Monthly Archives: May 2014

John Ritchie, real estate agent, city planner, dies at 89

John Ritchie, a San Francisco planning commissioner during the downtown building boom of the early 1970s and a figure in downtown real estate for more than 50 years, has died at 89. He died Thursday at a Veterans Administration hospice … Continue reading

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‘Overbid Madness’ Strikes San Francisco Real Estate Market, Home Sold $600K …

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Realtors are using the words “overbid madness” to describe what’s happening in San Francisco’s housing market. One case in point is a home that was sold hundreds of thousands above the asking price. Shrouded in … Continue reading

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Catering to Chinese buyers in San Francisco’s real estate market

One year ago, Pacific Union CEO Mark McLaughlin attended a game-changing lecture about the future of Chinese investment in the U.S. The speaker was Elizabeth Harrington, the U.S. publisher at large of the Hurun Report, an authority on the wealthiest people in … Continue reading

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Real estate brokers buzz about possible office move by San Francisco-based …

Charles Schwab Corp has almost 3,000 workers in the San Francisco area. (Bloomberg) With Toyota Motor Corp.’s just-announced headquarters move to North Texas still making headlines, local real estate execs are already talking about another large potential move from California. … Continue reading

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Sales of luxury homes in the Bay Area outpace the rest of the market

This six-bedroom home in Belvedere is priced at $18.8 million. Blanca Torres Reporter- San Francisco Business Times Email  |  Twitter  |  Google+  |  LinkedIn The high-end real estate market in the Bay Area is as hot as ever. The volume … Continue reading

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