Whenever the buyer moves into their new home before escrow closes or a seller stays in their old home after they’ve sold it, everyone needs to make sure that the home’s current home owner’s insurance covers the situation. Usually, someone needs to call the company up and change the policy. (Make sure the company gives [...]

“What is a seller rent back?”, you may be asking yourself. A seller rent back is when the seller wants to stay in the house after they’ve already sold it, and they arrange with the buyer to rent the house back from them for a little while. Usually this happens because the seller doesn’t have [...]

So I happened upon this website the other day when searching around for blocks of homes. And I’m not sure how realistic it is, but if so it has some potential and I’d love to share it with you. It’s a search site for FDIC property for sale. They own a lot of stuff now [...]

I’ve had a surprising number of clients believe that I cannot work outside of San Francisco. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE the city. It’s houses and architecture are beautiful, the culture cannot be beat and the food’s ridiculously delicious. But, I have and can work outside of SF. In fact, did you know that [...]

Hi Everyone, it’s been a while since I posted – but here I go! My colleagues and I will be holding a seminar January the 17th, Saturday, at the Excelsior library from 1-2. (for info, click here.) The subject will go over: the history of the current foreclosure boom, ten options besides foreclosure, the [...]

New Requirements for ALL of my buyers
I am all about letting people learn their own lessons in life. This is super important, and sometimes nothing beats a good solid kick in the financial butt. A lot of my buyers have tried to work with various loan programs that are not familiar with San Francisco. …they [...]

Hey all,
Here’s another heads up to think about regarding changing laws in real estate and how they may affect you: The original conforming loan limit, which was increased to $729,750 under the Economic Stimulus Package for the city of San Francisco, will go back to it’s original limit of $417,000 on Dec 31st 2008.
This means: [...]

DISCLAIMER – I am not a tax accountant or an expert on taxes. Always seek the qualified opinion of a tax expert. Don’t take my word on any tax related issues as your holy grail of information. Please, CYA and research. That said….
Some of you may know that I recently took a tax class. It [...]

So, perhaps they need a few lessons…. maybe they just want to do solo blues. …but man! who knew bears could move!?

I’ve had this link hanging around as an email in my inbox for quite some time. …I didn’t want to delete it, because it’s awesome…. and I also didn’t want to put it in my folder titled “fun” because there’s a lot of stuff in there…and I wanted to remember what this looked like and [...]

In the article a few days ago titled – Foreclosures smack home prices – down 29.3%, you should find a silver lining if you read it. (please click title link.)
The key part here is what Rosen (well known and respected for his thoughts on the housing market) had to say –
“In 18 months, prices [...]

I tinker in the kitchen from time to time pretending to cook. I am pretty lazy about it (some people might call that creative…so we’ll go with that). There are never really all of the ingredients that I need to create whatever item I’ve selected ….so I just use the closest thing in my kitchen [...]

So, I got a ticket a few days ago for expired tags. Yes, it’s that time of year again and I know that I’m not the only one who was procrastinating, right? Right.
I was totally bummed out! ….and decided to go register my car the next day, in fear of amassing another ticket. At [...]

So, I have decided to try and replace the current real estate news layout on my website with this blog site. So, here’s the history of articles that I have had on my website before the new blog layout. Some links, I’ve noticed, don’t work anymore. My bad.
Neighborhood News:
The Reverse Graffiti Project in San Francisco [...]

aaahhh yes. … shortly San Francisco may add a toll for driving in our city.
There are different options to how the toll might shape up:

General toll for entering San Francisco (bridge tolls will still be in affect)
Toll for driving during heavy traffic in the “most congested” parts of San Francisco (defined by Van Ness Avenue, [...]

wow.

I’m not sure how many of you know this, so I’m putting it out there on a blog…
I have access to a program called Agent Metrics. It allows me to work with all of the data on the San Francisco Association of Realtors Multiple Listing Service (SFARMLS) and see how it boils down statistics-wise. It [...]

I just received this email from a colleague -
“Hello Everyone,
I have a client who is worried about this bill
passing before he decides to make a purchase. Like our job is not
difficult enough! I called Chris Daly’s office and they told me that it’s
“pending action sent to the Rules Committee.” Which means it has not gone
to [...]

Here’s a practical article for those of you who are wondering what will happen if the rule forcing 2-unit buildings to enter the lottery might affect you. (I will start this off by saying, please do not take this blog as your only source of information. I know you’re smarter than that….always in the end [...]

There are a TON of things going on in SF. I love that I also, for some weird reason, find it a little upsetting at times. Like, grrr, how do I keep up with all of these cool things and stay informed before they pass me by? I catch a lot of what’s [...]

wow, that’s a heady title. …hehe…
Anyway, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but San Francisco is fighting a battle of gentrification. …..
This article, put out by The Examiner, talks about different ballots that may be put on a bill come November.http://www.examiner.com/a-1435389~Measures_for_November_ballot_put_forward.html
Socketsite sums up the article like this:“At least five real estate related measures are now [...]

I grew up in between Cupertino and Redwood City. My mom lives in Cupertino, and my Nana and aunt live in Redwood City. I went to school in RC so that I could spent time with the Nana after classes. When I was a little girl, around 8ish, the house next door went up for [...]