Big Changes to Short Sale Practices Announced
New Lending Short Sale Standards Coming From the California Association of Realtors Thhe Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will realign guidelines for Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-based short sales...
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With construction under way on the first condos at the Hunters Point Shipyard, developer Lennar Corp. has snagged a $30 million loan from Pasadena-based East West Bank. While the loan is relatively...
View ArticleSneak peek: Mayor Ed Lee has a housing solution – SFGate
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View ArticleS.F. architecture shifts to darker tone – SFGate
In the world of San Francisco architecture, black is the new black. It’s the color of choice on a 37-story Market Street apartment tower and a six-story condominium building in Dogpatch. Fresh coats of...
View ArticleHow tech became the enemy – then and now – SFGate
Today’s activists want policy changes: eviction moratoriums, Ellis Act reform and increased relocation payments. Tech companies can’t control any of those things – though a string of recent donations...
View ArticleHome Restaurant Site In Castro Could Maybe Become 7-Story Condo: SFist
Many denizens of the Castro and Lower Haight have bemoaned the now blighted, three-years-vacant former Home restaurant property, which lost the chance to become a Chipotle last year and has languished...
View ArticleHow the Warriors-Salesforce deal came together – San Francisco Business Times
For two years, Golden State Warriors officials said they were committed to building a new arena on San Francisco’s waterfront at Piers 30-32. But a phone call from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff changed...
View ArticleWhat’s the Plan? Planning Director John Rahiam visits Vanguard
What’s the Plan? Planning Director John Rahiam visits Vanguard Going up and up in San Francisco “This is an extraordinary moment in San Francisco,” John Rahaim, Planning Director for San Francisco...
View ArticlePlans for rising Mid-Market threaten to create aesthetic tangle – SFGate
It’s a sign of progress for San Francisco’s Market Street that a half-dozen developers want to build housing and hotels on the long-troubled blocks between Fifth and Eighth streets. Too bad that in...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Tenant Buy-out Program a Year Later…
Following the Cash (For Keys) in SF Cash for Keys a Year Later How the City Has Changed Since New Landlord-Tenant Buyout Provisions Went Into Effect On our way back from an appointment at City Hall to...
View ArticleCommanding Results — Ahead of Schedule. Successful Selling and Better Buying
When I had my first phone conversation with Kevin and Jonathan over a year ago, my gut told me that THIS is the team I want to work with when the time came for me to sell. I didn’t even bother...
View ArticleLennar snags $30 million loan for Hunters Point Shipyard development – San...
With construction under way on the first condos at the Hunters Point Shipyard, developer Lennar Corp. has snagged a $30 million loan from Pasadena-based East West Bank. While the loan is relatively...
View ArticleSneak peek: Mayor Ed Lee has a housing solution – SFGate
That’s the centerpiece of Lee’s annual state of the city address, to be delivered Friday. He will call for 30,000 homes to be built or rehabilitated over the next six years, with more than half being...
View ArticleS.F. architecture shifts to darker tone – SFGate
In the world of San Francisco architecture, black is the new black. It’s the color of choice on a 37-story Market Street apartment tower and a six-story condominium building in Dogpatch. Fresh coats of...
View ArticleHow tech became the enemy – then and now – SFGate
Today’s activists want policy changes: eviction moratoriums, Ellis Act reform and increased relocation payments. Tech companies can’t control any of those things – though a string of recent donations...
View ArticleHome Restaurant Site In Castro Could Maybe Become 7-Story Condo: SFist
Many denizens of the Castro and Lower Haight have bemoaned the now blighted, three-years-vacant former Home restaurant property, which lost the chance to become a Chipotle last year and has languished...
View ArticleHow the Warriors-Salesforce deal came together – San Francisco Business Times
For two years, Golden State Warriors officials said they were committed to building a new arena on San Francisco’s waterfront at Piers 30-32. But a phone call from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff changed...
View ArticleWhat’s the Plan? Planning Director John Rahiam visits Vanguard
What’s the Plan? Planning Director John Rahiam visits Vanguard Going up and up in San Francisco “This is an extraordinary moment in San Francisco,” John Rahaim, Planning Director for San Francisco...
View ArticlePlans for rising Mid-Market threaten to create aesthetic tangle – SFGate
It’s a sign of progress for San Francisco’s Market Street that a half-dozen developers want to build housing and hotels on the long-troubled blocks between Fifth and Eighth streets. Too bad that in...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s Tenant Buy-out Program a Year Later…
Following the Cash (For Keys) in SF Cash for Keys a Year Later How the City Has Changed Since New Landlord-Tenant Buyout Provisions Went Into Effect On our way back from an appointment at City Hall to...
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