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S.F. commercial properties seek tax relief

Trophy buildings, including One Market Plaza, Bank of America Center, Crocker Galleria, the Marriott Marquis, the Westin St. Francis and One Sansome Street, lead the list of more than 1,000 commercial properties in San Francisco asking to have their ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bank of America,  Richard Ellis

S.F. nurtures female execs, study finds

Women account for just a handful of top leaders at California's 400 largest public companies, said the study from the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. "Our findings present a disappointing picture: There is only one woman for every nine men in ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yahoo!,  Carol Bartz,  General Motors

Museum touts women's role in global businesses

Representing facets of women's participation in the financial world, the images, along with audio and written commentaries, are part of a new online exhibit from the International Museum of Women, called "Economica, Women and the Global Economy" ( ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wells Fargo

Green Festival features all things eco-friendly

"I'm getting a good feeling, very blissful and relaxed," he said, as he folded his legs into a lotus position. Nearby, several toddlers assiduously shook jars of organic cream to churn it into butter, while a woman wearing a suit made of 500 plastic ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Gaiam, Inc.,  Becca (musician)

Legitimized leasebacks picking up momentum

Last week it gained legitimacy when housing giant Fannie Mae said it would do just that, offering one-year leases at market rates to people who sign over their homes as a deed in lieu of foreclosure. Voluntarily surrendering homes instead of having the ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Fannie Mae,  Federal Reserve,  White House,  Federal Housing Administration,  Center for Economic and Policy Research

Default notices rising in upper echelon ZIPs

In upscale communities such as Los Altos, Greenbrae and Alamo, where median prices top $1 million, about twice as many households received default notices from January to September as in the same period in 2008, according to recorders' office data ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Peter Schiff,  Mark Hanson

Gloomy times for commercial real estate

Values will plunge, vacancies will rise and rents will decrease across all types of commercial property before the market hits bottom in 2010, according to the "Emerging Trends in Real Estate" forecast from the Urban Land Institute and ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: PricewaterhouseCoopers,  Jonathan Miller

Bay Area's wealthy more optimistic, risk-taking

Affluent people in the Bay Area are more aggressive with their investments and more optimistic about the economy's future than their wealthy counterparts elsewhere in the country, according to a report released Wednesday. Affluent Insights Quarterly, ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Merrill Lynch

Suit accuses Pulte Homes of inflating prices

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California, alleges that Pulte's "one-stop shopping" business model, in which it controlled sales, financing, settlement services and appraisals, allowed it to sell homes at inflated prices and give ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Pulte Homes, Inc.,  Steve Berman

Some ZIPs drawing more bidding wars

That underscores the sway that investors and first-time home buyers hold in today's real estate market, where bargain homes bring out multiple bids that drive up the price. The highest offers (measured by sales price-to-list price ratio) were clocked ...

From CAROLYN SAID, San Francisco Chronicle,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: ZipRealty, Inc.,  David Kerr

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