$1 million a month to rent this massive vacation home
The Hamptons is one of the most expensive vacation destinations in the U.S., with prices for prime rentals during the summer rising every year. But, as Forbes reports, there are now a handful of homes...
View ArticleRobin Williams’ $30 million estate returns to market
Villa Sorriso, the 640-acre estate commissioned by comedian Robin Williams in the early 2000s,is back on the market this month. After an attempt to sell the property in 2012 for $35 million failed to...
View ArticleZynga’s Mark Pincus lists unstaged Gold Coast mansion for $18 million
Zynga cofounder Mark Pincus recently listed his 11,500-square-foot San Francisco mansion for $18 million, or $2 million more than he bought it for in 2012. It’s rare to see a home of this size and...
View ArticleOakland’s Uptown named 2014′s best neighborhood
Looks like former Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown’s 10K Housing Initiative has really paid off. Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood was recently named the number one “great neighborhood” in the country by the...
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Sheryl Sandberg’s Atherton mansion sells for $9.25 million
(Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg just leaned in to close the sale of her 7-bedroom, 8.5-bath Atherton mansion for $9.25 million—just over $1 million shy of its...
View ArticleA 330-sq-ft former earthquake cottage in Telegraph Hill sells for $765K
When the refugee camps began closing a year after the big 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fires, anyone with a mule and a piece of land could take a U.S. Army-built earthquake shack and make it a...
View Article$195-million SoCal compound is the country’s most expensive listing
A new listing in Beverly Hills has set the record for the most expensive listing in the country at $195 million—you know, since $200 million would just be ridiculous. The 25-acre compound has its own...
View Article‘Princess Diaries’ house finally sells after multiple price drops
The former San Francisco firehouse that served as Mia’s funky home in “The Princess Diaries” has finally sold for $1.85 million, after coming to market back in October 2014 for $2.6 million. The 1911...
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Do you ‘Like’ Randi Zuckerberg’s $5.488-million Los Altos home?
Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has recently listed her colorful Los Altos home for $5.488 million, according to Realtor.com. Though the exterior of the 2006 Georgian mansion...
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Real-estate rumble: Steph Curry vs. LeBron James
We still don’t know who will come out on top as the Warriors and the Cavaliers continue to battle in the NBA Finals, but at least Trulia has made its pick for biggest “baller” in the world of real...
View ArticleAlmost $7 million for former firehouse in SF’s Noe Valley
Sound the alarm! A former fire station in San Francisco’s Noe Valley is now on the market for just under $7 million. The over-6,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1909 and served as the home...
View ArticleSan Francisco real estate ‘overvalued’ according to new report
As San Francisco home prices continue to rise, a new report is calling the local market “overvalued” by about 16 percent. Prices continue to go up in many markets throughout the country, but home...
View ArticleBill would give renters similar tax break to homeowners
Homeowners have long been able to deduct their mortgage payment interest as well as their property taxes from their federal tax bills. But now renters may be able to get in on some sizable housing...
View ArticleOutrageous Beverly Hills spec house asks $150 million
Featuring 10 bedrooms, 20 bathrooms, 38,000 square feet, a movie theater complex, parking for 60 cars and not just a spa but a spa level, 301 Carolwood Drive in Los Angeles has just come to market...
View ArticleCheck out Bernie Sanders’ rustic new lakefront summer home, his third house
Bernie Sanders may not be the Democratic nominee, but the lack of campaign duties this summer aught to give him plenty of time to enjoy his new lakefront home in the small town of North Hero, Vermont....
View ArticleS.F. and Berkeley tie for last in home affordability in nationwide survey
In San Francisco and Berkeley, homebuyers need to spend a higher percentage of their incomes to buy a home than buyers in almost any other city in the country. The cities tied for last place in...
View ArticleWill housing prices hit a new high if weed is legalized?
Could prices in the Bay Area go even higher if recreational marijuana is legalized this November? The answer could be yes, according to a new study that found an average eight percent increase in...
View ArticleBuy a whole New England island for the price of an S.F. teardown
In San Francisco, $850,000 can get you a dilapidated cottage in a nice neighborhood. But just off the shores of Burlington, Vermont, that price could get you your own private eight-acre island,...
View ArticleS.F. lost almost $450 million in revenue last year thanks to Prop. 13
Californians saved about $12.5 billion in taxes in 2015 due to Proposition 13, according to a new study from Trulia. The study looked at how much tax payers would have owed last year if voters had not...
View ArticleHomes in most neighborhoods with a high percentage of gay residents are...
[See image gallery at blog.ctnews.com] Neighborhoods with a high-percentage of gay residents should be feeling a lot of pride this month—particularly in their housing prices. A survey compiled by...
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