Bay Area Market Update

9 04 2008

A recent Forbes Magazine article ranked the Top Ten Best Cities for Home Sellers.  San Jose and San Francisco were at the top of the list.  The article points out that San Jose and San Francisco came out on top because they fit the profile of a sellers’ market–low inventory rates that were still shrinking, good job creation, a large scale cutback in new home construction and a boost in the credit market from new Fannie and Freddie loan limits.  This fits neatly with what we’ve been saying for weeks now and reinforces the fact that real estate is local, and national headlines about the real estate market simply don’t apply to every market.  It also helps to explain why the majority of our open houses remain so busy. 





Disney Family museum coming to the Presidio

9 04 2008

 

Disney fans around the world have been waiting on tenterhooks for the Walt Disney Family Museum to expand from its virtual home on Disney.com to a physical presence on San Francisco’s Presidio. The Insider recently got a chance to chat with Ray Chung, Project Architect and Manager with the Rockwell Group, which is handling the design of the “bricks and mortar” Museum. Although it will be months before the Museum is open to visitors, Ray was able to give us a look at what it will be like. Here’s what he told us:

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http://disney.go.com/inside/mainattraction/080408/index.html