As expected, the Farmer’s Market was a hit!  

As an aside, there are more Farmer’s Markets to come in San Francisco, including one coming to the Outer Sunset as well!

Adam also founded the Inner Sunset Neighborhood Group of Facebook, which he still helps run.

Through the Facebook page, several hundred members have a steady stream of information to keep in touch with the Inner Sunset neighborhood. The group also organizes monthly social gatherings, which have gotten a great response since they began last December.

The community is really taking off now. And if you live in the Inner Sunset, I’m sure you’ll enjoy being a part of it!

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At the begining of June, I had a hernia repair surgery (I actually had hernias in a few places.) 

Needless to say, I needed a few days to recover, but honestly, it took me WAY longer than I expected.  

And, in addition to just getting my strength back, I ended up with superficial thrombophlebitis of my right arm (which is basically a giant swollen hardened painful vein.) 

So, in a nutshell, this here San Francisco real estate blog and The City Update(TM) – SF’s Friendliest Real Estate Newsletter were put on hiatus. 

I still worked, but kept it light and made many more phone calls and sent many fewer emails, and unfortunately, put both the blog and the SF newsletter on hold. 

The nice thing?  Many of you actually missed me!  I got several emails asking if everything was ok!  And that folks, reminded me why I do this.

It’s not just about SF real estate, it’s about the relationships I build with my readers – both personal AND virtual. 

Postings will still be light over the next week or so, but both my hernia(s) and the painful vein in my arm are on the mend, so you should be seeing a few more postings here and there, and within another 2–3 weeks, I should be back to my normal posting schedule AND to the regular weekly edition of The City Update(TM) – SF’s Friendliest Real Estate Newsletter. 

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View the city from secret hilltops where butterflies delight via a new adventure booklet

What: Unveiling of new sense-of-place seasonal treasure hunt for San Francisco families

When: This Saturday, June 27th, drop-in between 10 a.m. and noon to pick up a free adventure packet

Where: Starting at the bottom of the colorful mosaic stairway at 16th Avenue and Moraga Street

This summer, a staycation opportunity debuts in the form of a new series of outdoor “sense of place” treasure hunts for families. Urbia Adventure No.1 is being offered for free and guides you to numerous surprises as families work as a team to solve riddle-like clues in a booklet titled “Islands in the Sky.” Adults and children together sharpen their abilities to read the natural landscape features easily missed in this urban environment and enhance their future travels in the city or out in the wild.

Unlike traditional guided tours, Urbia Adventure League offers themed, seasonal adventures-by-mail that allow you to decide when to go and who to bring along. The tools: an adventure booklet, a pencil and a team’s collective wits and senses. The rewards: serendipity, a deeper “sense of place” in San Francisco, and fun team-building. Each journey is an experience to treasure, and a hidden box at the end contains an added reward for finding your way by solving the clues in this new booklet.

Following his recent outing, travel writer Larry Habegger remarked “Finally I discovered that amazing wild land in the heart of the Sunset and got to explore it with my family. My girls can’t wait for our next Urbia adventure.”

Upcoming booklets will explore rocky outcrops near Twin Peaks and a unique „green‟ corridor in the Mission District. Subscriptions to the Urbia Adventure League benefit San Francisco non-profit Nature in the City.

For more information about this new San Francisco tradition, please visit www.urbikids.com or contact Damien Raffa by calling 415.992.8141, or email@urbikids.com.

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It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of sold listings. 

We’ll also be bringing you the last 30 days of new listings in a different blog post. 

Check back next week to see the sold properties stack up. 

Sold Listings 04/22/09 - 05/29/09

Neighborhood	Total Listings	Average Price	Average DOM
Alamo Square	2	$803,500	46
Anza Vista	2	$512,500	95
Balboa Terrace	1	$1,090,000	141
Bayview	5	$300,750	149
Bayview Heights	8	$435,463	116
Bernal Heights	18	$647,972	54
Buena Vista Park	1	$1,280,000	21
Central Richmond	12	$1,094,280	89
Central Sunset	10	$805,200	51
Central Waterfront	2	$692,000	99
Clarendon Heights	1	$2,050,000	56
Corona Heights	4	$1,409,500	52
Cow Hollow	5	$2,574,800	121
Crocker Amazon	6	$447,833	131
Diamond Heights	2	$827,500	47
Downtown	2	$3,117,500	92
Duboce Triangle	4	$882,250	79
Eureka V./Dolores Hts	15	$1,212,267	53
Excelsior	10	$564,980	53
Financial District	3	$365,000	140
Forest Hill	1	$1,125,000	74
Forest Hill Extension	1	$609,000	136
Forest Knolls	1	$710,000	48
Glen Park	3	$822,417	37
Golden Gate Heights	2	$1,100,000	112
Haight Ashbury	8	$902,500	50
Hayes Valley	3	$850,333	92
Hunters Point	1	$395,000	248
Ingleside	1	$390,000	61
Ingleside Heights	8	$402,688	54
Inner Mission	18	$694,139	88
Inner Parkside	1	$622,000	81
Inner Richmond	9	$766,556	121
Inner Sunset	6	$755,167	54
Lake	2	$1,913,750	80
Lake Shore	2	$1,091,500	21
Lakeside	1	$905,000	79
Laurel Heights	1	$1,217,000	46
Lone Mountain	2	$708,750	49
Lower Pacific Heights	4	$622,434	53
Marina	8	$1,626,250	83
Merced Heights	3	$573,333	33
Midtown Terrace	2	$841,500	33
Miraloma Park	9	$798,667	58
Mission Bay	1	$430,000	23
Mission Dolores	5	$703,200	54
Mission Terrace	3	$538,333	79
Nob Hill	7	$589,143	87
Noe Valley	27	$961,537	63
North Panhandle	8	$955,500	66
North Waterfront	3	$676,667	61
Oceanview	3	$429,967	167
Outer Mission	2	$562,500	141
Outer Parkside	6	$643,667	65
Outer Richmond	8	$838,813	82
Outer Sunset	4	$603,500	45
Pacific Heights	19	$1,887,842	70
Parkside	14	$728,000	53
Parnassus/Ashbury Hts	3	$686,667	63
Portola	5	$501,440	60
Potrero Hill	13	$859,385	87
Presidio Heights	6	$2,260,833	49
Russian Hill	13	$1,593,923	97
Sea Cliff	1	$2,100,000	121
Silver Terrace	6	$461,833	84
South Beach	15	$904,767	73
South of Market	15	$799,067	64
Sunnyside	3	$578,000	19
Telegraph Hill	2	$602,500	88
Tenderloin	1	$257,000	77
Twin Peaks	5	$402,380	160
Van Ness/Civic Center	3	$980,000	125
Visitacion Valley	9	$413,667	60
West Portal	2	$725,000	35
Western Addition	1	$270,000	36
Westwood Park	3	$811,667	39

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It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of new listings. 

We’ll also be bringing you the last 30 days of sold listings in a different blog post. 

Check back next week to see the listings stack up. 

New Listings 04/22/09 - 05/29/09

Neighborhood	Total Listings	Average Price
Alamo Square	3	$746,000
Anza Vista	1	$1,999,999
Bayview	20	$1,021,780
Bayview Heights	10	$445,726
Bernal Heights	32	$814,587
Buena Vista Park	4	$1,273,500
Central Richmond	24	$1,081,083
Central Sunset	5	$851,580
Central Waterfront	8	$599,193
Clarendon Heights	2	$2,617,500
Corona Heights	6	$1,344,333
Cow Hollow	12	$1,948,583
Crocker Amazon	7	$538,721
Diamond Heights	3	$758,667
Downtown	22	$1,399,318
Duboce Triangle	5	$1,021,000
Eureka V./Dolores Hts	13	$1,283,231
Excelsior	14	$553,536
Financial District	4	$2,361,000
Forest Hill	3	$1,928,333
Forest Hill Extension	3	$895,000
Forest Knolls	3	$502,333
Glen Park	17	$933,493
Golden Gate Heights	2	$1,219,500
Haight Ashbury	10	$988,600
Hayes Valley	11	$1,213,355
Ingleside	6	$750,833
Ingleside Heights	12	$371,731
Ingleside Terrace	2	$1,223,500
Inner Mission	34	$967,144
Inner Parkside	1	$848,000
Inner Richmond	17	$1,292,588
Inner Sunset	10	$819,188
Lake	18	$990,778
Lake Shore	5	$997,000
Laurel Heights	2	$2,247,500
Lone Mountain	4	$828,238
Lower Pacific Heights	14	$1,037,643
Marina	18	$1,631,278
Merced Heights	2	$604,000
Merced Manor	2	$949,000
Midtown Terrace	1	$805,000
Miraloma Park	7	$891,214
Mission Bay	8	$770,863
Mission Dolores	6	$747,000
Mission Terrace	8	$592,975
Monterey Heights	2	$1,885,000
Mount Davidson Manor	2	$1,036,000
Nob Hill	30	$1,524,233
Noe Valley	38	$1,098,737
North Panhandle	12	$982,750
North Waterfront	5	$812,800
Oceanview	4	$495,725
Outer Mission	7	$642,114
Outer Parkside	6	$673,250
Outer Richmond	16	$1,016,181
Outer Sunset	12	$806,074
Pacific Heights	27	$2,383,370
Parkside	4	$687,750
Parnassus/Ashbury Hts	3	$1,480,333
Portola	8	$618,250
Potrero Hill	25	$905,810
Presidio Heights	12	$3,967,417
Russian Hill	27	$1,227,037
Sea Cliff	2	$3,995,000
Silver Terrace	7	$513,557
South Beach	25	$1,161,036
South of Market	59	$845,747
St. Francis Wood	4	$2,603,500
Sunnyside	7	$686,767
Telegraph Hill	13	$2,501,077
Tenderloin	5	$3,439,600
Twin Peaks	2	$577,500
Van Ness/Civic Center	17	$654,035
Visitacion Valley	14	$567,355
West Portal	1	$825,000
Western Addition	5	$719,200
Westwood Highlands	2	$1,072,500

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If you know me, you know I’m not a morning person. Yet, I was at the San Diego Association of Realtors to improve my Realtor skill set at 7:45am.  Six cups of coffee later, I made it through the day. 

I’m here to take a class for my Certified Residential Specialist designation, and today and tomorrow - I’m here to learn more about listing strategies - which basically means that I’m here to help San Francisco homeowners sell their homes faster and for more money.

At least that’s the idea. Sellers will still have to be realistic, but having a fabulous real estate agent (like me) working with them will improve their odds of a smooth, quick and trouble free sale. 

Postings will continue to be light until next week, but I promise to provide new info next week – some of which was sparked by ideas discussed  in today’s class.

And in the meantime, if you have a SF house, condo or TIC you’d like to talk about selling, give me a holler – I’ll be happy to put my imrpoved skills to use marketing and selling your San Francisco home. 

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How to Recycle Your Old Toilet, originally uploaded on by LubaSF

It’s Photo Friday again here on Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog! 

I’ve got another work weekend ahead of me, selling consulations, showing buyers properties and generally catching up from this past week’s worth of work.  But since I love what I do for a living, it’s a little easier to swallow.

This week’s photo was shot by yours truly – and it’s the best use I’ve seen for an old toilet yet!  Love the ingenuity of SF residents!

Don’t forget to check back next week for another glimpse of San Francisco as seen through the eyes of Flickr’s photogs.

And if you’d like to throw your photos into the pool of candidates for my SF Photo Friday collection, tag your SF Photos from Flickr with LubaSF.

Happy Friday!

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It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of sold listings. 

We’ll also be bringing you the last 30 days of new listings in a different blog post. 

Check back next week to see the sold properties stack up. 

Sold Listings 04/14/09 - 05/14/09

Neighborhood	Total Listings	Average Price	Average DOM
Alamo Square	1	$777,000	29
Balboa Terrace	1	$1,090,000	141
Bayview	6	$304,792	132
Bayview Heights	7	$444,600	104
Bernal Heights	17	$640,882	56
Central Richmond	7	$1,063,429	118
Central Sunset	3	$826,000	40
Central Waterfront	2	$604,500	88
Corona Heights	3	$952,667	50
Cow Hollow	5	$1,825,000	121
Crocker Amazon	5	$464,400	83
Diamond Heights	2	$827,500	47
Downtown	2	$3,117,500	92
Duboce Triangle	4	$759,750	50
Eureka V./Dolores Hts	12	$966,008	46
Excelsior	12	$528,983	64
Financial District	3	$365,000	140
Forest Hill	2	$1,245,000	70
Glen Park	4	$820,250	44
Golden Gate Heights	1	$870,000	85
Haight Ashbury	5	$562,000	70
Hayes Valley	3	$800,333	90
Ingleside	1	$390,000	61
Ingleside Heights	7	$364,429	64
Inner Mission	10	$727,900	91
Inner Parkside	2	$781,000	54
Inner Richmond	7	$764,714	106
Inner Sunset	7	$815,714	33
Lake	3	$1,304,500	55
Lake Shore	2	$1,091,500	21
Lakeside	1	$905,000	79
Laurel Heights	2	$1,016,000	37
Lone Mountain	3	$1,204,167	51
Lower Pacific Heights	6	$860,956	48
Marina	9	$1,830,000	74
Merced Heights	1	$580,000	28
Midtown Terrace	2	$841,500	33
Miraloma Park	7	$809,714	55
Mission Bay	2	$514,950	72
Mission Dolores	5	$706,200	54
Mission Terrace	1	$480,000	6
Nob Hill	5	$551,800	77
Noe Valley	20	$1,099,825	72
North Panhandle	4	$702,500	77
North Waterfront	3	$794,667	41
Oceanview	3	$435,000	227
Outer Mission	2	$562,500	141
Outer Parkside	6	$643,667	65
Outer Richmond	6	$839,833	61
Outer Sunset	2	$655,500	45
Pacific Heights	15	$2,409,000	71
Parkside	13	$757,077	46
Parnassus/Ashbury Hts	3	$686,667	63
Portola	4	$447,300	62
Potrero Hill	11	$817,182	112
Presidio Heights	6	$2,467,500	55
Russian Hill	12	$1,706,667	103
Silver Terrace	7	$496,747	87
South Beach	14	$902,393	72
South of Market	19	$777,474	62
St. Francis Wood	1	$2,150,000	277
Sunnyside	3	$626,333	58
Telegraph Hill	2	$731,000	100
Twin Peaks	4	$385,725	165
Van Ness/Civic Center	5	$911,880	97
Visitacion Valley	6	$432,833	82
West Portal	1	$965,000	31
Westwood Highlands	1	$689,500	36
Westwood Park	2	$757,500	52

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It’s a rolling average of the last 30 days of new listings. 

We’ll also be bringing you the last 30 days of sold listings in a different blog post. 

Check back next week to see the listings stack up. 

New Listings 04/14/09 - 05/14/09

Neighborhood	Total Listings	Average Price
Alamo Square	4	$720,750
Anza Vista	1	$319,999
Bayview	17	$1,054,312
Bayview Heights	6	$418,483
Bernal Heights	23	$849,556
Buena Vista Park	4	$1,228,250
Central Richmond	23	$1,082,478
Central Sunset	9	$847,811
Central Waterfront	8	$607,967
Clarendon Heights	1	$3,485,000
Corona Heights	8	$1,386,750
Cow Hollow	12	$2,254,492
Crocker Amazon	3	$675,717
Diamond Heights	5	$845,800
Downtown	20	$1,211,200
Duboce Triangle	5	$889,800
Eureka V./Dolores Hts	13	$1,210,607
Excelsior	6	$485,583
Financial District	4	$1,368,750
Forest Hill	1	$1,395,000
Forest Knolls	1	$549,000
Glen Park	7	$928,714
Golden Gate Heights	3	$1,212,333
Haight Ashbury	11	$867,727
Hayes Valley	7	$870,714
Ingleside	4	$487,000
Ingleside Heights	5	$333,305
Inner Mission	30	$709,633
Inner Parkside	4	$847,000
Inner Richmond	10	$1,004,200
Inner Sunset	13	$971,606
Lake	18	$944,722
Lake Shore	2	$800,000
Lakeside	2	$1,314,500
Laurel Heights	2	$1,135,000
Lone Mountain	2	$832,475
Lower Pacific Heights	16	$1,299,033
Marina	17	$1,645,176
Merced Heights	1	$449,900
Merced Manor	1	$799,000
Midtown Terrace	2	$762,000
Miraloma Park	8	$825,938
Mission Bay	5	$710,580
Mission Dolores	7	$724,286
Mission Terrace	3	$732,333
Monterey Heights	2	$1,722,000
Mount Davidson Manor	1	$947,000
Nob Hill	19	$1,527,316
Noe Valley	30	$1,145,100
North Panhandle	19	$1,045,789
North Waterfront	10	$840,700
Oceanview	1	$475,000
Outer Mission	5	$632,780
Outer Parkside	8	$678,688
Outer Richmond	14	$989,929
Outer Sunset	9	$696,444
Pacific Heights	25	$2,649,152
Parkside	7	$731,429
Parnassus/Ashbury Hts	5	$1,247,800
Portola	4	$550,250
Potrero Hill	24	$859,329
Presidio Heights	12	$4,259,500
Russian Hill	22	$1,306,864
Sea Cliff	1	$5,995,000
Sherwood Forest	1	$899,000
Silver Terrace	4	$462,000
South Beach	21	$923,276
South of Market	53	$851,365
St. Francis Wood	5	$2,129,200
Sunnyside	9	$738,989
Telegraph Hill	11	$2,362,545
Tenderloin	3	$4,590,000
Twin Peaks	4	$702,250
Van Ness/Civic Center	14	$676,429
Visitacion Valley	6	$747,667
West Portal	4	$898,250
Western Addition	2	$506,500
Westwood Highlands	1	$650,000

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Heres’s a little glimpse of the report:

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