Russian Hill
is known for its chic condos and coops with gorgeous views and access to one of the best neighborhoods San Francisco has to offer. Currently, the depth of the inventory in units over about $1,700,000 is not a lot however I believe a rare turnover is taking place in one [...]

We’re entering the ‘urban century’ according to a recently released research paper by John K. McIlwain of the Urban Land Institute. He says there are 4 trends to watch in the new decade:
1. Aging baby boomers (55-64 year olds) will not choose traditional retirement locations opting for more mixed-age living environments that cater to their [...]

Tim Murray, vice president of Alain Pinel Realtors, reported today that the peninsula offices of his company are reporting that low available home inventory is the biggest constraint on sales at the moment. The offices are reporting a surge in buyers at all price levels at a time when the inventory of available properties has [...]

Brokers’ Tour report from my tour around the City today. Here are the deals I was told about beyond the one on 19th Street I reported on in my previous posting.
50 Carmelita on Duboce Park reportedly received a ‘pre-emptive’ offer and went over $2.5mil which is above its $2.4mil asking price.
985 Clayton a single family in Ashbury [...]

The New Year got off to a Bang! with the bidding war for the luxury San Francisco condo at 3975 19th Street receiving 6 offers this last week. I toured this property when it was completed in 2008 when the developer decided to keep it off the market to sell later.
It is a great location. I know [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9nm4o2gDwY]San Francisco’s neighborhoods are filled with historic homes. One of the most famous is the circa 1858 Feusier octagon house on top of Russian Hill at 1067 Green Street. I recently had a private tour and was able to photograph some of the wonderful details of this property. I hope you enjoy the video as [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh-Gmtv5l4U]Sam Sebastian, Director, Local & B2B Markets, Google, was one of the keynote speakers at the Inman Connect Conference New York 2010. He talks with Brad Inman about Google’s real estate strategy.
In other updates, we’ve finally arrived at a decision on our new logo and are currently building our new website/hub. DesignAboutTown is doing a [...]

The second day
of Real Estate Connect NYC 2010 was filled with highlights. The trend now toward ‘blending’ of all your sites and posts in one spot and mining that information to answer subjective questions thru social networks plus determine who the most influential among us are. Lots ahead in those areas for sure.

Two [...]

Day One
of Real Estate Connect New York 2010 was overflowing with what’s ‘hot’ and gave hints of where we’re going in the current real estate market and the economy. The big concerns going forward stack up as 1. the federal government’s withdrawal from the secondary - securities market; 2. the ending of the government tax [...]

I arrived in New York this evening and after checking into my hotel went over to take advantage of the early registration this evening. Wow, I’m glad I did. They have a record number of registrants, 1700! I’m looking forward to the program start tomorrow and will keep you posted. Off we go into 2010 [...]