Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:41 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:40:41 -0700 NBC Owned Television Stations http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Swanky-Woodside-Mansion-Helping-Feed-Seniors-207006341.html Sun, 12 May 2013 07:04:16 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/voluteershowcasehouse.jpg
Walking through the stately Woodside mansion, its rooms decorated by the hippest of designers, a view of the vast forested valley beyond its windows, the last notion anyone would think of is going hungry.

Photo Credit: Joe Rosato Jr.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Horse-Bike-and-Rafting-on-the-Yosemite-Chopping-Block-199394251.html Thu, 21 Mar 2013 13:45:11 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/yosemite10.jpg
Yosemite National Park faces a huge overhaul that could put some of the park's family favorites out of business, NBC Bay Area reported. The National Park Service has proposed changes that are intended...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Yosemite-National-Park-Images-199389631.html Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:40:21 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/183*120/664084_8.jpg
It is one of the reason the Golden State is one of the most popular places to visit in the world.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/real-estate/George-Lucas-Has-Plan-For-Sport-Basement/195778161 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:11:43 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/sportsbasementforjoe.jpg
There are lots of bids for the future of San Francisco's Presidio. Joe Rosato Jr. reports on the idea that comes from filmmaker George Lucas.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Hillsborough-Man-Lists-100-Million-Mansion----But-Hell-Live-There-Til-He-DiesLife-estate-sale-means--192376751.html Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:28:30 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/220*120/100millionestate.jpg
Luxury real estate agents are informing very patient, very well-to-do buyers of a rare opportunity to buy a huge mansion in Hillsborough -- and wait till the 76-year old owner dies before a move-in is possible.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Mission--191288891.html Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:23:10 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Closet+door.jpg
SFist brings us this sad tale of a few "grown-ass men" all under 30, who want you to rent their "sweet" closet for $1,000 a month.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/New-Future-for-San-Franciscos-Bayview-Hunters-Point-Neighborhood-186399481.html Fri, 11 Jan 2013 07:57:07 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/sfproject.jpg
A total of 107 completed units are expected by May

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/San-Jose-Airport-Opens-Club-Lounge-to-Public-186229351.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:18:06 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/170*120/sm-SJC-2.jpg
Airport passengers flying through the San Jose airport have a new option when it comes to long layovers or delayed flights.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/A-New-Philosophy-for-San-Franciscos-Forgotten-Park-185627742.html Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:33:57 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/rosatowalk.JPG
John McLaren Park flies under the radar

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/real-estate/The-Future-of-John-McLaren-Park/185656012 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 08:44:12 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/rosatowalk.JPG
They call it San Francisco s great forgotten park. Despite sprawling hilltop vistas of the East Bay, the downtown skyline and the Pacific Ocean, John McLaren Park rarely even makes it on to...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/real-estate/On-the-Set-of-30-Rock-with-Tina-Fey/181435241 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:15:55 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/tina-fey-tour_P2.jpg
Join "Open House" for a very special behind-the-scenes tour of the "30 Rock" set with show creator and star, Tina Fey, and set decorator Jennifer Greenberg.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/George-Lucas-Plans-San-Anselmo-Statues-Of-Indiana-Jones-Yoda-181430371.html Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:54:44 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/yoda1.jpg
The Yoda fountain needs a home, and it's going to be in downtown San Anselmo, the future home of a park donated to the town by George Lucas.

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Demand for housing in San Francisco is so high, people apparently a willing to live in apartment as small as 220-square feet.

Photo Credit: Panoramic Interests

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/real-estate/Square-Feet_-Inside-Emeril-Lagasses-Uptown-Townhouse/174821881 Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:06:01 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/OHNAT5183ASQFTEmerilLagasse.jpg
Bam! We're inside Emeril Lagasse's stunning Upper East Side townhouse. For more information on this property, please contact Samantha Kleier-Forbes and Sabrina Kleier-Morgenstern of Gumley Haft Kleier...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/real-estate/Silicon-Valley-Gets-Real-Estate-Makeover/175155671 Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:55:52 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/rents_7577825_722x406_4661315689.jpg
Silicon Valley real estate gets a makeover. A new generation of homebuyers with an appreciation for modern design is starting to change the way our neighborhoods look. Longtime Palo Alto builder James...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Condo-the-Size-of-9-Pool-Tables-For-Sale-in-San-Francisco-171254691.html Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:06:02 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/186*120/panaramicinterest.jpg
Demand for housing in San Francisco is so high, people apparently a willing to live in apartment as small as 220-square feet.

Photo Credit: Panoramic Interests

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Zyngas-Mark-Pincus-Has-a-New-SF-Home-161252295.html Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:31:25 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/178*120/3573105820_0e8ddc2633_b.jpg
Mark Pincus has a new home fresh off his company going public earlier this year.

Photo Credit: Joi Ito

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Winchester-Mystery-House-to-Become-Hollywood-Star-149291895.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:47:50 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/185*120/winchester.jpg
The Winchester Mystery House in San Jose is the perfect set for a horror movie and that's just what a group of Hollywood producers thinks.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Tim-Lincecums-House-Sells-148341525.html Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:24:41 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/tim-lincecum-house.jpg
The San Francisco home that Tim Lincecum once allegedly trashed has been sold.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Tenderloin-Park-Gets-an-Unexpected-Boost-148019915.html Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:11:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/Boeddeker+Park.JPG
San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is about as concrete as it gets. It's gritty character is imbrued with the poor and down-and-out who inhabit its streets and single room occupancy hotels. It isn’t...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Old-Cal-Stadium-Sprints-Toward-End-Zone-147085805.html Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:17:01 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/003_cal_stadium.JPG
The giant bowl of Cal’s Memorial Stadium looked like an ant colony, with dozens of workers darting about, carrying loads of timber, bounding down its 1923 stairs, driving fork lifts along the muddy bottom.

Photo Credit: Joe Rosato Jr.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/George-Lucas-Pulls-the-Plug-on-Marin-County-Plans-146941215.html Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:30:20 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/181*120/93309954.jpg
Lucasfilm was planning to build a digital production studio on his historic Grady Ranch Farm in Lucas Valley, but the company received opposition.

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Some may think of life in San Francisco as a nomadic existence, with residents coming and going. But one family is putting its home on the market for the first time since it was built 84 years ago.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/San-Francisco-Plans-to-Demolish-Candlestick-146290505.html Thu, 05 Apr 2012 10:26:16 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/176*120/137011614.jpg
With the groundbreaking of the 49ers' new stadium in Santa Clara set for exactly two weeks from today, it is all but inevitable that the team will leave its home of 41 years.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/the-cove/Giants-Development-Plan-Doesnt-Include-Warriors-146116895.html Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:18:17 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/giants23.JPG
The San Francisco Giants are moving on with a site once eyed to be the future home of the Golden State Warriors without the basketball team.

Photo Credit: Lori Preuitt

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/49er-Stadium-Groundbreaking-April-19-145843635.html Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:38:16 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/stadium12.jpg
The San Francisco 49ers and the city of Santa Clara have an official date for the official groundbreaking for the new professional football stadium.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Marina-Home-On-the-Market-For-the-First-Time-Ever--145714345.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:01:51 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*193/2057JeffersonStreet1.jpg
These days real estate is all about buying, selling, and flipping so when a property comes on the market that has never been up for sale, we can't help but be impressed. According to Curbed,...

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Good-Time-To-Buy-SF-Sees-Steepest-Drop-in-Home-Prices-144477805.html Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:07:22 -0700 Madison Bear]]> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/realworldsanfrancisco.jpg
Home prices dropped 2.5 percent in San Francisco in January.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/video/#!/the-scene/real-estate/Quake-Preps_-Bolting-Down-Your-Home/144307425 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:24:28 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/house-bolting-earthquake-bolt.jpg
Many people don't realize they're unprepared for an earthquake until the big one hits and by then it's too late. However, there are things you can do now, like bolting down your

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Moped-Sharing-Startup-Wants-to-Scoot-You-Around-SF-142823795.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:27:24 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/scooters-030612.jpg
A new startup wants to get San Francisco commuters out of their cabs, buses and cars and into mopeds and scooters. Shared, of course.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/blogs/press-here/PHApple-Driving-Real-Estate-Boom-20-142120853.html Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:21:32 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Apple-New-Rollout-P11.jpg
It's boom 2.0 all over again, this time in the real estate sector, as office-hungry tech firms like Apple are snapping up vacant office space at record paces.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Lady-Gaga-Spotted-in-Sonoma-Eating-140648643.html Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:11:58 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/176*120/lady-gaga-twitter-facebook-hacked2-thumb-550xauto-79312.jpg
Fig salads, fig cocktails, rabbit bolognese and a huge custom-made cake: it was all in a weekend for Lady Gaga, who visited two Sonoma County restaurants this weekend.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Buy-Pat-the-Bats-Arizona-Pad--140628233.html Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:40:15 -0700 recently listing his Scottsdale, Arizona crib, which is located a mere 22 miles from the Giants' spring training facilities. On the market for $3.695 million, Burrell's home is as swanky as they come. The baller pad is decked out with custom furnishings, an elevator, game room, wet bar, and a really sweet contemporary design. Click through the photo gallery to take a tour of the Machine's…err, we mean, Burrell's South Western abode. ]]> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/Burrell+pumped+up.jpg recently listing his Scottsdale, Arizona crib, which is located a mere 22 miles from the Giants' spring training facilities. On the market for $3.695 million, Burrell's home is as swanky as they come. The baller pad is decked out with custom furnishings, an elevator, game room, wet bar, and a really sweet contemporary design. Click through the photo gallery to take a tour of the Machine's…err, we mean, Burrell's South Western abode. ]]>
Although former San Francisco Giant Pat Burrell never officially announced his retirement, the man known as Pat the Bat seemed to squash any rumors at making a comeback this baseball season...

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/San-Jose-Earthquakes-Get-Go-Ahead-for-New-Stadium-140112513.html Thu, 23 Feb 2012 12:32:33 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/earthquakes+new+stadium+jpg.jpg
The San Jose Planning Commission gave a unanimous 6-0 vote to uphold the Earthquakes' Planned Development Permit Wednesday night.

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Warriors' forward David Lee is reportedly subletting his apartment in the Trump Tower to Jeremy Lin.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/George-To-The-Rescue-Home-Renovation-LX-137496358.html Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:26:34 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/GTTR_SHOW_LINEUP_GFX.jpg
Helping Families One Home at a Time

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/SFs-Expensive-Nonexistent-Parking-Is-Also-Award-Winning-139038699.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:27:40 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/180*120/sf-parklet.jpg
San Francisco won an award for its SFPark variable-priced parking meters as well as the parklets that have taken over parking spaces.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Buy-Matt-Cains-San-Francisco-Home-139042894.html Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:56:48 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/Matt+Cain+Giants.jpg
A die hard San Francisco Giants' fan with an extra $3.58 million could get the ultimate piece of memorabilia.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Apple-Buying-Up-Office-Space-in-Sunnyvale-138955194.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:59:54 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/161*120/401993_367782166585089_188097847886856_1383490_1708218726_n.jpg
The lines for coffee and snacks are about to get a lot longer in downtown Sunnyvale.

Photo Credit: Kris Sanchez

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Art-Gallery-Meets-Mansion-in-Belvedere---138832189.html Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:01:51 -0700 View the listing.]]> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/184*120/VillaBelvedere1.jpg View the listing.]]>
It's not often that a $45 million waterfront mega-mansion hits the market and is totally open for public tours. The Marin Designers Showcase estate, located in the posh Marin County town of Belvedere...

Photo Credit: Matt McCourtney

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Golden-Gate-Bridge-Gets-Bicycle-Speed-Sensors-138671204.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:26:13 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/golden-gate-bridge-bicycle-.jpg
The Golden Gate Bridge now has digital sensors to inform bicyclists how fast they are going on the sidewalks.

Photo Credit: Golden Gate District

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/New-Look-Metreon-to-Open-This-Weekend-138652784.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:33:55 -0700 WarzauWynn on Flickr]]> http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/176*120/metreon1.jpg WarzauWynn on Flickr]]>
San Francisco will get its first look at a revamped Metreon this weekend.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Americas-Cup-Owes-SF-12-Million-138594844.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:40:40 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/oracleracing.jpg
Organizers for the America's Cup boat races scheduled to come to San Francisco in 2013 still owe the city $12 million, with another $20 million due over the next two years.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/San-Francisco-Stinks-But-Not-as-Bad-as-Los-Angeles-138503834.html Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:48:02 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/210*120/golden_gate_bridge_fog_02.jpg
Well there is no debating one thing when it comes to the San Francisco-Los Angeles debate: Which city smells better.

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Bay-Areas-Red-Rock-Island-for-Sale-9-Million-138210484.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:42:36 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/160*120/redrockisland1.jpg
You can own one of San Francisco bay's most unusual piece of real estate for $9 million. Red Rock Island is up for sale.

Photo Credit: Zillow.com

]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Buy-Tim-Lincecums-Home-138334694.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:42:44 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/191*120/lincydbacks.jpg
The San Francisco home that Tim Lincecum once allegedly trashed is on the market.

Photo Credit: AP

]]> http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f1126619d366deb15eece1d1a5f430dd&p=4 f1126619d366deb15eece1d1a5f430dd ]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:42:44 -0700 http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Squatters-Plaguing-Neighbors-Near-Foreclosures-137194508.html Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:01:06 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/foreclosure+new.jpg
It's a problem plaguing our country. Squatters moving into foreclosed homes and banks paying them to get out.

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]]> http://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Looking-For-Love-In-Wine-Country-136942173.html Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:01:30 -0700 http://media.nbcbayarea.com/images/213*120/benflajnik.jpg
Bachelor Ben Flajnik travels to Sonoma to take his troupe of 18 women on dates around his hometown.

Photo Credit: ABC

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