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SF Techie Explains Why the World Should Revolve Around Bay Area Techies

Flickr/:rayWhat would we do without you?Last week technology reporter Farhad Manjoo wrote an impassioned defense of the city’s tech sector for SF Magazine. By chance our own tech-savvy correspondent, SF Techie, had written a very similar article, often using the … Continue reading

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Home price gains not enough for a ‘bubble’ say economists

Rising mortgage rates will help to temper the possibility of a bubble as well, but they will not cut into demand dramatically, as some have predicted, according to Fleming. “Buyers buy based upon payment, and those payments are still highly … Continue reading

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2013 real estate kicks off with inventory crisis

Many economists have their predictions for how the real estate market will perform in 2013, but one thing that is certain and that will likely play a large role is that there are a lot less available homes for sale. … Continue reading

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Why Home Refinancing Boom Is Different This Time

U.S. home owners are refinancing their mortgages at the fastest clip since 2005, but the difference now is they are putting cash in, not taking it out. At the going rate, 25 percent of all first-lien U.S. mortgages will be … Continue reading

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Is Housing Risen From Ashes? ‘Industry Has Come Back’

Economists are saying it, and now even some Americans are saying it. After falling to depths not seen since the Great Depression, the U.S. housing market may finally be rising from the ashes.  It may not seem like a lot, … Continue reading

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