Monthly Archives: February 2013

S.F. district raises charter school rent

Imagine renting a 1,000-square-foot San Francisco apartment for $950 – a year. It may seem impossible in one of the least-affordable real estate markets in the country. Except for city charter schools. For the past 10 years, the alternative public … Continue reading

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Many US Cities Becoming Sellers’

EMERYVILLE, CAZipRealty, Inc.(http://www.ziprealty.com),the leading online technology-enabled residential real estatebrokerage company, has released a list of the Top 10 Best Cities for Home Sellers as part of its List Price to Close Price Ratio Report, which is based on MLS data … Continue reading

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Why Women are Driving the Demand for Rental Apartments

No, according to a recent Raymond James report: Renter household formation remains at the strongest level in decades. Roughly 1.32 million new renter households were formed in the past year (including owner conversions), while the number of owner-occupied households declined … Continue reading

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Bay Area housing market gets costlier in January

Housing got even costlier in the San Francisco Bay Area last month. For a 10th consecutive month, the median home price in the nine-county region rose year over year to hit $415,000, real estate firm DataQuick reported. That was a … Continue reading

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Foreclosures Fall Due to New Laws

Foreclosure activity fell 28 percent from a year ago nationally, according to a new report from RealtyTrac, but in California, they were down nearly 40 percent. More telling is foreclosure starts, the first notice of a foreclosure filling. In California … Continue reading

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