Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

In the Know for December 7th 2015 — A Decidedly December Market Shows What’s to Come in 2016!

Which Page Street building is selling for $5.5M? What will 2016 SF real estate look like and which new development is offering discounts for its buyers now? Take a read below for those items and much more valuable insider information in the latest edition of In the Know with Kevin+Jonathan….

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December 5, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Chinese Pull Back From U.S. Property Investments – WSJ

Real-estate consultants and brokers say the pullback likely is temporary. Many Chinese view U.S. real estate as not only a good investment…

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December 5, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Some Families Earn Six Figures and Still Need Help With the Rent – WSJ

Many places around the country are grappling with how to address the need for more housing that’s affordable for people like teachers,…

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December 4, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Weak Canadian Dollar Shifts U.S. Home Purchases – WSJ

For the first time, Chinese have overtaken Canadians as the biggest foreign purchasers of U.S. property by total number of transactions, accounting…

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December 1, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

U.S. Housing Can Withstand Rate Rise – WSJ

The U.S. Federal Reserve isn’t exactly poised to crash the house party. Low interest rates, steady job gains and improving household finances…

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October Observations:  The SF Realtors Release October Sales Figures: Houses Cheaper; Condos Higher.

The SF Realtors Release Monthly Sales Figures That Show Houses Are (Relatively) Cheaper Than Last Year, But Condo Prices Are Up October…

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September 30, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | Measuring Monetary Policy’s Effect on House Prices

From the San Francisco Federal Reserve’s President Policy Letter from August 2015:  First, monetary policy actions have sizable and significant effects on…

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September 18, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

S.F. Planning Commission backs 5th and Mission development – SFGate

After a raucous nine-hour hearing during which hundreds of members of the public weighed in and deputy sheriffs were called to remove…

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September 6, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

That’s a Lot of Goodwill: Sticker shock for city as Mid-Market project price rises to $327M — San Francisco Business Times

San Francisco could pay as much as $327 million for a 466,000-square-foot office development in the Mid-Market area, according to real estate…

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September 6, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Paramount Group will build 130-unit residential tower at 75 Howard next to the Embarcadero – San Francisco Business Times

After years of political and financial maneuvers that tinkered with heights and affordable housing schemes, New York-based Paramount Group got the green…

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Hatchbeat: September’s Full House of San Francisco Real Estate: Kevin’s Hatchbeat Column

September is the time when San Francisco’s real estate market wakes up from its summer hibernation especially after Labor Day. Kevin Ho, Vanguard Properties and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties discuss how this September may be different from past ones for buyers and sellers of real estate.

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August 19, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Fed Minutes Show Caution in Discussion on Rates – The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials want to see more evidence the economy is in good health before they start to raise interest…

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