The San Francisco Peninsula Real Estate Blog
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Located San Francisco, California USA
Tags San Francisco Peninsula, San Mateo Real Estate, Burlingame Real Estate, Belmont Real Estate, Redwood City Real Estate, Millbrae Real Estate, Peninsula Realtor, San Francisco
The San Francisco Peninsula blog focuses on life and Real Estate on the San Francisco Peninsula. Home Search, neighborhood news, and things to do -- it's all here!
Latest Blog Posts
- Short sale rates still high in some San Mateo County cities.. on Aug 29, 2009 in Peninsula Real Estate Short Sale Rates Short Sales
Short Sales and the Economy. A good indicator of how the economic recovery is proceeding is to keep tabs on the number of short sales that are taking place. As long as prices are dropping or remaining at depressed levels, you’ll see more shor...
- Flipping Homes is Back in Vogue… on Aug 24, 2009 in Peninsula Real Estate Auctions Flipping Homes Foreclosures
Buy Low, Sell High… Flipping homes hasn’t been a topic that has been discussed much lately because the practice has all but dried up in recent years. Why? There are two elements that have to be present simultaneously for a flipper to be...
- State Budget fix draws heavily from Peninsula cities… on Jul 23, 2009 in Peninsula News Property Tax State Budget
Robbing from Peter to Save Paul The most recent budget proposal out of Sacramento relies heavily on the State Government borrowing property tax revenue from local cities to close the $26B gap that exists today. Cities that have already laid off s...
- New bill aims to ease passage of school parcel taxes… on Jun 13, 2009 in Peninsula Schools San Francisco Peninsula Schools
Tough Threshold Various communities on the Peninsula have tried to get special parcel taxes passed to help prop up the dire financial situations of their respective school districts. Some have been successful (San Carlos), while others have gone...
- San Mateo County Housing Snapshot for April ‘09… on Apr 30, 2009 in Peninsula Real Estate
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- A Trader Joe’s in Hillsdale Mall? on Apr 8, 2009 in Miscellaneous San Mateo Real Estate Hillsdale Mall Trader Joes
According to this article in the Daily Journal (my favorite local newspaper) it could happen. Trader Joes moving to the Mall? According to the article, the location in question is the old Tower/Good Guys building that’s adjacent to the mall and...
- Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac lift moratorium on foreclosures… on Apr 7, 2009 in Mortgage and Finance Fannie Mae Foreclosures Freddie Mac
The Clock Begins Ticking Again… The Washington Independent posted an alarming article this past week that states that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have quietly lifted the moratorium that was in place on foreclosures. The agencies put this mor...
