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Renter Beware! Scammers turn their sights on the humble apartment seeker

SFGate: Surreal Estate — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:28:10 +0000

Amid the crumbling ruins of the nation's real estate market, San Francisco's rental market appears strangely immune to reality. According to CraigStats, a Web site which crunches information from Craigslist about the San Francisco rental market, median rents...

Is inclusionary zoning providing our much needed affordable housing?

SFGate: Surreal Estate — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:26:36 +0000

Now that the housing markets are softening, it's worth stepping back and looking at what we can learn from this insane boom-bust cycle. Specifically — despite the madcap development rush in the Bay Area — where are we in terms of providing...

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Is inclusionary zoning providing our much needed affordable housing?

SFGate: Surreal Estate — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:40:13 +0000

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A seller triumphs in a bad micro-market’s micro-bloodbath

SFGate: Surreal Estate — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:18:51 +0000

In typical broad-brush stories about the real estate market, facts spring from statistics culled from a vast number of listings. For this reason, real estate agents often feel their experience in the trenches isn't reflected in the media. Each home is...

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What one agent did to sell a house in today’s market

SFGate: Surreal Estate — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:04:40 +0000

In the old economy, real estate professionals used to boast about how well they were able to help buyers find the right home, make the right offer, get the right loan. In those days, when there were multiple offers for every two-bit shack in the hood, homes "...

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