Kyle Kirk's Blog Posts
Condo conversion is a hot topic in San Francisco. It almost always comes up with new clients and those browsing through open houses. It’s a rhetoric so typical, I can sometimes forget not everyone knows how it works. Here are some of the basics:
two unit buildings (with a clean eviction history)Â by-pass the condo lottery and may [...]
Just the facts:
Here is data for December 2008 of Single Family Homes and Condos. You may ask: ‘Why the lag time in seeing December data this far into January’? The MLS is, for the greater part, data input by its subscribers and agents. While the listing date or closing date is specific, the data is [...]
Just the facts:
For you data junkies out there, here are charts of condo sales, prices and inventory data for November 2008. This data is highly customizable (districts, neighborhoods, time-frames, etc). I’ll plan to post the city-wide condo data on a monthly basis but upon request can easily post data that is more specific if folks [...]
Motive: Something (as a need or desire) that causes a person to act. “Merriam-Webster”
In today’s market, it is more important than ever for a buyer to have an understanding of the seller’s motivation:
Does the seller have to sell? Maybe they have been relocated with their job. Perhaps their family has grown and they need [...]