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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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San Francisco Real Estate Fast Facts: November 2008 vs November 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 Condos 2-4 U...
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...
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 Charts and Stats
To continue with the good news from today’s earlier post and since a pic is worth a thousand words, I thought I’d just throw a couple of charts and stats from the Polaris Group’s report about current San Francisco real estate market trends....
San Francisco Real Estate Forecast Looking Good for 2010
Another day of good news in the San Francisco housing market! San Francisco’s Polaris Group has released it’s San Francisco Residential Development Report for December 2009. The report analyzes new and resale condominium market trends and the ...
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...
November 2009 San Francisco Housing Sales Data is Here!
Yet again, Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog brings you the latest San Francisco Real Estate market report right here. (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen). Heres’s a ...
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 Sales Data – November 2009
As I do every month, I ran the latest San Francisco real estate sales figures from the month of November for you. I’m actually surprised I managed to make it on time – it’s been one hell of a month and if the way my phone has been ringing i...
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...
SFUSD Seeks Family Feedback in Ambitious Redesign of School Assignment Process
San Francisco happens to be one of the few cities where school districts don’t have a direct impact on real estate prices, mostly because the way that school assignment process works for SF kids is not like it’s done in most places, but what do ...
San Francisco Housing Market – Winter Predictions from Zephyr Real Estate
Photo Credit: Robert Campbell Photography / Chamois Moon San Francisco’s infamous Zephyr Real Estate (which happens to be the awesome company where I hang my Realtor hat) released it’s latest SF real estate newsletter. And so, I’...
October 2009 San Francisco Housing Sales Data is Here!
Yet again, Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog brings you the latest San Francisco Real Estate market report right here. (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen). Heres’s ...
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...
How Will Rising Mortgage Rates Affect San Francisco Real Estate?
I just got a question from a reader: Q: I just heard that mortgage rates might be heading upwards. Do you think prices in San Francisco will keep falling? Well – first thing to note, is that prices have actually stabilized and in some neighb...
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...
San Francisco Real Estate Fast Facts – October 2008 vs. October 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. (Editor’s Note: Set forth below are Unit Sales/DOM/Monthly Supply charts for the month of October...
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...
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 ...
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 Real Estate May Benefit from an Expansion of the Homebuyer Tax Credit
Good News for San Francisco Real Estate Good news for San Francsico home buyers – tax credits have been approved by Congress and home buyers all over the place will be thrilled at the news. According to an article from the AP: First-ti...
San Francisco Real Estate Sales Data – October 2009
As I do every month (albeit sometimes rather late), I ran the latest San Francisco real estate sales figures from the month of October for you. Here’s the data for October, raw and unfiltered, just how you like it. This month, Single family volume ...
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...
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...
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...
