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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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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...
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...
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...
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...
Is Asbestos as Spooky as it Sounds?
There’s all sorts of hazards that a home might contain. You might be in earthquake territory (which is pretty much all of San Francisco), you might be in a high radon area, and you might have two of the MOST common hazards we see here in the Cit...
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...
San Francisco Real Estate Sales Data – September 2009
As I do every month (albeit sometimes rather late), I ran the latest San Francisco real estate sales figures from the month of September for you. Here’s the data for September, raw and unfiltered, just how you like it. This month, Single family vol...
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...
First Time Home Buyer Credit Going, Going…. Almost GONE!
I’ve had people tell me they’re buying a home in 2009 JUST because of the tax credit Uncle Sam is giving away this year. But for those that are serious about actually using it, the credit is about to expire on November 20th, ...
Great Highway Sandstorms
The last few days down here on Great Highway have been rough. The roads have been closed due to sandstorms, the cars that have dared to park outside here all have a thick layer of sand covering them, and I think if I combine the sand that has blown i...
It’s About Sea Life 2009!
Last year, I got to be part of the It’s About Sea Life Benefit, an awesome event that my friend, neighbor and client, Milton Fiala of SurfAddict somehow magically pulled together. The event was so awesome last year, that rather than ju...
