Zephyr Blog

The History of Houses

By Kevin Feather

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 9:27am

This blog entry at LaughingSquid.com tells the interesting tale of one house in San Francisco.  There are so many fascinating tales about who lived in a particular house or what event took place there, from Patty Hearst, Bruce Lee, Mark Twain, the Grateful Dead, Joe Dimaggio, Isadora Duncan, or Janis Joplin.

National Numbers Down, But What Are the San Francisco Stats Like?

By Matthew Goulden

Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 1:54pm

Existing home sales dropped 27.2 percent nationally to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.83 million units in July from a downwardly revised 5.26 million in June, and are 25.5 percent below the 5.14 million-unit level in July 2009, according to a report issued today by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

Zephyr After Dark: Thursday Evening Twilight Tour

By Melody Brown

Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 11:03am

Interested in checking out some open houses before the weekend crunch? Stop by tonight's Zephyr After Dark, our 1st and 3rd Thursday evening home tour.

Lower Interest Rates May Be the Problem

By Lee Bender

Tuesday, August 17, 2010 - 5:30pm

It seems The Fed met this past week and decided yet again to keep interest rates at or near zero...

Are Vacation Rentals Doomed?

By Diane Hourany

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 10:18am

Although the city is happy to collect the lucrative hotel tax on vacation rentals, a 30 year old ordinance makes it illegal to rent housing for less than 30 days unless approved by the building department. Supervisor David Chiu hopes to go after those unauthorized vacation rentals in order to increase housing for residents. Read more about it here.

Three New Sub-Districts Created by the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® on its District Map

By Rob Rogers

Friday, August 13, 2010 - 10:03am

On August 10, 2010, the San Francisco Association of REALTORS® published its long-awaited revised district map.  Among other changes, three new sorely needed sub-districts were created.

An Update on the PACE Program

By Greg Gamp

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 11:53am

Finally, the construction is finished on Valencia Street!

By Diane Hourany

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 5:41pm

If you've driven, walked, or rode your bike down Valencia Street during the last year, you've seen all the work being done. Now that it's finished, read about how much it hurt the surrounding businesses.

Zephyr Debuts 28 New San Francisco Neighborhood Videos

By Melody Brown

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 - 5:01pm

San Francisco, CA – August 4, 2010 – Zephyr Real Estate raised the bar in April with the launch of its new website, and continues moving ahead with expanded video profiles of 48 San Francisco neighborhoods.

Market Continues to Show Encouraging Signs

By Dean Catiis

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 6:29pm

Here are several exciting data that show signs of continuing improvement with the real estate market in the past couple of months.

1.  California median home price rises 13.6% - The median price of an existing home in California rose 13.6 percent in June.  C.A.R. President Steve Goddard said “Although we expect sales to be lower in the second half of the year because of the absence of the government stimulus [the federal home buyers tax credit that just