Editorial on protests at UC Berkeley Nov 21, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009. It almost feels like 1968 again. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
The Bargain Hunter: Early holiday deals Nov 19, 2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009. You'll want to clip this column, mark your calendars, and have it at the ready so you don't miss the great shopping opportunities starting this week. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Cal kicker's up-and-down season Nov 18, 2009
Hill & Co. Real Estate. Dear Tom and Ray: My husband actually said this: "If you ask Click and Clack, and they say I did something wrong, I'll stop doing it.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Five Places: As green as it gets Nov 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009. Sure, just about everyone has hopped on the theoretical green train (electric powered and eco-friendly, of course). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Saturday stargazing at Lawrence Hall of Science Nov 12, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009. It's been 400 years since Galileo first pointed his telescope to the sky to look at the stars, and what better way to celebrate this International Year of Astronomy than by having a look at Jupiter, the planet that so mesmerized the great Italian astronomer. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Magic Tricks on the Corporate Books Nov 3, 2009
With many markets like real estate drying up and buyers fleeing, the exercise isn't an exact science ... The fear is that companies may be relying on inflated estimates for all sorts of assets, including contracts, commodities, and real estate. (BusinessWeek)
S.F.-area home prices inch upward, report says Oct 28, 2009
In recent months, the lower-end home prices, coupled with low interest rates and the looming Nov. 30 end date for the tax credit, have drawn a lot of buyers, according to Bay Area real estate brokers. Congress is considering extending the credit. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Credit quick fixes should raise warning flag Oct 19, 2009
Tracy Ballard, president of Successful Credit Service, often participated in real estate investment seminars across the country, according to the FTC, and obtained large numbers of clients from those sessions ... FromMcGuire Real Estate. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nicolas Cage sues former biz manager Oct 17, 2009
"Instead of protecting and preserving Cage's wealth during one of the greatest economic periods in the country's history, Levin placed Cage in numerous highly speculative and risky real estate investments, resulting in Cage suffering catastrophic losses," the lawsuit states. Levin served as Cage's business manager from 2001 to 2008 and collected millions of dollars in management fees, court documents state. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Study: Bully bosses feel inadequate Oct 15, 2009
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You Have Real Estate Questions? We Have Answers Oct 14, 2009
You Have Real Estate Questions ... Real Estate News October 13, 2009, 10:43AM EST ... You Have Real Estate Questions. (BusinessWeek)
Signs of life at Mission Bay Oct 8, 2009
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Signs of life in Mission Bay real estate market Oct 8, 2009
(10-07) 18:15 PDT -- A growing online gaming company is negotiating to lease a vacant waterfront building at Mission Bay, and a biotech firm announced Friday that it will relocate nearby, indicating that the development area is making progress and possibly signaling that San Francisco's commercial real estate market is correcting ... Boutwell said the Mission Bay activity is coming along while data compiled by his company shows that the amount of newly vacated office space in San Francisco has... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Davis calls energy crisis over Oct 8, 2009
State of emergency, in effect since '01, revoked. Friday, November 14, 2003. (Yahoo News -- Utility Industry Deregulation)
Korea's On-the-Go Electric-Car Experiment Sep 30, 2009
Project coordinator Song Min Choul at KAIST argues that laying power strips underground would be less costly than building charging stations in big cities where real estate prices are exorbitantly high. "Investing in charging stations in cities doesn't make any business sense as electricity prices are too cheap to recoup investment," Song says. (BusinessWeek)
Report: Bill could create up to 1.9M jobs Sep 30, 2009
UC Berkeley: Clean energy bill could create up to 1. 9M jobs - The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
Homes slow, median price falls in August Sep 18, 2009
The number of homes sold in the Bay Area declined in August, and the median sales price fell by about $33,000 compared with the previous month, as the bulk of transactions occurred in the lower price range, according to a real estate report released Thursday ... "If you're trying to decide whether to rent or buy right now and you're looking at lower-priced homes, in a lot of instances you're better off buying," said Glen Bell, a real estate agent with Keller Williams in Berkeley. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Home prices' big role as crisis hit state hard Sep 16, 2009
"Lehman was a symptom of the bubble bursting in housing and credit in general, as much as it was a cause for the even worse consequences that followed," said Ken Rosen, chair of the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics at UC Berkeley ... More ominously, Yellen said weak spending and a sluggish recovery could lead to "a financial contagion" of commercial real estate defaults that would hurt small and medium-size banks. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Phillips Hill: How a painter turned to Pinot Sep 14, 2009
The vibe: Set up more like a gallery than a tasting room, the former real estate office is a showcase for Toby Hill's work - both art and wine. The front porch with its climbing clematis and wicker furniture is as inviting as a cool glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Protesters Want UC Berkeley Law Professor Fired Aug 18, 2009
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July data recall risk of recession's double-dip Aug 15, 2009
Those chiefly involved in the $280 million project are San Francisco real estate developer Carmel Partners Inc., Sausalito's urban planning and design company SWA Group, Chevron Energy Solutions and PG. Any news like this, of course, is good news. (San Francisco Chronicle)
July data recall risk of recession's double-dip Aug 14, 2009
Those chiefly involved in the $280 million project are San Francisco real estate developer Carmel Partners Inc., Sausalito's urban planning and design company SWA Group, Chevron Corp.'s Clean Energy Solutions Group and PG. Any news like this, of course, is good news. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Water project could boost Stumphole into prime lake residential location Aug 11, 2009
Bringing water to the rural Calhoun County Stumphole community near Lake Marion is touted by real estate, county government and economic development leaders as a way to revitalize what has been a relatively underdeveloped area ... Santee's Courtesy Realty broker associate and 30-year Realtor Bob Hickman said in his many years in real estate, he has always seen the upper part of the lake in Calhoun County as ripe for growth ... Calhoun County Council Chairman David Summers champions... (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
The Grapevine: A sample of Napa's finest Jul 30, 2009
No question you've got to invest some serious money to get to that point, and Harlan's real estate savvy -- he founded San Francisco's Pacific Union Company back in 1985 -- has provided the wherewithal to achieve their dream. (2 of 2). (Florida Today)
Berkeley cottage Jul 29, 2009
Listing: Melody Hultgren, McGuire Real Estate, , (415) 601-6915. Viewing: 1-4 p.m. today. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Weird News)
Summer traffic up for Google, down for Microsoft Jul 14, 2009
Knol will only increase the time spent on Google real estate. The analysis is fine. (Yahoo News -- Internet and WWW)
PG&E blackouts last longer than elsewhere Jun 16, 2009
Cal Tabucchi, 66, taught junior high school in Los Gatos for 28 years and sold real estate for the next 10 years. Armies of new Avon ladies, Mary Kay reps and Tupperware sellers are advancing on living rooms across. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Dairy farmers ponder production cut Jun 16, 2009
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Privacy study shows Googles eyes are everywhere Jun 3, 2009
Privacy study shows Googles eyes are everywhere - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle). for free extra services. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Helen, Sanford Diller fund UCSF cancer center Jun 2, 2009
Helen Samuels is now Helen Diller and - with her husband, real estate developer Sanford Diller - has become one of the great philanthropists of the Bay Area. Tuesday marks the opening of a new cancer research facility at Mission Bay, named after Helen Diller and made possible by the family's $35 million gift. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Saudis freeze one of richest billionaires' accounts Jun 1, 2009
The conglomerate has interests in construction, real estate, hospitals, financial services and education. S week revised its outlook on Saad Group to negative from stable because of its increased real estate exposure. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Parents Who Talk Too Much May 14, 2009
As I on the occasion of Judith Warner's 2005 contribution to the cause, (which earned her prime blogging real estate at the New York Times), if there is a contemporary myth of motherhood, it is that we continue to mythologize self-sacrificial maternity. Decades of disgruntled nurturers, culminating in self-proclaimed slacker moms busy at their keyboards, have given "mommy mystique" new meaning: These days, seems to have become a parenting accessory almost as essential as Baby Bjrns to the... (Slate)
Sites offer further ways to cut travel costs May 10, 2009
Some of them (like my daughter's series, the Pauline Frommer Guides) place a great emphasis on finding little-known local real estate brokers who rent rooms in private apartments to transient visitors. And the great advantage of such a service is that third-party intermediaries - namely, these specialist brokers or apartment-finders - are there to vet and guarantee the suitability of the room you rent. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
500,000 lost health insurance, report says Apr 3, 2009
FromIntero Real Estate ... Despite a tattered economy and grim real estate market, every month more than 5,000 people buy a house in the Bay Area. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Councilwoman JoAnne Mounce: We need to talk to ‘average Joes’ Mar 26, 2009
" The real estate bubble in Lodi was caused by all the morons who believed they could "get rich quick" like the rest of their neighbors, yet ignored simple economics and logic. "$400,000 for an 800 sq. ft. house on a $40,0000/yr salary ... edumacation wrote on Mar 25, 2009 7:05 PM:" Bohica 9:58 Thats how my business works. I always make a profit. When the economy changes my gross profit changes, but my margin doesn't change much. I have to admit my margin does increase with a decrease in sales,... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Make Obama's home rescue plan a home run Mar 11, 2009
We can aid strapped homeowners responsibly. from the March 11, 2009 edition. (Christian Science Monitor)
How subsidy cuts would affect homeowners Mar 9, 2009
Joe Robson, chairman of the National Association of Home Builders, said "financing health care reforms by chipping away at the mortgage interest and real estate tax deductions ... will only hurt the ailing housing market and U.S. economy." No trade group has offered specific projections of price or sales reductions attributable to the cutbacks, however. Is there a longer-range plan here. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Watertown Youth Hockey Mar 6, 2009
The Delaney-Venezia Real Estate Bantams split their weekend games in two low-scoring defensive games. Burlington tallied the game winner with just over two minutes to go in a 2-1 loss last Friday night. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
New England solar installer enters California market Feb 19, 2009
San Jose Real Estate ... Stay up to date on the latest news from within the commercial real estate industry. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
All of science owes debt to Darwin Feb 11, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009. The shy young naturalist Charles Darwin, who voyaged around the world aboard HMS Beagle and became the bearded sage of rational scientific thought, is having a birthday this week - his 200th - and celebrations have already begun throughout the Bay Area, and indeed on every continent. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
