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From the source: The San Francisco housing market continued to show promising signs of recovery through October 2009. Pending single family home sales jumped to 271 homes in October 2009, which represents a 30% increase in the number of pending sales month over month and a 58% increase year over year. Although greater scrutiny in [...]

Is it us, or does the San Francisco Association of Realtors just like to make things complicated (Remember the Token Code?) www.SFRAO.com is a new web site developed by the Association to provide detailed information on tweets broadcast by the Association. It is shown as a link at the end of each tweet that requires [...]

Painful: The Commerce Department said on Wednesday housing starts dropped 10.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 529,000 units, the lowest level since April and the percentage drop was the biggest since January. Financial markets had expected starts to rise to 600,000 units. September’s housing starts were revised upwards to a 592,000 unit [...]

If you haven’t noticed, our Sexiest Bay Area Realtor 2009 Contest is now accepting your nominees and they’re streaming in! Keep them coming (theFrontSteps@gmail.com). It’s funny, usually we get very simple emails with just the name and picture of the nominees, but every so often we get a few that are just too good to [...]

It’s that time of year again. The real estate market slows, agents are out getting in shape and looking sexier with every deal they frantically chase down, and we here at theFrontSteps like to throw a little contest in their honor. That’s right, it’s time for our third annual Sexiest Realtor In San Francisco Contest. [...]

Apparently Mr. Kirkpatrick has failed repeatedly to remove his Open House signs, so our reader sent us this picture in an effort to light a fire under his a$$ (no pun intended). We’d be willing to bet it works. [Update: One day later, we're told the signs are gone. Funny how that works...]

Intercepted from inter-office emails: Great News, We are now offering Fannie’s new HomePath loan program! Let your clients know these improved loan terms to generate new business. Essentially, the program has the clients using Fannie loans to buy foreclosed properties owned by Fannie, therefore Fannie gives improved loan terms to the buyer. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: -97% [...]

If we had a penny for how many times we get asked to provide sales comps for clients/readers that are hoping to lower their property taxes, and how many times we get asked for tips on how to be successful doing so, we’d be millionaires! So, the “Financial Samurai” has come to our rescue by [...]

The data is in and it’s true, the grass is not greener in the ‘burbs, and yet another reason to get thee to the city. “A new report released today by the ULI Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing finds that the average Bay Area household spends more than $41,000 a year – nearly 60 percent [...]