December 2007

A Very Cool Graphic

I love this graphic depiction of the various San Francisco districts! Kudos to:  http://www.orkposters.com/index.html . It’s unusual and informative at the same time. I would like to see something like this drawn up for each Bay Area county. I would LOVE to see something like this for other places in Northern California. At first glance […]

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Why the Median Is Misleading

Everytime I read news articles about the latest home sales stats, it never fails to quote the latest median home price. And as each new data point for the prior month gets released, the median number fluctuates – as it should. Sometimes, the difference from the month prior is not too noticeable and sometimes it

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Oakland Recent Sales

Oakland continues to see homes closing. This past week, a total of 47 homes closed, with homes in the 300k and 400k range taking the largest share of overall sales (10 and 9 respectively) and homes in the 500k, 600k, and 700k ranges each selling equally (6 total per range). For some reason, 0 homes

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A Piedmont Property Puzzle

Well, I’ve done a little detective work on that property I told you about last week, 751 Kingston, that may or may not be in the City of Piedmont. However the answers I’ve come up with are only leading to more questions. Since I couldn’t find anything online to clarify the exact street borders for Piedmont, I resorted to an

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2007 Real Estate Headline News in Review

Real estate dominated business and economic headlines in 2007.  The stories were good, bad and ugly.  Sometimes frightening and sometimes exciting, but always intriguing.  For buyers, it was hopeful; for sellers, grim.  For a while it looked like decent investment opportunities might sprout up in front yards and on wall street. January – Homeowners Cut Prices, Drawing Some

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