Monthly Archives: September 2013

East Bay median home price growth crushes San Francisco

This three-bedroom home at 330 Gravatt Dr. in Berkeley is on the market for $1.15 million. Blanca Torres Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email  | Twitter  | Google+  | LinkedIn Homes in East Bay cities are seeing dramatic price gains far greater than … Continue reading

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Real estate’s new frontier: Crowdfunding

It’s exactly what Washington native Ben Miller has been waiting for. He and his brother Dan founded Fundrise, a company that facilitates crowdfunding for local real estate development. The brothers actually started two years ago, wrangling through a little-known exemption … Continue reading

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Families flee SF for East Bay with cheaper homes

“Family flight” out of San Francisco is nothing new. But now, real estate prices in the city have risen so steeply – much more so than in the East Bay – that there’s an extra incentive for longtime San Francisco … Continue reading

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Kilroy Realty’s 360 Third Street Goes Gold

Kilroy Realty’s 360 Third Street Goes Gold Newly Transformed SOMA Office Building Achieves LEED Gold Certification SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Less than two years after acquiring the 40-year-old, 410,000 square-foot office building at 360 Third Street, Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYS: KRC) … Continue reading

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To lock or not lock? That is the mortgage question

The rise in rates put the brakes on the housing recovery, sending both mortgage applications and home sales lower during the summer months. While home builders continued to tout demand and affordability, they could not help but notice fewer buyers … Continue reading

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