2008

  Photo from Disney.com It seems the catch phrase of last week was “stimulus plan.”  No matter where you turned the word was catching up with you – it was on the TV news, radio, heck, even the Presidential candidates rang in their thoughts during the respective debates.  Both parties have finally agreed that we’re

Cooling real estate means some houses, even in seemingly bubble-burst-proof SF, see many a day on the market. You’d think then that the owners would be more interested in making a deal to get rid of these, their albatrosses. I know that such deal-making-readiness is not always the case, but those curmudgeon type owners will likely

Despite the rain coming down this whole past week and the flood warnings arising from a closely watched creek, the housing market was relatively active this week in Marin. Based on the saved searches I have on My Redfin, daily wrap ups populate my inbox with price updates, status updates and new listings.  And it seems like these daily

A headline on Thursday’s Tustin News of the OC Register caught my eye (and stomach), “Old Tustin Garage gives way to restaurant.” Taking an old service garage and converting it into a restaurant sounds like a messy job. However, to Tim DiCinces, Beach Pit BBQ owner, it was an obvious choice. He says, “I’ve had