if you don't buy the realtor doesn't get paid. even the buyers' agent is on the opposite side.viously in financial terms, they want you to buy and pay as much as possible. the bank wants to borrow as possible as long as they can push that risk on taxpayers. they want to buy a house and be told it's smart. financial reality is just the opposite most of the time. people are spending too much, especially for expensive houses. a lot people they are going to live some playing for 30 years, but the idea of 30 years of uninterrupted income -- it's not get good bet. people get laid off. i think the majority of bankruptcies are for medical issues, so you can't pay your mortgage and things go downhill. i think people should factor in a large cushion of safety. they should not borrow the maximum they possibly can, even if the realtor and bank is pushing it on them, say no, definitely what we i can comfortably afford. >> with us in the studio to help us educate us is michael finney from 7 on your side. do you agree we're still in a housing bubble? >> we are. the bubble -- we've seen some h

my clients went to this realtor and talked to her and she since issued what amounts to be a retraction letter and has backed away from her original assessment of the property value. so all through this process, all of our changes have been made with specific purpose of eliminating issue to the neighbors. right now, the design that we have as is exceeds the design guidelines for meeting the requirements of air and light to the surrounding neighbors and if you talk to just about any realtor, they'll say that if you're enhancing the value of your property, you are just adding, enhancing the property value of the surrounding neighborhood. so we would respectfully request that you consider following the r.d.t.'s guidelines and leaving the plan as is in your packet. i want to also say that we did make a further accommodation after the d.r. request to pull in the third floor by an additional 10 feet and we did turn that space into a deck. it is not another level up, so it is within the third floor and we had talked to mr. teague about that and he said the one thing he really wanted to make su

realtors are based in each area throughout the city. by giving them an education commission we can further those ideas for the commission. questions? supervisor alioto-pier: by would like to thank the commissioner for his work on historic preservation commission. you have always been a very well and thoughtful person. to that and the city has benefited greatly and i would like to thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. supervisor mar: thank you for your work on a landmark for advisory committee as well with the advice in the committee, thank you. supervisor campos: supervisor dufty? supervisor dufty: i did not want to miss the opportunity to c thankar thank carl for his workr the years. he has been extremely exemplary, time after time. supervisor campos: thank you very much. commissioner, thank you for your service. let's open this to public comment. any member of the public that would like to speak? please come forward. >> supervisors, my name this [unintelligible] and i am supporting the employment of commissioner hasz. he has served

this hokkaido realtor, who asked to remain anonymous, is about to show a property to agents representing investors in china. the property lies in one of the more popular tourist areas in the prefecture. the area is designated as a national park. this lake side land is up for sale. >> translator: who is buying this? i can't tell you that. it's like a state secret. i don't want to make a big deal of this purchase. >> reporter: chinese investors are pinning their eyes on japan's forest. in the next couple of years the realtor is expecting ten times more increase from chinese who are shopping for this type of land. >> now, what are the reasons behind these purchases? earlier we spoke what chinese expert who specializes in china's economy and investment trends. >> we have good and very high skyscrapers, but we don't have enough, you know, nature resources. you mentioned forests, for example, and clean water. they come here just looking for nature resources. in the short-term view, i don't think they just, you know, consider how to bring the return of the investment back to china because in ch

there is no realtor. that was a joke. tavis: i have been listening to all these pundits pontificate about what the midterms really were all about, but the take away really is. i have been waiting for you to sit in this chair so you can school me on what these midterms or about. >> i think there were about the fact that they watched the state of the union for two years and think pelosi looked crazy over his shoulder. have you ever seen that much of somebody doing nothing? she sits there and her eyes are twitching like a rainy day at west world. then she looks like a shark, like jaws. then she is twitching like a hummingbirds' wings. what is the deal with that woman? i think they look at her and said, "what do i have to do to get her out?" she looks back crazy. she looks sleep upside-down crazy to me. tavis: this woman has said she in fact is going to run. >> do you know how orgasmic i am that is going to be the face of the democratic party? run that thing with whatever the big thing is. baby, you will make some people cran

this is sponsored by a bunch of realtors. so this was a midsummer's celebration called summer solstice. the noe valley harvest festival, we do that in partnership with the noe valley farmer's market. this year, we have done a holiday celebration on 24th street. with the cbd did was enable us to create an infrastructure that was clean and beautiful and green. in doing so, it brought people together locally as well as organizations in the neighborhood together. so you have merchants working with the farmers' market, friends with noe valley, in ways that they did not six years ago. but because we have a beautiful space, we can do all of these things, and businesses also contribute to these events, and it has become very successful. thank you for your time. supervisor mar: supervisor chu. supervisor chu: the benches with the planter boxes, they look great. the question on logistics. was that on the property owner's property, did it require encroachment? >> no, nick from dpw to care of it. it did not encroach on their property at

. >> and what was the role of your realtor, agent in this process? >> apparently, they did not do their fiduciary duty to help me, so i have been screwed left and right by everybody who i thought was here to protect me. it has been held. i wish i had never bought this house. >> i have a question of counsel. should we do that now or after? this is an interesting issue of me for noticing. i have a question as to -- this is at the crux of it for me. even though there was a new owner of the time we issued a notice, we issued it to the wrong person because we believe the previous owner was still the current owner. who was the legal owner of the time of the issuance of hour notice? >> there was a notice for the directors hearing in january. then there was the actual order of abatement. at the time, the order of abatement issued ownership had changed, according to the document -- >> the follow up is, is it then the bank's responsibility to notify any subsequent owner, transfer? that is not really within your jurisdiction -- >> this is more establishing for

our zoning administrator contacted the realtor, who said that the newspaper misrepresented what was conveyed. i wrote a letter to the newspaper asking them to print my letter to the editor pointing out that. indeed, the property is actually zoned for five units. not only is it sold for five units, it was turned down for a dwelling unit merger in 2005 by this commission. the newspapers did -- the newspaper said they are not the real estate police and that the properties and a listing. we checked it. the point is if you see something advertised in the paper even on the real-estate page, the likelihood is that it is owned in a way for multiple dwelling units and that you should check into that because we do not like the demolition of dwelling units in the city that has a housing shortage. i just want to caution people about this challenge so that it is out there, so we do not have people coming before us. it is really unfortunate that the newspaper was less cooperative on that point. commissioner miguel: thank you. commissioner antonini: many of you may have noticed in the "chronicle" yesterday

the national association of realtors say december sales jumped 12.8% in november. but the year ended with home sales at the lowest level in 13 years. experts suggest buyers still think the prices have not bottomed out. >>> good news for everyone who dislikes traffic jams. for the first time in three decades the bay area has fallen from the list of the top five worst regions for traffic. the bay area is now, well, number 6 in the nation. based on the time spent sitting in traffic. five years ago commuters were delayed 70 hours a year. insigns made the ped to difference. >> one factor come is very important for people to know is not so much what is the condition but how much time is t is going to take that person to go from point a to point b. >> i think that is helpful, actually. i like that a lot. i use them all of the time. if i am coming here i will stop or take a different route because of those. >> another highway sign is in the works to show commuters how long it takes to drive vs riding mass transit. >>> strong winds gusting to 60 miles an hour caused problem

i am a realtor and a mediator on the community board. i worked in the neighborhood at the office of the of our company. my best friend lives there. i always walk his dog with him in the park. i want to speak in favor of this project. one day, actually do want to live in this neighborhood. homeownership is a dream of mine. i help represent clients entering the market. i notice there are not any homes in the area that have energy efficiency, that have modern amenities. i think there is scarcity in the market for that right now. it is also a very difficult item for neighbors to acknowledge that change is coming. i have mediated many a dispute with that happened. but the important thing to keep in mind here is that kevin is a good person. they are trying to make a living. they are trying to provide jobs for everyone else. they have gone through numerous procedural hoops and such. i feel that since they are local developers who are going to employ local contractors, some of whom are here, that the project is beneficial to people. in concept,

realtors in miami, and he's seeing condo sales come back. >> this building began to see a lot of foreclosures in 2007. so 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010... those four years was really a period of cleansing for this building. >> reporter: the building shuffield is talking about is the jade. it is a higher-end condominium near downtown miami. it opened in 2004, fetching an average of $580 per square foot. with the housing boom in full swing, prices jumped to $808 per square foot by 2006. but then the bust. in 2009, prices collapsed to $360. last year, though, prices staged a small rebound, increasing to $415. >> i think it's a combination of people that are searching for these values... but probably the overriding decision has been the price. >> we've been here about 15 months. three bedrooms, two bathrooms... >> reporter: 90 minutes north of miami is where lisa and herb miller bought a home in the p.g.a. national housing development. it's a golfing community in palm beach gardens, florida. the millers paid $265,000 for their home just one year ago. are you happy with your investment? >> oh... absolute

s luxury realtors seven and a half million dollars over ten thousand square feet it's in one of the best locations of all the potomac feeds a great school district very desirable for. average american upscale consumer stuart isn't worried about sales we're sucking jobs into the washington d.c. area which is causing prices to actually have stability and it's not just stylish digs that d.c. is fat cats can afford. this upscale restaurant in georgetown the reservation list for a weekday dinner is fall it's called release the right side of the same table mrs clinton you know who is now secretary of state came many times just a lot of people come from the hill and big big law firms while one in seven americans rely on food stamps at me shalvey shard citron now an average couple isn't shy to shell out what most couples make in a month on a meal or the types of a difference in the six hundred dollars range or whatever it may be and some nights we do as many as forty fifty. people love it at a time when most are struggling to survive it seems like the lucky in washington are living it up preassu

they do not care that, as many realtors have told me, this has reduced the value of my property 30% to 40%, which is what is happening to anyone with this is in front of their place, which is obviously going to impact city revenue greatly and lead to more layoffs of people and reduced salaries. for anyone here who has spoken in favor of the status quo, please quot-mobile your address -- please give t-mobile your address. if you work for them, please make sure that they have these boxes installed in front of your place before you come up here and testify for the status quo. thank you. supervisor maxwell: thank you for that restraint. i appreciate it. [laughter] did not want you to think it was not noticed. any other public speakers on this item? seeing none, the public comment is closed. supervisor mar: i would like to thank everyone for speaking from the industry to the many residents, not just from my district, but for many others around the city. my office is going to work closely with mr. sanders and others in the city attorney's office to look at potential next steps, and i also wa

the national association of realtors says sales jumped. they say a slight uptick in mortgage rates may encourage b uyers on the fence to go ahead and make a decision. >>> the other big news today, this morning's unemployment report. that came out and it surprised some of the quists. pam-- economists. pam cook has more. >> yes, i do. 404,000 people filed for initial jobless benefits last week. that's down 37,000 from the week before when claims surged. now, analysts forecasted a drop but -- of about 20,000, even though the numbers are nearly twice as good as forecast, the report is not expected to significantly change. the national unem -- u nemployment rate. the numbers of new claims filed would have to sink before 375,000 a week to move that o verall jobless rate. the number of people continuing to collect unemployment insurance also dropped. that total number stands at .86 million. the job market, definitely mixed news because as one economist puts it, the mace of layoffs is lower but hiring is still frustratingly low. let's go back to d