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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 – 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...
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...
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...
More San Francisco Real Estate Info Than You Ever Thought You Needed
So, this here little San Francisco real estate blog has been around for almost three years. It’s hard to believe, but it’s true. When I started this whole blogging gig, there were only a few other SF Realtors doing it. But today, there are l...
Three San Francisco Real Estate Tools You NEED!
Are you looking to buy a house in San Francisco? Or maybe you’re pondering selling that little SF condominium or TIC? Whether buying a house, condo or TIC, investment property,etc. or looking to sell any of the above in the City, you want TO...
September 2009 San Francisco Home Sales Data is Here!
Yet again, Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog brings you latest San Francisco Real Estate market report here. (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen). Heres’s a little g...
What YOU Can Buy in San Francisco with 3.5% Down
Nope, I didn’t stutter. You still CAN buy a home in San Francisco with just 3.5% down. There are lots of restrictions, certain buildings don’t qualify, interest rates are slightly higher, but honestly, for many people, it is THE ONLY WA...
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, ...
San Francisco Real Estate Videos – Spotlight with Tom Sinkovitz
(Learn more about buying, selling and financing real property. Click on the link to view video features on contemporary real estate subjects.) Tom Sinkovitz, the KNTV political reporter and anchor, has been working with the San Francisco Associ...
San Francisco Fast Facts August 2008 vs. August 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 forth ...
How Much House Can You Afford?
I’m always getting asked, “Hey, so how much would I be able to afford to spend on a house?” Usually, it’s at a social gathering after a glass or two of wine and I guess people figure that if you’re a REALTOR, it’...
Design Above All 2009 at San Francisco’s One Rincon Hill
When I was invited to Design Above All, I thought I was pretty cool in terms of getting a “media” pass. Being a real estate blogger sometimes has it’s priveledges. But I’ve been to the One Rincon Hill development and s...
Shout from the Rooftops: “Buy San Francisco Real Estate NOW!”
So I’m on a roll with the good real estate news. I just read an article that said: “We need to be shouting from the rooftops that this is not the time to get out of the market if you’re young,” says Christine Fahlund, a s...
San Francisco Rents are Rising
According to rentBits, a rental search engine for apartments and rental homes, the average rental rates for San Francisco has seen a 10% increase August over July, and a 4% increase September over August. Collectively, across all bedrooms, the a...
San Francisco Real Estate – Ready to Rebound?
I’m always looking for good news about the SF Real Estate market – and while I feel like the market is doing well (in fact, I feel like we may have hit the “bottom” in July, but since you can’t see the bottom until it...
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...
Fun With Lending in San Francisco
Uploaded by pbo31 Thinking of doing some work to your San Francisco home? Feel like getting a permit for the work will just be too much of a headache? Well think again. That permit might cost you a a couple bucks, and you might jump through a coupl...
Mortgage Rates Keep Slipping, Slipping, Slipping – Into the Future……
Was just surfing the interweb through my RSS reader and caught that the interest rates for mortgages just keeps on slowly slipping (reminding me of that “Fly Like an Eagle” song which is now stuck on a loop in my head. The Zillow folks sa...
San Francisco Real Estate Sales Data - August 2009
As I do every most months, I ran the latest San Francisco real estate sales figures from the month of August for you. Last month I published three month’s of data, but this time, here’s the data for August, raw and un...
San Francisco Real Estate - Sunshine is Peeking through the Clouds
I’ve said it a few times recently, but now everyone else seems to be saying it too, the real estate storm seems to be clearing and sunshine seems to be peeking through the clouds; the real estate market seems to be picking up and maybe, just ma...
San Francisco Real Estate August Market Focus Report
Association Issues August Market Focus Report The San Francisco Association of REALTORS® has issued its Market Focus report for August and the news is, things are looking better! The reports are prepared for the Association by the Rosen Consul...
Coming soon: THE Destination for San Francisco Real Estate on the Web
Most of you are very aware that I work for Zephyr Real Estate in San Francisco. Most of you are also aware that I think Zephyr ROCKS! Seriously – when I first started in the real estate biz in 2006 I knew right away that Zephyr wa...
July 2009 San Francisco Home Sales Data is Here!
Yet again, Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog brings you latest San Francisco Real Estate market report here. (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen). Heres...
