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The Trump Presidency What Will It Mean for the Housing Market?

A lot has changed since we last wrote. The election is over and Trump is the president elect. No matter your political leanings or beliefs, Trump has laid out some very different ideas and promises that are in contrast to … Continue reading

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Poll Indicates Oakland Residents Favor Growth in Tech Sector and Faster Development

As published in the San Franciso Business Times, a recent poll the reveals many Oakland Residents favor encouraging bringing more of the Tech Sector businesses to Oakland to help simulate the local economy and to promote more development. The poll was … Continue reading

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Google Coming to Oakland

It looks like Google the next Tech company setting their sights on Oakland. As reported in the San Franciso Business Times, Google has signed a lease at the Fruitvale BART transit station. This will be Google’s first Oakland location. According … Continue reading

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Fed Holds Rate Potential Hike in December

On Wednesday the Fed held interest rates where they are “The Committee judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has strengthened but decided, for the time being, to wait for further evidence of continued progress … Continue reading

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Alameda County Second Quarter Report

The Alameda 2016 Q2 Quarterly Report is out and it tells the story of what we have been seeing for the last couple of years: a strong sellers market with the median average sales price up from 1% to 17% from … Continue reading

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A bit of hiatus…

It has been a while since we have posted a blog. Between family obligations and a busy work schedule and honestly a bit a writers block, we are getting back to it. Thanks, Lisa & Ellen

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Noe is the new Pac Heights: Luxury home market shifts southward

In the last seven years, sales of $2-million-plus homes have shifted from the city’s northern neighborhoods (like Pacific Heights, the Marina and Telegraph Hill) to southern locales (like Noe and Eureka Valleys), according to a new report from Paragon Real … Continue reading

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Famed architect Philip Johnson’s house lists for $1.575M

New Canaan, Conn. — The mid-century modern built by famed architect Philip Johnson in 1954 hit the market over the weekend, asking $1.575 million for the chance to purchase a piece of New Canaan’s architectural history. With three bedrooms and … Continue reading

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Pac Heights Georgian sells after more than 7 years and $7 million in price cuts

When 2090 Vallejo Street in Pacific Heights first came to market in the heady days of early 2007, the housing market was still fairly “frothy,” Bear-Stearns was still an admired securities firm, and $17.8 million still seemed like an acceptable … Continue reading

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High rents, low inventory push S.F. multifamily market to new heights

Apartment buildings in the Tenderloin are now worth more per square foot than multifamily properties in Marin, according to a recent report from Paragon Realty. Buildings with five or more units in the San Francisco neighborhood sell for an average … Continue reading

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