http://nativesf.com Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:29:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Outlook and Forecast With buyers returning to the market to take advantage of the discount home prices, government tax credits, and interest rates, the existing home market in California experienced strong sales throughout 2009. As expected, distressed properties generated more interest from buyers because of their deeply discounted prices, but many ... http://nativesf.com/2010/03/15/2009-2010-state-of-the-california-housing-highlights/ San Francisco’s Housing Market Continues to Strengthen Unlike Many Other Areas of the Country Falling inventory levels and strong sales activity in December, 2009, helped to drive continued improvement in San Francisco’s housing market, according to the latest Market Focus report issued jointly by Rosen Consulting Group and the San Francisco ... http://nativesf.com/2010/01/20/san-francisco%e2%80%99s-housing-market-continues-to-strengthen-unlike-many-other-areas-of-the-country/ C.A.R. Green Tip of the Week:  Recycled paint What happens to all the latex paint that is dropped off at hazard waste centers? It’s recycled and is being resold at your local paint distributors, Dunn-Edwards and Kelly-Moore, for instance. Recycled paint sells for less, but the quality and viscosity is augmented ... http://nativesf.com/2010/01/15/green-tip/ We encourage you to read the provisions of the Cap and Trade Bill that has passed the House of Representatives and being considered by the Senate. We are ready to join the next march on Washington! This Congress and whoever on their staffs that write this junk are truly out to ... http://nativesf.com/2009/11/18/a-license-may-be-required-for-your-home-if-this-bill-passes/ var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-11552548-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} Tax Credit Extension Passed according to NAR (National Association of Realtors). I am VERY excited to report from the NAR President that Congress has answered our call to extend and expand ... http://nativesf.com/2009/11/05/tax-credit-extension-passed/ Senators Agree to Extend Tax Credit for First-Time Homebuyers, Expanding It to Repeat Buyers Senator Chris Dodd, D-CT, has been negotiating for several weeks with Senator Johnny Isakson, R-GA., to craft an extended tax credit for homebuyers that would pass the Senate. Last Wednesday, they announced agreement on a bill that ... http://nativesf.com/2009/11/05/part-ii-extend-the-tax-credit/ Tell Congress to Support Economic Recovery and Save First-Time Home Buyer Credit Factoid: Forty percent of first-time California home buyers would not have purchased a home if the federal credit were not offered. Seventy percent said the federal tax credit was “very important” or “most important” in their decision to buy ... http://nativesf.com/2009/11/05/tell-congress-to-support-economic-recovery-and-save-first-time-home-buyer-credit/ On Monday, November 2, 2009, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee will hear a proposal to extend the just cause eviction protection of the rent control ordinance  to tenants residing in rental units built after June 13, 1979.   This proposal has become known to ... http://nativesf.com/2009/10/29/extending-rent-control-watch-out-landlords/ New rules coming soon Beginning Oct. 1, new rules adopted by the Federal Reserve will go into effect, requiring greater diligence on the part of mortgage lenders and brokers who issue high-cost loans for borrowers with less than favorable credit. The interest rates on these loans are at least 1.5 percentage ... http://nativesf.com/2009/10/02/new-lending-rules/ Water Conservation Ordinance Amendments Lawsuit Slogs Along As reported earlier in REALTOR® Advantage Online, the City and County of San Francisco has amended Chapters 12 and 12A of its Housing Code earlier to expand the requirements of the city’s Water Conservation Ordinance. The amendments require the city to provide the public with ... http://nativesf.com/2009/09/17/water-conservation-ordinance-newsoms-proposal-on-sellers-update/