http://www.lubasf.com/blog The Friendliest Blog about San Francisco Real Estate Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:24:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1372" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Connect with Luba's Real Estate Blog on Facebook"][/caption] I'm sure you're noticed the blogging here has been getting less and less frequent.  And had as I try to keep up, life sort of keeps getting in the way of posting. But - I've realized that's not really a ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/1373.php Happy Friday, Folks! Thought I'd share a fun, and not too well known (at least not yet) site that features some AWESOME San Francisco T-shirts. The site is www.gangsofsanfrancisco.com and their shirts rock! From the site's "about me" page: Gangs of San Francisco is a one man operation out of San Francisco's Outer Richmond. ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/gangs-of-san-francisco-on-a-t-shirt.php I hate meter reading day.  In fact, my alarm just went off to notify me that it's time for me to call PG&E and give them my gas & electricity meter reading.  But, I hate meter reading day.  Sometimes, I forget.  And the rest of the time, it's just a pain ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/pge-san-franciscos-big-bad-wolf.php So I got a GREAT email from Plan C.  And while I usually love to add my two cents, they pretty much said it ALL for me.  So here it is, verbatim, for your condo conversion supporting pleasure: We have good news to report regarding the proposed one time "condo bypass" ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/more-news-on-san-francisco-pay-to-play-condo-converstion-policy.php So you may have noticed I have been MIA for a while.  Some of you sent sweet emails asking if everything was OK.  Big hugs to you! :-) Some of you sent crappy emails telling me you were never reading my blog again since I hadn't posted in a while.  No hard ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/and-were-back.php So sales of homes in San Francisco are well, moving like hotcakes, at least relative to the last year or two.  Socketsite reported that "recorded home sales volume in San Francisco was up 50.6% on a year-over-year basis last month" and that "median sales price in March was $675,000, up 11.0% compared ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/dolla-dolla-billz-changing-the-san-francisco-real-estate-game.php   Good news my earth loving, tree hugging, composting, recycling, reusing San Franciscans!  From the San Francisco Association of Realtors: San Francisco Homeowners Have New Way to Pay for Going Green San Francisco homeowners have a new way of paying for solar panels, energy-efficient appliances and low-flow toilets. A new city-run program, GreenFinanceSF, will give San ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/spend-less-green-to-go-more-green-in-san-francisco.php Yet again, Luba’s San Francisco Real Estate Blog brings you latest San Francisco Real Estate market report here. (You can also view previous market updates by selecting the archives on the upper right portion of the screen). Heres’s a little glimpse of the report: Property Sales up Sharply in March ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/march-2010-san-francisco-housing-sales-data-is-here.php On this wet and rainy Monday, I thought I'd share a refreshing little listing that put the "real" back in "realtor!" :-) Real estate agents are known for some serious fluff in our marketing pieces.  We use words like "cozy" when we mean "tiny".  Or we say it has "potential" when we ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/getting-real-truth-in-advertising.php Want to know know what sold in San Francisco in the last 30 days? Sign up for The City Update(TM) - San Francisco's Friendliest Newsletter. You'll get the details, and then some, in your inbox (almost) every Friday. If you just want the round numbers, you can check them out below. Sold ... http://www.lubasf.com/blog/30-days-of-sold-san-francisco-properties.php