So it looks like Halloween just ain’t going down in the Castro this year. Bummer. I remember my first Halloween in the Castro (long before I was a San Francisco REALTOR®)… I think Foster’s Beer had sponsored it that year or something because I remember drinking many cans of the stuffs and it wasn’t (still isn’t) a beer that I go out and drink by choice.

I don’t remember police barricades, or stabbings, or shootings. But I remember some awesome costumes, including a whole JFK scene complete with a cardboard version of the Lincoln Continental he was shot it [Read more →]

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So the latest market report is in. Sales are down, prices are up, and even though there’s a massive “credit crunch”, the average days on the market for September of 2007 is 37, which means that homes, in this “crappy, scary, collapsing” market are actually selling 4 days faster than last year where the average days on the market was 41.

All in all… the market in San Francisco is cyclical. It goes up, it goes down, and then it goes back up again. January sales increase, they slow down in Spring, pick up at the end of Spring and beginning of summer, the late summer months are slow, and then September and October sales typically jump before [Read more →]

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So if you’re following my steps, you are now pre-approved, and know exactly how much home you can afford in San Francisco.

Now would be a good time to pull out your wish list from Step 1 of Buying the Home That’s Right for You. And take out your loan pre-approval…. now go to your REALTOR®’s office and put together a realistic list of goals that match both [Read more →]

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To my loyal readers (and random readers that visit my San Francisco real estate blog on occassion)… I just wanted to let you know that I haven’t forgotten about you, or about my blog!

I’m a full time San Francisco REALTOR® and a part time San Francisco blogger… and this week, duty calls, so the blogging is on hold. I’m busier than usual, with several properties in escrow, and a few new listings that need to be juggled too… so clients come first, and the blog comes second.

But I wanted to let you know that [Read more →]

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Please join Co-Chairs, Barry R. Lipman and
Merrill L. Magowan "under the canopy" as we…

Journey to the 8th Continent

October 18, 2007
6:30 PM
The Lipman Family Lemur Forest at the San Francisco Zoo
1 Zoo Road - San Francisco, CA

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