2008

“By 1900, with 37,000 lodgers, the South End was the nation’s largest rooming-house district–a drab, dismal quarter which one social worker called ‘the city wilderness.’ Its once peaceful squares were now hemmed in by sooty factories, noisy machine shops, dusty brickyards, grim warehouses, and the incessant rumble of trucks and steam engines.” J Anthony Lucas […]

Before we get to today’s post, let me point out that Redfin rolled out its new version today. New fonts, new layout, much larger map, the addition of eAppraisal.com, as well as nearby similar listings and sales, and listing price history. Redfin got it right with these new additions. It gives you even more information

A comment on my last post on 6th Street got me thinking: how much does safety come in to your plans for home ownership? Are you more interested in a safe ‘hood than a swanky kitchen? You might have to decide: a lot of the new loft type condos are going up in the SOMA

Just how do you measure a bubble? LA Times blogger Peter Viles is reporting on the S&P/Case-Shiller housing price index results.  The news is not surprising, home prices are falling.  If you haven’t figured that out you’ve been sitting under a rock.  But just how do you measure a bubble? My 3 year old uses