine Update – Kids Need a 2nd Shot!
You got your kids an H1N1 vaccination. You thought they were safe, but apparently, one shot is NOT enough! I got an update from San Francisco’s Supervisor Carmen Chu the other day, and she asked that we spread the news widely: The Departme...
San Francisco Real Estate’s Sexiest Agents
So, if you don’t yet know that the contest for the Sexiest Realtor in the San Francisco Bay Area is on and poppin’ – then you haven’t been keeping up with the blogosphere. As usual, this time of year, The Front Steps (one of my personal fa...
How to Get Good Tenants in San Francisco and Beyond
When I was growing up, my first “job” was helping my step-dad manage his rental properties here in San Francisco. He didn’t have a whole lot of property to manage, but there was enough to introduce me to some fundamental principles of proper...
SF Real Estate Blog is Back
You may have noticed that there’s been a lack of posts the last few weeks. Well, they’ve been pretty damn long. They started a with a crappy cold. Achy, sniffly, sneezy, coughing – all the stuff that makes the invention of Nyquil a dr...
From the San Francisco Zoo: 6 Ways to Have a Greener Holiday
I love the San Francisco Zoo. In fact, I love it SOOOOO much that every time I help someone buy or sell San Francisco real estate, I donate a part of my professional fees directly to the Zoo. Prior to my career in the SF real estate biz, I actual...
San Francisco – Parking Ticket Roulette (And How to WIN!)
SF Parking Roulette If I wasn’t sick on the couch today nursing a death-defying cold, I’d be out today, with the other masses of San Francisco real estate agents looking at all of the homes that are on the market. It’s what we d...
This San Francisco Realtor’s 15 Seconds of Fame
Work in Progress I have a feelings that postings will be pretty light thig week… I do believe I have a flu. Body aches and sinus pressure and just a general feeling of crappiness are taking over and if I find the time to write about San Fra...
San Francisco Stylephile – Your Guide to Living in Style in SF
San Francisco Stylephile So I have a friend. Her identity is a secret. But her blog is not. It’s the San Francisco Stylephile Blog. Things I like about the blog (and the super secret author): She’s a San Franciscan She has her own ...
What’s My Home’s Value?
I’m always running into people in San Francisco that want to know what their home is worth. It’s usually at a party after a glass of wine, and while there are some party tricks I can perform, an off the cuff evaluation of your property ...
Where to get your San Francisco (Ice) Skate On!
It’s that time again! OK, so it’s ALMOST that time again. The holidays are around the corner. It’s time for traditions like turkey, ham, festive family dinners, eggnog, cioppino (which is mostly a San Francisco tradition than...
What’s Happening in San Francisco’s Real Estate Trenches?
I was going to try to PhotoShop a bunch of Realtor’s faces on the photo above, but frankly, I have no PhotoShop skills whatsoever. I have all sorts of other talents, but PhotoShop isn’t one of them. Real estate in San Francisco usually...
Redfin Now Doing What Lots of Local SF Realtors Have Been Doing for Ages
Sold Real Estate Data I’m not knocking Redfin for their latest idea. In fact, it’s rather brilliant, and they have the capital behind it to back their ideas up. But before I tell you all about it, I DO want to point out that yours truly...
San Francisco Love – From Up Above
Aerial video – San Francisco from Jason Lam on Vimeo. I ran across this awesome video on a blog I recently discovered – Spots Unknown. Jeff Diehl (the blog’s author) tells us about this video: With the ability to fly super close t...
A Mugging in Nob Hill – A Safety Reminder for San Franciscans
I got a very disturbing email from a friend today. It went like this: Last night as I was coming home from meeting a friend, I got mugged by two guys. It happened right outside my building. I’m okay, but they roughed me up a bit and it wa...
Conforming Loan Limits to Remain in Place for 2010
I predict that Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and FHA loans will remain at $729,500 through 2010. Ok, ok, so it’s not REALLY a prediction. It’s an update from the California Association of Realtors. Still good news. The bad news – we...
Got Bags? Get Them From the Friendliest San Francisco Realtor
A while ago I noted that San Francisco had put a ban on plastic grocery bags. Since then, many cities have followed suit, or at least have contemplated following suit. The problem is that stores aren’t using the biodegradable starch based bags...
If Only Realtors Could Problem Solve Like THIS!
I caught this on Sellsius and thought it was a hoot!!! It’s been a rough few years in real estate. And I feel like San Francisco real esate agents are constantly battling fires and solving perplexing problems. Imagine how many problems could...
San Francisco Halloween 2009
So it’s time for another Halloween. For me, it’s another year where I didn’t make it to Half Moon Bay for the maze, I don’t have a pumpkin and haven’t bought candy yet for trick-or-treaters. I did manage to order a costu...
Zephyr Real Estate Wants to Keep you Swine Flu Free
I just got an email from one of the wonderful folks on Zephyr’s management team. And it shows once again, they care about us, they really do. And since Zephyr Real Estate cares about me, and I in turn, care about you, I thought I’d als...
More Animal Spotting – Tigers in the Haight
Tiger House in the Haight I’ve been on a roll snapping pictures of houses with a little more character in the City. But this one comes to me from Wolf Davidson, who has asked me to identify him as “a VERY pleased client.” ...
Realtors Under Attack and Fighting Back
We’ve all heard stories of REALTORS getting attacked by weirdos. Folks in our business have been robbed, raped, beaten and even killed. And while the worst thing I’ve heard recently was an iPhone stolen from a fellow SF Realtor’s...
San Francsico DPW Map from 1997
SF Department of Public Works Map from 1997 I was digging through emails that I meant to get to “one day” on my quest to someday address all the things on my “to do” list when I stumbled upon an awesome map that Mark Pfeiffer,...
Da’ Jungle in Da’ Noe Valley
I swear one of these days I will start carrying around a real camera with me, though I can’t say my photos will come out any better! I see this house all the time when I drive down Church Street to my office in Noe Valley – but never m...
Celebrity Surfer Musician Tom Curren Joins It’s About Sea Life 2009
An update to It’s About Seal Life 2009 from the organizer: Surf Addict Presents three-time world champion surfer-turned-musician Tom Curren to perform at “It’s About Sea Life Benefit 2” After-Party, on November 20th, 2009, at the Hard Ro...
6 Internet Resources You Need to Live Green in San Francisco
In San Francisco, living green isn’t just an option, you’re pretty much going to be tarred and feathered if you DON’T think about your carbon footprint on a daily basis and do something proactive about it. And frankly, tarring an...
