June 30, 2017
100 Bay Area Private Companies Ranked by Fiscal year 2016 companywide revenue Locally Researched by: Julia Cooper, San Francisco Business Times Jun 30, 2017, 3:00am PDT We rank Bay Area private companies by companywide revenue in fiscal year 2016. All together, the top 100 generated $93 billion in revenue combined. Read on San Francisco Business Times
June 29, 2017
Striking elegance awaits in Woodside Twice a week, The Chronicle features a home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. More photos: www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough Address: 481 W. Maple Way, Woodside Asking price: $5.395 million Description: Crisp lines, soaring ceilings, sweeping vistas and sunny spaces define this new construction in Woodside. Sited on more than an acre, it includes an expansive main home beside a ...more
June 27, 2017
Landmark Filbert Cottage asks $4.49 million Historic 110-year old Russian Hill home under goes dramatic renovation The four simple Russian Hill homes known as the Filbert Cottages pull an awful lot of water with San Francisco preservationists despite their humble origins. As Noe Hill notes in its landmark profile of the structures, “They were built just after the 1906 earthquake, [when] the high demand for housing ...more
June 27, 2017
First Look: Chic Earthquake Cottage on Russian Hill, $4.5M Where: 1338 Filbert Street, Unit D, Russian Hill Asking: $4,499,000 What: Earthquake Cottages, the sturdy little redwood structures that sprouted up all over San Francisco as emergency housing after the 1906 earthquake and fire, are much admired as a symbol of the town’s legendary grit. Most are gone; the remaining ones are landmarked, and now this unique quartet, long ...more
June 26, 2017
5 Bay Area beach houses to keep you cool all summer Surf and home turf Photos via Pacific Union 37711 Breaker Reach Road – Sea Ranch A 1971 Charles Moore gem, featured in the New York Times and Dwell Magazine, comes in a three beds, four and a half baths, and 2,442 square feet. Multiple levels, wood accents, angles, and steel beams highlight this home. Asking is $2,875,000.
June 26, 2017
Here are 10 Bay Area ZIP codes where home values went down last month You’ve probably been reading about the latest round of record home prices in the Bay Area. A report issued last week by the CoreLogic real estate information service showed that single-family homes in the nine-county region reached yet another all-time peak in May: $818,000, up 8.9 percent from a year earlier. ...more
June 22, 2017
Bay Area home prices vault to all-time high But sales remained subpar, reflecting low housing supply There they go again: Bay Area home prices soared in May to a record high for the second straight month, as springtime buyers hit the streets. Motivated buyers drove up home prices to ‘wacky’ levels in an eBay-like auction on the Peninsula, while home sellers in gentrifying neighborhoods around ...more
June 21, 2017
Transbay Transit Center: Everything you need to know about it Towering terminus humanizes neighborhood skyline by giving San Franciscans a rooftop park and event space While the South Beach and Yerba Buena neighborhoods have grown up (and up, and up) over recent years, the new Transbay Transit Center—would-be crown jewel of the neighborhood and linchpin of a transportation network that will, should all go according to plan, one day stretch ...more
June 21, 2017
The company’s “Best Buyer” report enables agents to show sellers which types of people are most likely to buy their property given recent market activity. Pacific Union on Inman Brokerage’s ‘Best Buyer’ report gives agents tactical marketing advice On the web http://www.pacificunion.com Read more about the nomination on Iman
June 21, 2017
Richard Dorman-designed post-and-beam comes full circle in Sherman Oaks Originally designed by architect Richard Dorman, this Midcentury home in the Sherman Oaks Estates neighborhood has a new lease on life thanks to a recent restoration by artist Chris Salay. Vintage tongue-and-groove ceilings and Terrazzo floors blend with such updates as new cabinetry and fixtures in the bathrooms and kitchen. Walls of glass and windows take ...more
