Archive for March, 2010Cirios Trends — March 2010In this month’s Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities, check out: The State of the Markets: March 3, 2010 How much selling is on the horizon? Feature: Protect Your Investment with a 1031 Exchange Keep the tax man off your back. Around the Bay: Local News Bites Goings on that move markets. Zip [...] The State of the Markets – March 3, 2010This post first appeared in the March edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. Last month, we discussed the role confidence plays in the housing market. The better Americans feel about the economy (using the stock market as a barometer of the country’s economic fortunes), the more likely they are to go [...] Feature: Protect Your Investment with a 1031 ExchangeThis post first appeared in the March edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. Given the historic home price declines seen in the past four years, few investors have been focused on deferring taxes on real estate gains because, let’s face it, there just haven’t been many gains. However, as investors begin [...] Around the Bay: Local News BitesThis post first appeared in the March edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. San Francisco Building Owners Sell Winners, Keep Sinners (San Francisco Business Times) There’s an old saying on Wall Street that you shouldn’t sell your winners to finance your sinners. Landlords in San Francisco, apparently, didn’t get the message. [...] Zip Code Spotlight – San Bruno (94066)This post first appeared in the March edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. This month’s zip code spotlight moves to what can truly be called the heart of the San Francisco Peninsula. Nestled between South San Francisco and Burlingame, San Bruno is a suburban haven only minutes from the city. Homes [...] Cirios Opportunities: Betting on San BrunoThis post first appeared in the March edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. Opportunity Overview:2730 Sherwood Dr., San Bruno, CA 94066 For many people familiar with the Bay Area, the Peninsula is a place where only the wealthy can afford to live. And while this holds true for most areas, there [...] Talking Charts: Local Market AnalysisThis post first appeared in the March edition of: Cirios Trends: In Search of Real Estate Opportunities. As the infamous “Summer Buying Season” looms a few months out, it remains to be seen whether or not recent market strength can continue. In a way, the housing market has been turned on its head in the [...] |