Monthly Archives: August 2019

Housing affordability at “historic low” in Bay Area

It’s technically, slightly more affordable to buy a home at prevailing prices in the Bay Area compared to this same time last year, per the most recent word from SF-based Compass real estate group. But the improvement year over year … Continue reading

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Oakland’s artist warehouses, targeted after Ghost Ship, face new threat from pot

Nearly three years after the Ghost Ship fire, the scruffy, low-rent art spaces that helped give Oakland its edge are disappearing. Building inspectors shut some of them down after the blaze that engulfed the Fruitvale warehouse in December 2016, killing … Continue reading

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How San Francisco’s Wealthiest Families Launched Kamala Harris

Michael Kruse is a senior staff writer for Politico. SAN FRANCISCO—In the summer of 1999, in the monied Napa Valley north of here, a bejeweled bride rode sidesaddle on a speckled horse into what the press would label “the Bay … Continue reading

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Besides broker tours, how can agents introduce other Realtors to their new listings?

Caption Close A: There are several options that immediately come to mind: • Social media posts and advertising • Top Agent Network Other platforms like Rezora and RealScout But these are among the most common methods used by agents. Hosting … Continue reading

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Historic San Francisco Mansion Trades Hands for $18 Million

San Francisco’s breezy Seacliff neighborhood, while not quite as opulent or excessively billionaire-laden as nearby Pacific Heights, is nonetheless a supremely pricey enclave home to multiple big-name tech tycoons — former Facebook president Sean Parker and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey among … Continue reading

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