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Sohu.com: San Francisco Bay Area Regional Center (SFBARC) is changing its name to Golden Gate Global
www.sohu.com September 19, 2014 September 9th 2014 – San Francisco, California: San Francisco Bay Area Regional Center (SFBARC), the well-known EB-5 investment firm that is committed to generating employment and EB-5 investment opportunities, is...
ChinaDaily: EB-5 investment firm San Francisco Bay Area Regional Center is now Golden Gate Global
ChinaDaily September 19, 2014 The well-known EB-5 investment firm San Francisco Bay Area Regional Center is now Golden Gate Global, and has raised approximately $200 million in EB-5 financing since 2012. READ MORE »
Strategies for dealing with S.F.’s housing crunch
San Francisco Chronicle September 14, 2014 For those who can afford to live in San Francisco, it can be a gloriously dense network of professional opportunities, friends and artisanal edibles and goods. For those who are on the outside, it seems...
A development dream for hidden S.F. bayfront wildland
San Francisco Chronicle August 7, 2014 There's a tract of land in India Basin that's one of San Francisco's best-kept secrets: 14 acres of wild waterfront grassland that is home to coyotes and hawks and a destination for weekend anglers fishing for...
Million (and multi-million) dollar home sales hit record in Bay Area
SFGate July 31, 2014 Sales of multi-million dollar homes hit a record in six of the Bay Area’s nine counties last quarter, according to a DataQuick report released Thursday. A previous report, from Paragon Real Estate Group, showed that sales of...
No Surprise: SF’s Housing Market Was Bonkers This Spring
Curbed San Francisco July 21, 2014 Throughout the spring quarter, every sign seemed to indicate that San Francisco's market remained red-hot and insanely competitive. Now the numbers have been tallied and suspicions have been confirmed: Prices...
Chinese Lead Way as Foreigners Step Up Purchases of U.S. Homes
The Wall Street Journal July 8, 2014 The American Dream has a big new buyer: the Chinese. Foreign purchases of U.S. residential real estate jumped 35% last year, with Chinese buyers leading the way, according to a survey published Tuesday by the...
New Waterfront Project May Be Next Hot (Affordable) Neighborhood
7x7SF June 5, 2014 With San Francisco home prices skyrocketing, and rent prices at an all-time high, it's time to get out of dodge. Or is it? Rather than fleeing to the burbs, a new waterfront development could be your (relatively) affordable...
S.F. hot housing prices back, bidding wars fiercer than ever
SFGate May 25, 2014 After getting outbid on three houses, Shura Kelly decided not to mess around with 117 De Montfort St. True, it was off of Ocean Avenue in Ingleside Heights - not the Sunset District where she and her firefighter partner, James...
Strengthening economy continues to spike Bay Area home prices
KTVU.com May 20, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO — The strengthening U.S. economy has transformed the Bay Area's already strong housing market into the juggernaut of the nation. A list from HSN.com shows how much money you would have to make to buy a home in 27...
Why housing costs keep rising in San Francisco
Medium.com January 22, 2014 If you love San Francisco, as I do, it’s hard to watch the transformation of the city into a place that is extraordinarily expensive and increasingly exclusive. As a transportation planner, I used to view housing as a...
Mayor Ed Lee has a housing solution
San Francisco Chronicle January 17, 2014 Mayor Ed Lee thinks he has a solution to slow the accelerating problem of homeowners being priced out of San Francisco and the Bay Area - build new housing at perhaps the fastest rate in the city's history....