Articles By

arlene

Support Local Businesses for Gifts and Celebrations!

The diversity of the East Bay is quite inspirational – it offers a little something for everyone. We know that ...
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New spa bathroom in North Berkeley home with both vintage and modern mahogany!

I remember those first days of school when I was kid, when the teachers would always ask us to prepare ...
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Starting At Home: Stabilizing And Nourishing Our Environment

Did you know buildings produce as much smog as all of the light-duty vehicles in California? That’s about 40% of ...
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How has the pandemic changed what homebuyers will be looking for in the coming year?

I answered the question for the SoundOff! section of SF Gate for Sunday, January 17th. Here is a somewhat expanded ...
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Surprises Aplenty in the 2020 Real Estate Market!

Surprises were commonplace in this most uncommon year. One of the first major surprises was just how quickly the real ...
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FOCUS ON GIVING THANKS for Thanksgiving 2020!

Next week instead of large gatherings with many family members and an enormous roasted bird, lots of us will have ...
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Follow the Good Witch, and have a Green Halloween!

I have always loved Hallowwen, and Halloween 2020 will definitely be one for the books! With the concurrence of  daylight ...
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How the recent fires have impacted our Real Estate market

With anxiety already high from the pandemic and the election, the fires became the final straw for some clients who ...
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How Open Houses and Property Showings have Changed since Shelter-in-place

For the June 30th edition of the San Francisco Chronicle Sound Off column, this was my contribution, plus some additional ...
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Advantages to First-Time Buyers while we Shelter in Place

I was asked to respond to the following question by our publicists, Lion and Orb, and thought I’d share my ...
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