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According to NPR Marketplace, “Last week, rates on 30-year-fixed mortgages hit their lowest levels in four months after surpassing 7% in October. The volatility in mortgage rates caused by Federal Reserve interest rate policy, among other factors, has cooled the U.S. housing market in some cities more than others…For an on-the-ground look at how it’s played out in markets disrupted

Writings about residential real estate and all things home, by Cynthia Cummins 

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Twice or thrice in my adult life, I’ve been inadvertently brilliant when it comes to a home décor choice. You know what they say: “Necessity is the mother of invention.”

For example, I placed a side table on top of a capped drain for

Once again, here’s the real estate news you’ve been waiting for!

“Money is the best deodorant” ~ Elizabeth Taylor

If you’re sweating the current economic climate, you’re not alone. It’s been a roller-coaster year and that ride is likely to continue. Buried in the middle of the second section of this newsletter (and visible in the median growth chart) is

Writings about residential real estate and all things home, by Cynthia Cummins 

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I’ve been accused of being the sole cause of the housing crisis in San Francisco. (Would it were so! I’d instantly change my ways and save everybody a whole lot of heartache.)

I’ve received phone calls attacking me for being greedy and sleazy. I’ve

Writings about residential real estate and all things home, by Cynthia Cummins 

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“…losing loveIs like a window in your heart Everybody sees you’re blown apart Everybody sees the wind blow”~ Paul Simon, from Graceland

There’s nothing quite so heartening as representing home buyers or sellers when they’re IN LOVE with their new partner and the promise of

Writings about real estate and all things “home,” by our Kindred SF Homes associates.

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In case nobody told you, San Francisco can be quite windy. With all that sun and fog and fresh ocean air comes a bracing breeze that ebbs and flows like the tides of the bay. Here is Kindred associate Lisa Riddle’s take

Writings about residential real estate and all things home, by Cynthia Cummins 

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Let’s start with books (an example that always gets folks all worked up): Throw away your books, I say. 

And in reply, if I’ve heard it once I’ve heard it a hundred times: “You can’t just throw away a book! That’s uhholy! Unthinkable! Books are