In July of 2010, The Wall Street Journal coined The San Francisco Marathon® “The Race Even Marathoners Fear”. Approximately 25,000 runners will flood the streets of San Francisco to take the ultimate challenge in the San Francisco Marathon, Half Marathon, … Continue reading →
The San Francisco Luxury Home Market
A Market Overview The luxury home market in San Francisco – typically defined as houses, condos, co-ops and TICs selling for $1,500,000 or more – experienced a big surge in activity in the second quarter of 2012. Below are a … Continue reading →
Seller’s Market/ Buyer’s Market?
Typically, after a multi-years’ downturn such as occurred in the early eighties and the early nineties and such as we’re just coming out of now, when the market turns, appreciation goes into its own multi-year climb. Even though the market … Continue reading →
Jewish Film Festival – July 19 – August 6
Our hallmark program is a renowned three-week summer Festival, screening in four Bay Area venues, featuring the highest quality Jewish films from around the world. As the first of more than 100 Jewish film festivals worldwide—and still the largest, with … Continue reading →
San Francisco Market is Stuck
July 2012 Market Update If you wish, you may jump straight to the market charts. The SF real estate market is stuck. Stuck in high gear: huge buyer demand + the lowest interest rates in history + extremely low inventory … Continue reading →
SF AIDS Walk – July 15
In 1987, the first AIDS Walk San Francisco was an extraordinary and much-needed success that also helped shatter the silence. At a time when the nation was inattentive to the looming crisis, these courageous walkers brought their message visibly to … Continue reading →
Social Media Boom Fuels San Francisco’s Rental and Home Sales Market
Hard on the heels of my last post that covered sky-rocketing home prices and rents comes yesterday’s front-page New York Times article on how San Francisco is at the epicenter of the new social networking/media boom.
San Francisco Housing and Rental Markets: Choose a Rock or a Hard Place
The San Francisco Association of Realtors, of which I am a member, just came out with its Market_Focus_Report for May_2012 (click to open). If you’re a seller or landlord, the news is great: home prices and rents are up, up, up. Not so good if you’re on the other side of the deal.