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REAL ESTATE
With $9M price tag, ‘glass’ house in Portola Valley is priciest sale of the week
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Portola Valley and Woodside. Home sales are provided by California Resource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from counties’ recorder’s offices. Information is recorded from deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks. Here’s a look at home sales activity between June 4-21 that was made public the week of July 15.
Opinion: More affordable housing means a more vibrant Palo Alto
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My neighbor and his wife purchased their home in Palo Alto over 40 years ago. At the time, he was a history teacher at Menlo Atherton High School, and she taught English. During his 35 years of teaching, he helped coach the boys basketball team at Palo Alto High School, and she became a writing tutor for local students. They raised their two children here as they taught our neighborhood kids. Today, with the rising cost of housing, it’s unlikely that two local public-school teachers could purchase or rent a home in this neighborhood and live here as an integrated part of the community. Instead, our local teachers often commute over an hour each way from Santa Cruz or Half Moon Bay, and our community loses the sense of neighborhood and belonging that happens when those who work in the area can also afford to live here.
Laurene Powell Jobs buys 17,300-square-foot San Francisco mansion for $70 million
Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, acquired a sprawling mansion in San Francisco’s Billionaires Row. The historic 17,300-square-foot estate reportedly cost $70 million, setting a new record for the most expensive home purchase in San Francisco. Powell Jobs is known for her leadership of the Emerson Collective, her founding of the Steve Jobs Archive, and her acquisition of The Atlantic magazine.
The salaries you'd need to afford iconic TV and movie homes from 'Full House', 'The Godfather' and more
This year, the Chicago-area house from "Home Alone" and the iconic "Full House" townhouse in San Francisco hit the market with asking prices in the millions. If you've ever wondered what it would cost to own the properties from some of your favorite movies and TV shows like "Scarface", "Mean Girls", "Twilight" and "The Sopranos" — or if you'd ever be able to afford it — a recent study has some answers.
Forsooth! For sale! Ye olde San Francisco house listing goes viral
SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco features some of the ritziest homes in the country and it has some unique real estate jewels but none of them may compare to one particular property in the city's Miraloma Park neighborhood.The 3 bedroom, 1 /2 bath home was built in 1930. Moss-green, velvety couches, crossbows, swords and countless other medieval items are carefully placed throughout the homeIn the first week on the market, roughly 650 people have showed up to take a tour."We have a little half-bath," said listing agent. Charlie Mader. "There's a feature that has taken the internet by storm. The...
‘No pizzazz’: Instagram co-founder’s new cube-shaped mansion gets ratioed by neighbors
Residents of a San Francisco neighborhood known as one of the hottest real estate spots for tech executives are not thrilled about the latest abode under construction. The cube-shaped mansion at 801 Sanchez St. sits on a hilltop in picturesque Dolores Heights, and its stark, geometric design has upset residents who say it doesn’t fit in with the character of the neighborhood, where narrow, shingled cottages and Victorians are rubbing shoulders with the nouveau-riche dwellings.
Former Black Panther leader’s $80M affordable housing development opens in Oakland
Elaine Brown is a former Black Panther Party leader who has ventured into affordable housing projects. According to NBC Bay Area, she has led efforts to raise $80 million to open a 79-unit apartment complex in Oakland, CA, for low-income and formerly incarcerated residents. The project has been named The...
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