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How to Refinance Your Home Even If It’s No Longer Worth Very Much

Posted On: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - 9:59am
Topics: Buyers and Sellers

If you’re current on your mortgage payments but can’t get refinanced because the value of your house has dropped so much, the HARP program can help you.

Mortgage Rates Hit Another New All-Time Low (Yet Again)

Posted On: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 - 9:57am

30-year fixed rate loans hit 4.12 percent last Thursday, shaving off .2 percent from last month’s record-breaking 4.32 percent, amid questions about employment and the state of the economy remain. The 15-year rate fell to 3.33 percent, also a record.

Record Interest Rates Unseen Since the Eisenhower Administration

Posted On: Friday, August 26, 2011 - 6:05pm
Topics: Buyers and Sellers

Well, one positive aspect of our anaemic economy (if it’s any sort of consolation) is that financing a home purchase is more affordable than ever as the interest rates have hit record lows recently.

State of the Market--July

Posted On: Friday, August 26, 2011 - 5:41pm
Tags: san francisco | Topics: Market Statistics

The San Francisco real estate market took its annual holiday in July, with combined SFR and condo sales down 13.9% from June--the third largest drop coming into July since the late ‘80s.

Masonic Target Gets the Green Light

Posted On: Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 9:33am
Tags: Retail Development | Topics: Community Information

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Thursday to allow Target to open a 120,000 sq/ft retail store in the now-defunct Mervyn’s space at Geary and Masonic.

Short Sale in The St. Regis is Half Off, Still $35 Million

Posted On: Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 9:31am
Tags: luxury property | Topics: Community Information

No, that number is not missing a decimal. The six-bed, six-full-bath, nearly 20,000 sq/ft Museum Tower Penthouse in the St. Regis is being sold for an equally mammoth thirty-five million dollars.

Duboce Skatepark Project Given the Go Ahead

Posted On: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 9:29am
Tags: community parks | Topics: Community Information

The vacant land behind Zeitgeist’s Biergarten is not exactly the nicest plot in the city. Once the newly approved skate-park is completed, though, it just might be.

Abodes of San Francisco’s Rich and Famous

Posted On: Monday, July 25, 2011 - 8:58am
Topics: Buyers and Sellers

Plenty of celebrities have called San Francisco home over the years, everybody from the Grateful Dead and Danielle Steel to Charles Manson. NBC has compiled an surprisingly expansive gallery of these famous abodes here which covers both obvious ones like the Painted Ladies featured in “Full House” to more obscure houses like Nick Cage’s place over at Hyde and Francisco. [NBC Bay Area via CurbedSF]

Minimizing Closing Costs is Easier Than You Think

Posted On: Monday, July 25, 2011 - 8:56am
Tags: Closing Costs | Topics: Buyers and Sellers

In addition to our premium priced gasoline and real real estate, San Francisco also boasts the

A Brief Survey of the San Francisco Antiquated Video Store Scene

Posted On: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 2:52pm
Tags: in san francisco

Between Blockbuster’s recent demise and Netflix’s recent price hike, walking to the neighborhood video store doesn’t seem like so much of a trek, does it? While there aren’t many mom-n-pop video shops left in The City, SFist has compiled a comprehensive list of those that remain (all nine of them). [SFist]