Looks like change is underway for FHA loans as the Federal Housing Administration prepares to raise fees this Spring. It doesn't look like an exact date is in place at this time. Currently, the upfront mortgage insurance premium is at 1.75% & will rise to 2.25%. This fee can be rolled into t
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01/21/2010
If you couldn't tell by now, I love all things San Francisco especially historical S.F.! Check out the footage below taken in 1905 on Market Street just before the big 1906 earthquake & fire. Cool footage and a nice pairing with music from Air's "Moon Safari" album. Definitely not a pedestrian fr
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01/18/2010
Take a look at this video excerpt of a San Francisco sewer inspection from the TV show Dirty Jobs. Mike Rowe had to go down a second time to re-mortar the brick. I think they need to send Terminix down first! WARNING: don't watch while eating...... Is that disgusting or what???!!!! Did you se
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01/17/2010
Don’t you owe it to yourself to take the time to interview 2-3 agents to find your best fit; someone who is going to listen, have relevant and current experience and be your advocate throughout the purchase process? The following questions will help you in the process of interviewing buyer’s ag
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01/15/2010
Here are a list of agencies offering help to quake victims in Haiti as provided by my fantastic company Zephyr Real Estate. My company doesn't make it any easier then this to get involved in helping Haiti's quake victims. Please contribute whatever you can; together we can make a difference! I'v
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01/14/2010
I attended an informative meeting a few Mondays (12/14/09) ago in Burlingame about the High Speed Rail (HSR) project. A big thank you to Ted who coordinated the meeting which drew about 40-50 neigbors. The background is that Ted and a few other neighbors became extremely involved in learning mor
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01/11/2010
San Francisco has for a long time had an overall great recycling and compost program which recently became mandatory in the city's effort to further increase the recycling rate from 72% to 90%. It wasn't until I moved to the S.F. Peninsula that I soon missed San Francisco's weekly pick up schedul
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01/01/2010
And here are the S.F. citywide sales trends for condos, coops (the few that we have) and lofts. TIC data is included in reports separate from condos. I thought it would be interesting to see what, if any differences there were between the property types. TICs are a unique S.F. property type with
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12/29/2009
Here is the data for all of S.F. just single family homes 2008 vs. 2009 which shows median sales price is up, sales volume is up, properties under contract is up by 42%, and inventory is down by 46%. The numbers are certainly looking promising. Where do you think our market is at? Comments are we
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12/29/2009
Yeah!!! Here is a cool new app for the iPhone which allows one to research crimes in particular neighborhoods. One of the top questions I get from my buyer clients is how safe a neighborhood is, something which is really subjective. I always refer my clients to specific community websites to do t
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12/26/2009
