http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate The latest news brought to you by MySpace! Sat, 17 May 2008 06:02:05 GMT http://newscdn.myspace.com/web.2.14/content/springwidget/sfrealestate.xml http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17483455 From the press release issued by the SF Labor Council: The San Francisco Labor Council, along with its community and interfaith partners, ACORN (Association for Community Organizations for Reform Now) and SFOP (San Francisco Organizing Project) have reached a Curbed: SF Sat, 17 May 2008 04:30:21 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17483455 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17475372 One was from RealtyTrac, a Web site in Southern California that lists foreclosures and issues monthly market reports on the state of foreclosure in the 50 states. Foreclosures.com found that nationwide pre-foreclosures — those homes that have fallen into SFGate.com.com: Surreal Estate Fri, 16 May 2008 20:36:20 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17475372 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17477424 May 16, 2008 Washington Mutual Goes With The Flow To Tighten HELOC Lending Three months ago we let you know it was coming. Last week Wells Fargo made the move (tightening local lending standards for HELOCs). And according to the San Francisco Business Times, SocketSite Fri, 16 May 2008 22:14:08 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17477424 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17474880 Well, at least when it came to his 80,000-square-foot Palm Beach mansion on County Road, which it looks like Donald Trump will be able to sell for his $100 million asking price. The Palm Beach Post reported this week that the oceanfront mansion is under Hot Property Fri, 16 May 2008 20:34:19 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17474880 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17471533 U.C. Berkeley economist Kenneth Rosen at a conference last week said we're in recession already and that there is a 45 percent chance for a deep recession, which could mean the loss of 4 million jobs and a rise in the unemployment rate to 7 percent. Rosen InmanBlog Fri, 16 May 2008 19:41:17 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17471533 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459892 San Francisco Real Estate Blog. Max Black - Prairie Fire New York - The depressed housing market is now attracting buyers who look at boarded-up homes, rising foreclosures, and falling values and see, not disaster, but a rich opportunity. While the buying The SF Real Estate Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459892 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17432189 population in 2007 Thousands of new technology industry and other professional jobs and a burst of new housing construction attracted more new residents to San Francisco in 2007 than in any year in nearly a decade and drove the city’s population to a Burbed Thu, 15 May 2008 17:35:28 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17432189 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17474423 Klassy with a "K" at Pac Heights Zebra Zoo Friday, May 16, 2008, by Sarah Hromack Recall 1979 Broadway, whose "classic, elegant" interior was the subject of yesterday's vote: Classy, or trashy? we asked, noting the preponderance of animal skin coverings and Curbed: SF Fri, 16 May 2008 20:43:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17474423 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17477423 What many people already know about 2820 Scott Street (the 2008 Decorator Showcase house): it was a boarding house prior to being purchased by the Paige family in December of 2005 for “much less” than its list price of $8,500,000; it has been undergoing a SocketSite Fri, 16 May 2008 22:14:08 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17477423 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17435185 Other Upcoming BMR Units: BMR Ownership Units Bayview: 4343 3rd Street, 4343 03rd Street, 94124, Ownership Units: 2 three-bdrms units at 100% median income Financial District: 74 New Montgomery Street, 94105, Ownership Units: 4 studios, 5 one-bdrms, 2 two-bdrms units at 100% median income Mission San Francisco Real Estate Thu, 15 May 2008 18:31:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17435185 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17470891 The rise was fueled by a 40.5% leap in construction starts on multifamily homes of five or more units – a monthly statistic that is notoriously volatile (April’s increase followed a 35% decrease in March and a 24% increase in February). Single-family home Hot Property Fri, 16 May 2008 18:49:24 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17470891 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459893 Max Black - Prairie Fire WASHINGTON -- Home construction turned up unexpectedly in April and showed surprising vigor, making the biggest increase in two years. However, the increase was driven by a surge in multi-family housing, while single-family starts The SF Real Estate Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459893 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17476154 The fire was fairly localized, and the response was immense... There were a number of full-length hook and ladders responding (I counted at least 8 units on scene and we could hear more) and the police arrived shortly thereafter to block accessing streets Curbed: SF Fri, 16 May 2008 22:05:47 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17476154 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17457709 Frankly, I think this is an amazing example of how generous some Bay Area sellers are. For example, this seller realizes that some people simply need to negotiate in order to feel good about their purchase - so that they feel that they did their due Burbed Fri, 16 May 2008 12:35:11 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17457709 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459695 May 16, 2008 Fannie To Drop Blanket Policy, Roll Out Tighter Underwriting Algorithm As of June 1, Fannie Mae will drop its blanket "bigger down payment in declining market policy" as it rolls out a new algorithm to better screen loans at the individual level. SocketSite Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:10 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459695 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17477658 Friday PM Linkage Friday, May 16, 2008, by Sarah Hromack · Seeking true accounts of Bike to Work Day. [CBS 5] · Happy gays shut down happy Castro on the happiest day ever. [Jameth] · New home for California high speed rail. [Curbed LA] · Fannie cools out with the down payments. Curbed: SF Fri, 16 May 2008 22:40:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17477658 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17443829 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would provide the funding protect taxpayers against anticipated losses from a $300 billion expansion of FHA loan guarantee programs, under a compromise being worked out today between Senate lawmakers, Reuters reports. The InmanBlog Thu, 15 May 2008 22:31:16 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17443829 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17433098 As a Realtor I send virtually all loan questions directly to lenders I like... today that's more important than ever because the loan environment seems to be changing on an almost daily basis. Here's an update I received via email from a lender I trust to work hard on the behalf of Buyers: From San Francisco Real Estate Thu, 15 May 2008 17:40:00 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17433098 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459891 San Francisco Real Estate Blog. It's every bit as interesting as Curbed, the New York Real Estate blog. Max Black - Prairie Fire Record temps are on tap for this weekend, and this listing couldn’t have hit the radar at a better time. This stunning two-level New York style penthouse loft comes with The SF Real Estate Blog Fri, 16 May 2008 13:14:26 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17459891 http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17476155 Curbed National: Crack Rocks, Blob Walls, Small Spaces Friday, May 16, 2008, by Sarah Hromack Let us now take a very visual look at the latest architecture and design news as revealed on our sister sites, Curbed LA and Curbed NY, this week. 1) LA: Listen, Curbed: SF Fri, 16 May 2008 20:57:46 GMT http://news.myspace.com/business/sfrealestate/item/17476155