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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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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...
San Francisco Real Estate – SOLD!
Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter. You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday. If you just wan...
San Francisco Real Estate – Sold!
Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter. You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday. If you just wan...
San Francisco Real Estate – Sold!
Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) – San Francisco’s Friendliest Newsletter. You’ll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday. If you just w...
Plant SF Helps Create Permeable Landscaping
I just got Carmen Chu’s latest newsletter and it had this news for residents of the Sunset District: Sidewalk gardens can not only make our streetscapes beautiful, but also help recharge the aquifer and reduce sewer overflow contamination of t...
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...
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...
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.” ...
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...
Noriega Street Medians Getting a Facelift
Divisadero isn’t the only place in San Francisco getting a makeover. Noriega Street was recently repaved and these little “traffic calming” medians were installed. Sadly, they sat around naked and plantless for a few months. But...
Wild Horses in the Outer Sunset
This has got to be one of my favorite houses to walk past down on the Great Highway… always reminds me of the Rolling Stone’s song “Wild Horses.” Too bad my cameraphone doesn’t have a wide angle lens to capture all of t...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in Noe Valley
I got stuck parking a litle further from my Zephyr Real Estate office than usual today. But I guess it was one of those serendipitous sorts of things. I’ve been trying to go “green” just like everyone else is (or should be) doin...
San Francisco’s AlertSF: Emergencies in your Inbox
I’ve talked about AlertSF before. It’s a text based emergency notification service that sends emergency updates for San Francisco. You can set it up to send text message updates just for the zip codes you care about (like where you live o...
San Francisco Real Estate Facts July 2008 vs. July 2009
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. NUMBER OF UNITS is the equivalent...
Coming SOON! Single Family Home in Noe Valley: 2BR 1BA $699K
Yes, you read that list price correctly. It’s not a short sale, it’s not an REO, it’s a single family home in Noe Valley that’s been in the same family since the 1960’s! Built in 1900, it’s a 2BR 1BA single family home with a...
San Francisco Fast Facts June 2008 vs. June 2009
For those of you that like your SF 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 Homes Condo 2-4...
Sunday Streets in the Mission - July 19th, 2009
Be sure not to miss out on our last Mission event of the summer, this Sunday July 19th! In just a few days we will be heading back to the Mission for the last time this year, so whether you missed last month’s event or just couldn’...
Who Built YOUR San Francisco Home?
Western Neighborhoods Project board member and architectural historian Richard Brandi will show you how to search city records and other archives to find the builder or architect of your San Francisco house and when it was built. Richard will d...
San Francisco Real Estate Market Focus (Fast Facts) June 2009
For those of you that like your SF 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. Market Focus (Formerly Fast Facts) ...
Inner Sunset Farmer’s Market a Hit!
Adam Greenfield recently produced a video with the Neighborhood Empowerment Network covering the first Inner Sunset farmers market back on June 7th. As expected, the Farmer’s Market was a hit! As an aside, there are more...
30 Days of Sold San Francisco Property Listings
Welcome back to the weekly report that tells your what’s sold on the market in the last 30 days! It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of sold listings. We’ll also be bringing you the la...
30 Days of New San Francisco Property Listings
Welcome back to the newest weekly feature of Luba’s San Francisco real esate blog. It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of new listings. We’ll also be bringing you the last 30 days of sold listings in a differe...
30 Days of Sold San Francisco Property Listings
Welcome back to the weekly report that tells your what’s sold on the market in the last 30 days! It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of sold listings. We’ll also be bringing you the la...
30 Days of New San Francisco Property Listings
Welcome back to the newest weekly feature of Luba’s San Francisco real esate blog. It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of new listings. We’ll also be bringing you the last 30 days of sold listings in a differe...
San Francisco Fast Facts April 2008 vs. April 2009
For those of you that like your SF 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 Editor’s Note: Set...
Which San Francisco Neighborhoods are the Safest?
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 ha...
Newest Zephyr Real Estate Listings
Every week, Zephyr Real Estate puts out a handy list of our newest listings. Remember, I help people buy listings whether they are Zephyr listings or not. And don’t forget, you can know everything that’s on the San Francisco market in real ...
30 Days of Sold San Francisco Property Listings
Welcome back to the weekly report that tells your what’s sold on the market in the last 30 days! It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of sold listings. We’ll also be bringing you the la...
