Monthly Archives: December 2013

2013 a very lucrative year for San Francisco’s Jackson Street homesellers

While 2013 was an expensive year all over San Francisco, three of the most expensive residential home sales of the year took place on one street in transactions that often took less than a month to close. Indeed, for sellers … Continue reading

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More people move to Alameda County than move out

More new residents flocked to Alameda and Santa Clara than any other two counties in the state last year, lured in part by a plethora of middle-class housing units that are scarce elsewhere in the region, according to a state … Continue reading

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Firms make themselves at home in Bay Area housing

Through the patio doors of the sleek studio apartment in San Francisco’s brand-new Nema complex, one catches a glimpse of a 65-inch flat-screen TV next to the saline lap pool. The furnished unit is tricked out with all the comforts … Continue reading

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S.F. airport offers therapy dogs for weary travelers

Passport? Check. Tickets? Check. Big wet tongue across the face? If you’re at SFO, you can check that, too. Weary travelers at San Francisco International Airport can now while away time at the terminal by cavorting with black Labs, Saint … Continue reading

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Richmond’s Neighborhood Stabilization Plan moves forward against realtor …

by Jovanka Beckles Richmond, Calif. – At its last meeting of 2013, by a vote of 4-2, the Richmond City Council moved further along on its plans to stabilize our neighborhoods by restructuring the mortgages of underwater homeowners. Under the … Continue reading

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