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Tag Archives: Real Estate
Housing Affordability Highest in a Generation!
According to the National Association of Realtors’ research (http://alturl.com/aoxoj), the housing affordability index is now higher than it has ever been since the 1970’s. The index stands at about 175%, which means that a family with the median-income is earning … Continue reading
An ABAG Workshop: “Shaken Awake- Creative Ways to Strengthen Housing and Promote Community Resilience in Today’s Economy”
The search words that lead some readers to this blog site indicate that many home owners and home buyers are worried about their vulnerabilities to earthquakes, how to reduce their earthquake risk exposure, what makes a house earthquake-resistant, and how … Continue reading
An Afternoon at Treasure Island
We took a ride to the Treasure Island recently for a pleasant Sunday afternoon. I posted a small slide show on our website about the trip. You can view it here: http://boomerese.com/TreasureIsland.html While you are at it, you may like … Continue reading
A New Location Parameter- “Walkability”
This site http://www.walkscore.com/ lets you calculate the “walkscore” of a location. Interesting concept! It is like the MPG rating for cars and the energy rating for appliances. You may like to check the walkscores when you are looking for real estate.
Your Earthquake Risk Exposure Part II- Seismic Retrofitting
In the previous article, I talked about your earthquake risk that is related to indirect effects of earthquakes on your house, such as liquefaction, tsunamis, flooding caused by dam failures, landslides, firestorms triggered by the earthquake, etc. Your best option … Continue reading
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Value of Remodeling Projects
In earlier posts I talked about the values of energy efficiency and earthquake resistance of your home. But, how about the values of remodeling projects that do not involve structural or energy-efficiency upgrades? Hanley Wood LLC has published national and … Continue reading
My Newsletter
I am developing a monthly newsletter on current real estate trends and related information. I would like my friends, clients, and followers to take a look at the current issue and send me their feedback. I would be very much interested in knowing … Continue reading
Can We Design for Tsunamis?
After writing my last blog, I was expecting someone to ask, “How can you design for a tsunami?” In California we have been designing buildings to resist earthquakes since 1930’s. Over the years our building codes have evolved and improved, … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, Earthquakes, Real Estate, Structural Engineering, Tsunamis
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Seeing, Believing, and Earthquake Preparedness
Since I started this blog about three weeks ago and began writing about earthquakes, value of earthquake resistance, and “buying, selling, and building safe & sound homes in the San Francisco Bay Area” we had two major earthquakes. The Magnitude … Continue reading
You can get $1,000-$4,000 rebate for improving energy efficiency of your home!
A new “Energy Upgrade California” program now offers rebates to home owners who improve energy efficiency of their homes. For basic improvements, the rebate is $1,000. For more extensive improvements, the rebate can be as high as $4,000. The program … Continue reading
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