Massive Housing Plan at UCSF's Laurel Heights Campus

Massive housing plan at UCSF's Laurel Heights campus could turn to Gov.-elect Newsom for help


A plan to develop more than 500 homes and about 100,000 square feet of retail and office space on UCSF’s Laurel Heights campus has hit a major snare as opponents have successfully made the modernist building at its core eligible for historic registry.


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Compass’ October 2018 Real Estate Update

SAN FRANCISCO — SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES

San Francisco single-family home shoppers had more properties to choose from than they did last October.


SAN FRANCISCO — CONDOMINIUMS

Annual appreciation for San Francisco condominiums was nearly identical to single-family homes.

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San Francisco Real Estate Update and Local Events Newsletter

Your Weekend Getaway Guide and Your Local Real Estate Update. Check-out our Newsletter @bethanywpatten

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Donate to bring Thanksgiving to Oroville

Donate to bring Thanksgiving to Oroville. Many were devastated by the destruction of the Camp Fire has brought. 


We all know the joy of filling a home with good food and good company—it's heartbreaking that thousands in Oroville are heading into Thanksgiving reeling with grief, in shock, and displaced. If you're able, please place a donation today to help bring a Thanksgiving meal to those displaced by the Camp Fire. All proceeds will go to getting those meals to Oroville.


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The U.S. Housing Market: Despite a Demographic Push, Proceed With Caution

What's in store for U.S. and California housing markets over the next three years? Pacific Union Chief Economist Selma Hepp offers highlights of an annual forecast from John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Read more @bethanywpatten

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Deck the Hall 2018

The best holiday concert for kids is back on 12/2! Join me in supporting Bay Area music education at #DeckTheHall2018 for festive crafts, games and music at @sfsymphony. Sing along to carols and enjoy unforgettable acts by @BeachBlanketSF. Don't miss it! @bethanywpatten

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More Evidence That Generation Z Will Become Active Homebuyers

THE YOUNGEST GROUP OF AMERICANS ARE ALREADY SAVING MONEY FOR A HOME
Several months after a survey found that more than 80 percent of Generation Z plan to purchase real estate in the next five years, another shows that they are backing up that talk by actively saving money for a down payment.

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San Francisco Newsletter November 9-11, 2018

Fun, Family-Friendly Weekend Getaway! This is the time to relax & enjoy. Check-out our Newsletter on what's happening from November 9-11. You will see a lists of fun, family-friendly events for a weekend getaway that you will surely enjoy with your love ones.


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Bay Area Households Are the Nation’s Best at Sticking to a Budget

• San Jose residents ranks as America’s best for living within their means, thanks to having the country’s lowest debt not related to housing and smallest revolving credit usage.
• San Francisco places No. 2 for budget consciousness, with annual incomes that are more than $30,000 higher than the national median.
• Homeowners in all six of the California cities included in the analysis have mortgage-debt-to-income balances higher than 100 percent.

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Election results 2018: Voters Reject Rent-Control Expansion

Proposition 10 trounced nearly 2-1 at the ballot box. Read more on the @bethanywpatten


California voters soundly rejected Proposition 10 on Tuesday night, electing to preserve the state’s 1995 Costa-Hawkins Act and its profound restrictions on local rent control laws.


The California secretary of state’s office reported Tuesday night that an estimated 64 percent of California voters voted no on Proposition 10, which if passed would have allowed city governments to potentially expand rent controlled housing stock for the first time in over 20 years.

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PLEASE VOTE NO ON PROP 10

"PLEASE VOTE NO ON PROP 10". Proposition 10 is a statewide ballot initiative in the November 2018 election that aims to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Housing Act. While Proposition 10 has become a polarizing issue, it is critically important to understand what it does and does not do. Read more on the @bethanywpatten

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Is it a stretch to say Prop. 10’s rent control is bad economics?

(Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)


Simply put, the economic concept of “elasticity” is in play with Prop. 10. This theory measures what a consumer may do when faced with changes in the price of a product or service. Or how far you’d rationally stretch your budget to buy something.


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