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This also from the SFAR Advantage Online e-newsletter: Daly Introduces Two Ordinances Aimed at Rental Property Owners Supervisor Chris Daly has introduced two proposed ordinances that, if passed, will affect rental property owners. One would prohibit owner move in evictions for households with children under the age of 18 and amend the definition of disability […]
…by none other than McGoldrick and Peskin (surprised Daly isn’t in on this one). From the SFAR Advantage Online e-newsletter we Realtors receive, and of course we’re sharing with you: Increases in Rate of Real Property Transfer Tax Rate Proposed Two Supervisors, Aaron Peskin and Jake McGoldrick, have proposed increases in the rate of the […]
We were just informed that it is apparently legal to have a Chicken (less than four) as a “pet” in your home in San Francisco. Hmmm…any restaurant food jokes come to mind? We couldn’t help but to cut and paste (below the break) the entire Section 37: Keeping and Feeding of Small Animals, Poultry, and […]
Okay, so maybe it wasn’t a personal message to me, but I contacted Senator Boxer not too long ago to find out more about her ideas behind helping Californians who are upside down on their homes (actually I was mostly interested in getting the code to post her video directly on the site.) After sifting […]
Some quotes on Senator Barbara Boxer’s April Fools Day Speech/Proposed Bill regarding the housing crisis. “Seven of the top ten foreclosure filing rates nationwide are in California!” “One in every 557 homes nationwide filed for foreclosure.” “Two hundred million dollars in additional funding for housing counselors [proposed].” “When counselors sit down with mortgage holders miracles […]
If you want to see what’s wrong with planning in San Francisco – and how the city suffers as a result – take a stroll down Octavia Boulevard.A year ago, four empty lots along the way were awarded to architects and developers who won a civic competition. Neighborhood leaders helped draw up the rules. They […]
Senate approves $151 Billion Economic Stimulus Bill [Bloomberg.com from Marc Herrenbruck and Kelly McCray] Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage finance companies, will be allowed to buy loans worth as much as $729,750 for loans made between July 31, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2008, an increase over the current $417,000 loan limit, a […]
We just received this email from N.A.R. “The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a stimulus package that raises the FHA and conforming loan limits to as high as $729,750 in high-cost areas. There is speculation that the Senate version of the stimulus package DOES NOT include these increases.” Please contact Senator Barbara Boxer and […]
More than just asking, our readers are telling and we’re posting: I think it’s high time we revisit prop 13. It’s obvious we’ll never be able to balance our budgets in the city and in Sacramento, which is no excuse but the restrictions that prop 13 has levied upon them seem unfair. I am a […]