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2015
Here we are, already at the end of the third quarter, 2015. As I try to do each quarter, I left San Francisco this morning and enjoyed the drive to Inverness, a tiny town on the peninsula of Pt. Reyes National Seashore. The drive is an easy one, leaving San Francisco at 9:30, crossing the Golden ...
09/30/2015
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SOLD - 2922 Belmont Woods Way, Belmont CA 94002Buyers, you have missed this chance to live in prestigious Belmont Woods, high in the hills of Belmont, California. After one one weekend of open houses, 3 offers were received. The seller chose one with which to work, and escrow closed this week.Com...
09/26/2015
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There's a building boom going on in San Francisco. Cranes are everywhere; the cityscape is changing. Old buildings are being renovated; new ones going up. Change comes whether we're ready or not.On Friday the San Francisco Association of Realtors®, in conjunction with the Women's Council of Realt...
09/21/2015
Today is the last Sunday of summer 2015. We're in a midst of a heatwave in San Francisco and the Bay Area -- 89° in San Francisco at 2:15 in the afternoon - and it will get hotter. Quite unusual. My trek to the Farmers' Market at Fort Mason Center this morning was cooler than that, but still I wa...
09/20/2015
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"I think I'll just sell it on my own...."Have you ever heard those words from a homeowner who wants to sell her home? I have on more than one occasion, the latest being a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately, her mother is a friend of mine, and asked me to give some advice to her out-of-area daughter...
09/17/2015
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It's easy to find many "favorite" houses in San Francisco, with the wide variety of architecture and individual styles represented in every neighborhood. These 7 houses never fail to bring a smile to my face as I walk by. They are located in Pacific Heights on Buchanan Street between Jackson and ...
09/16/2015
Mixed in with the drop-dead gorgeous beauty of the San Francisco Bay Area, there's a subtlety to this part of California. San Francisco and San Mateo counties have moderate temperatures due to the influence of the adjacent Pacific Ocean which keeps us cooler in summer and warmer in winter than th...
09/14/2015
Although San Francisco, San Mateo County and the Silicon Valley have no end to activities, sometimes a day trip just feels right. Recently I posted a couple of pictures at the Pinnacles National Park taken back in 2008 with my first cell phone camera, thinking several people might recognize the l...
09/12/2015
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We Californians like our trees. They shade our city streets, increasing property values. They dress up our suburban gardens and can provide a place for our children to swing and climb. In our wild land areas they provide refuge for birds and wildlife, and can hold steep banks in place. Sometimes ...
09/11/2015
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Today's Throwback Thursday photos were two of the very first cell phone photos I took, back in 2008! We were so wowed by this new technology; imagine, a phone that could take a picture!Cell cameras have certainly improved since then, but this scenery remains the same. These photos were taken in w...
09/10/2015
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