Last night, I had dinner with a couple of friends at Local Mission Eatery. One of my friends works for a super popular local San Francisco start-up. He casually mentioned to me that he's been hearing from friends and coworkers that the local techie community expects home values to increase in San Francisco and Silicon Valley in the near future because some of our most successful local start-ups have either just had or are about to have their initial public offering (IPO), making many of the … [Read more...]
February 5, 2011 by 1 Comment
Per Inman News – Google drops real estate listings – Search giant cites low use, proliferation of search sites
Kind of interesting. More for us in the industry than the consumer but hey, maybe you'll like it. Reminds me of the ongoing battle between full-service and discount brokers. Even though Redfin and ZipRealty deliver a great online experience, when it comes to the actual transaction, most San Francisco home buyer and sellers realize that they benefit from a real estate agent with full-time experience who will answer their calls, emails and meet with them in person and who has day to day, in the … [Read more...]
January 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Follow SF Real Estate? Keep Your Eyes On the Valley. More VC Dollars Flow to Bay Area.
For a glint of positive news, look south. According to the Wall St. Journal, "Local (San Francisco Bay Area) Start-Ups Snagged a Bigger Slice of the Venture-Capital Pie in 2009." "But even as the overall amount of venture-capital money they pumped into companies declined from 2008, Bay Area start-ups got a bigger slice of the dollars that were deployed. According to research firm VentureSource, start-ups in the Silicon Valley region saw their percentage share grow over the first three quarters … [Read more...]
