Monthly Archives: May 2011

Negative Equity Doesn’t Always Have to Mean Goodbye

The San Francisco Examiner reported a few weeks ago that “the percentage of “underwater” homes — worth less than they are mortgaged for — rose sharply in San Mateo County in the first quarter of this year. In the first … Continue reading

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Easily Track the Market With Realtor-Developed Web Tool

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – May 24, 2011) – Oliver Burgelman, long-time agent at Zephyr Real Estate, has created a new web tool to demonstrate how the real estate market in San Francisco is trending. The website, www.pricesquares.com, allows viewers to … Continue reading

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Home Builders Still in the Woods

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article The best number out of today’s report on sales of newly built homes is not the 7.3 percent bump up in signed contracts, it’s the drop in inventories to a 6.5 … Continue reading

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San Francisco luxury home prices plunge to 2004 level

San Francisco’s luxury home values dropped in the first quarter to their lowest point since the first quarter of 2004, when the region was clawing its way back from the dot-com bust. San Francisco Bay Area luxury home values lost … Continue reading

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Foreclosure ‘Rocket Docket’ Done

Page 1 of 2 | Next PageShow Entire Article Too many foreclosures and too little time. That was the impetus behind the so-called “rocket docket” in Florida, where judges could blow through a thousand cases a day. And they had … Continue reading

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