Monthly Archives: October 2012

Seasonal slowdown? Not in the Bay Area

Real estate in some parts of the nation experiences the malaise of fall, buyers cooled off by chilly weather and shorter days, distracted by the impending holiday season. But not the Bay Area. This September, Bay Area property sales made improvements in … Continue reading

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Why Today’s Housing Report Spooked Investors So Much

The good housing numbers are all up from a year ago: Sales, starts, building permits, prices, earnings. The bad numbers are down: Mortgage delinquencies, foreclosures, negative equity. So why are investors pulling out of the home builders today? And why … Continue reading

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Photos: Marshawn Lynch buys $3.6 million Bay Area mansion

<!– –> Marshawn Lynch. (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo) Talk about a Beast Pad! Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch has purchased a $3.6 million mansion in Richmond, Calif., a few miles north along the San Francisco Bay from his hometown of … Continue reading

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Home Builders Need Mortgage Bankers to Keep Recovery Alive

A jump in signed contracts to buy newly built homes in September brought volumes to the highest level since April of 2010, when the home buyer tax credit temporarily infused the housing market. The median price of a newly built … Continue reading

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Kilroy Realty Corporation Raises San Francisco Profile with Plans to Build a …

LOS ANGELES — Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) today said it plans to develop up to a 400,000 square-foot, 27-story office tower in the heart of San Francisco’s highly desirable South of Market financial district, adapting the company’s signature collaborative … Continue reading

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