John M. Scott's Blog

San Francisco Market Focus Report – April 2013   The April issue of Market Focus Report, issued by the San Francisco Association of Realtors characterized the market by increasing residential real estate demand and shrinking supply. The lack of inventory has fueled a drastic jump in median home s...

West Portal's 25th Annual Fine Arts and Crafts Show West Portal's 25th Annual Fine Arts and Crafts Show takes place in the heart of San Francisco's West Portal village this weekend April 12-14, 2013 from 10am to 5pm every day on West Portal Avenue between 15th Avenue and Ulloa Street. West Portal...

Avoid Costly Mistakes When Selling Your Home Whether you've lived in your home a short time or a long time, you know it's not just an investment. It's a place of dreams, family memories, backyard barbecues, and a whole lot more. But when you put your home on the market, there are a number of thin...

Quickly / Kobe Bento in West Portal The local TuttiMelon frozen yogurt shop in San Francisco's West Portal Avenue closed awhile back 'for upgrades'. When it reopened it became a Quickly / Kobe Bento shop. It's always fairly busy. There are numerous locations around San Francisco. There have been ...

San Francisco Market Focus Report – March 2013 The March issue of Market Focus Report, issued by the San Francisco Association of Realtors characterized the market by increasing residential real estate demand and shrinking supply, resulting in bidding wars between buyers that continue to send hom...

Google Glass will Change Everything! A number of posts ago I wrote about driving home from San Francisco's East Bay into the City on the Bay Bridge. It never ceases to amaze me as the City comes into view. In that post I said I wish I could record exactly what I was seeing through my eyes, and pl...

San Francisco Market Focus Report – February 2013 The February issue of Market Focus Report, issued by the San Francisco Association of Realtors has San Francisco homes continuing to sell fast and high as inventory drops. The following is an excerpt from the report, and focuses on Single Family H...

Love is in the Air It's that time of year again! Valentines Day. Mating season. I used to live across from West Portal Elementary School, and it seemed we lived on the way of a cross country animal route. Every now and then my Chows would be all excited playing out in the backyard. And I'd have t...

San Francisco Market Focus Report – January 2013 The January  issue of Market Focus Report, issued by the San Francisco Association of Realtors has the San Francisco housing market dealing with strong buyer demand, steadily rising home prices and pockets of robust activity throughout the City. An...

Signs of the Season, in San Francisco Sitting here in my home office today, Sunday December 23, 2012, thinking of recent events and the Winter Solstice and how the world didn't end. Random thoughts.... The office Christmas party was enjoyable, lots of food and wine, and the champagne bottle that ...