Tag Archives: Bay Area

Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument

Posted on April 14, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Colma is a small town in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. Last time I checked, the population was just under 1,500 people… if you don’t count the more than one million souls interred there in the twenty … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threshold

Posted on April 4, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

I’ve lost my dictionary… the hard bound one! What a world! What a world! The weekly challenge is to portray Threshold: a pivotal moment where change occurs (my definition since I’m lacking substantive support from Messrs: Merriam and Webster). Well, … Continue reading →

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Property Inspection

Posted on April 2, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

As an appraiser I get to visit all sorts of properties and see things most people don’t experience in their lifetime. Recently, I got to see the inside of Candlestick Park in San Francisco. Not as an appraiser, but as … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life

Posted on March 28, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years. That span includes a number of years in downtown San Francisco just west of Union Square. When you live in the center of a region populated by more … Continue reading →

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What’s At The End Of The Tunnel?

Posted on March 23, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area remain stuck in a narrow range. The past nine months has seen the stabilization of the market in price but based on unusually low sales volume. The all-homes median price was $540,000 … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside

Posted on March 15, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Okay, so sometimes you have to be an insider to get an inside joke/comment. If you live in or near San Francisco you probably understand the difference between inside the Golden Gate (in the San Francisco Bay) and outside the … Continue reading →

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Lost In The Fog

Posted on February 27, 2014 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

January home sales in the Bay Area followed the year-end December trend. We seem to be lost in the fog. Prices keep rising with a 26%+ increase on a year-over-year basis but sales volume dropped nearly 15% over the same … Continue reading →

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Like So Much Blue Sky

Posted on August 24, 2013 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

What’s up with the Golden State? Employers have been talking about hiring but for the second month in a row the employment figure for the Bay Area has dipped below the trendline (see July 2013 data in Bay Area Employment … Continue reading →

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SF Bay Housing May 2013

Posted on June 23, 2013 by JN Real Estate Appraisal & Valuation Services

Added a new page with a table and chart I compile on median home prices in the nine county SF Bay Area. Home prices dipped during and after the 2007-2009 recession and the median figure in many counties was pounded … Continue reading →

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