>>reporter: competition among realtor is stiff. tell his marketing strategy includes video and web site in chinese. they also bought a mercedes van to take buyers to open houses. in this plane to show chinese the splendor of the bay area. plane with a lucky chinese number on its i.d. markings. an 8. not one but 2 of them. local realtor doing just about everything to get a slice of the chinese pie. realtor even asking citys to change the addresses of homes chinese are interested in with a number 4 and that's because 4 means of death in chinese definite no sale. hillsboro realtor low represented chinese buyers for some 2 decades. he says luxury homes like this one for 7 million. 6 bedroom. 2 dining rooms. pool. 2 story guest house. the seller a chinese who wants a bigger home. so who are his clients? >> combination of fv businessman and developer and real estate tycoon. >>reporter: many of the homes they buy row main vacant most of the year. they are called ghost houses. like this 9 million dollar property bought by a chinese family.

>>reporter: competition among realtor is stiff. tell his marketing strategy includes video and web site in chinese. they also bought a mercedes van to take buyers to open houses. in this plane to show chinese the splendor of the bay area. plane with a lucky chinese number on its i.d. markings. an 8. not one but 2 of them. local realtor doing just about everything to get a slice of the chinese pie. realtor even asking citys to change the addresses of homes chinese are interested in with a number 4 and that's because 4 means of death in chinese definite no sale. hillsboro realtor low represented chinese buyers for some 2 decades. he says luxury homes like this one for 7 million. 6 bedroom. 2 dining rooms. pool. 2 story guest house. the seller a chinese who wants a bigger home. so who are his clients? >> combination of fv businessman and developer and real estate tycoon. >>reporter: many of the homes they buy row main vacant most of the year. they are called ghost houses. like this 9 million dollar property bought by a chinese family.

>>reporter: competition among realtor is stiff.ll his marketing strategy includes video and web site in chinese. they also bought a mercedes van to take buyers to open houses. in this plane to show chinese the splendor of the bay area. plane with a lucky chinese number on its i.d. markings. an 8. not one but 2 of them. local realtor doing just about everything to get a slice of the chinese pie. realtor even asking citys to change the addresses of homes chinese are interested in with a number 4 and that's because 4 means of death in chinese definite no sale. hillsboro realtor low represented chinese buyers for some 2 decades. he says luxury homes like this one for 7 million. 6 bedroom. 2 dining rooms. pool. 2 story guest house. the seller a chinese who wants a bigger home. so who are his clients? >> combination of fv businessman and developer and real estate tycoon. >>reporter: many of the homes they buy row main vacant most of the year. they are called ghost houses. like this 9 million dollar property bought by a chinese family. >>

local realtors are doing just about everything to get a slice of the chinese pie.e asking cities to change addresses of homes chinese are interested in with a number four and that is because four means death in chinese a no sale. hillsborough realtor stanley lowe represented and sells homes like this one. $7 million, 6 bedrooms, two dining rooms, pool two-story guest house a seller is a chinese who wants a bigger home who are the clients? >> a combination of entrepreneurial businessmen, developers and real estate tycoons >> many homes remain vacant most of the year. they're called ghost houses like this $9 million property bought by a chinese family. >> they came and purchased the home. the purpose only to come here next summer. >> a middle class is now looking to invest in a safe haven. and what is more in china you never have homeownership. >> in china you sign a lease so nobody knows what is going to happen 70 years from now. right sf >> another good reason to buy american. >> very interesting. >> it is. >> join us on abc7 news at 6:00. technology that is develo

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realtors are pulling out all the stops to encourage the overseas buyers. 7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> reporter: it's one of the most lucrative mass-making events on the planet, realtors from 26 countries, meeting some of the wealthiest people in china. this one was held last december in shanghai. an invitation only real estate trade show highlighting elite properties from around the world. >> we're ready to come over here from shanghai and compete for any projects. >> reporter: american realtors have the upper hand. overseas chinese spent $22 billion buying homes in the u.s. from march 2013 to the same period in 2014. that was up a whopping 72% from the year before. in california their most popular market. >> offers are coming in from chinese nationals. they're all cash. they can close in seven days. >> there's no loan contingency, no inspection and no appraisal. >> reporter: she's with a realty company in the bay area. >> the property went for $200,000 over the asking price. >> is that a chinese who bought it? >> yes. >> reporter: at these tr

residential doesn't and who touches residents most often felt like realtors before folks buy and want to remodel, and so to get the word out how to handle preservation we reached out to the california preservation foundation and created a program for realtors in training so i lead that charge if you will on getting that implemented so we had the first group go through. it's been an overwhelming success. the foundation is here today and we will talk about taking that state wide now so we have done outreach past that. something mentioned with the survey and i am glad you brought that up supervisor avalos and i brought a report and half is on the survey. i am going to make a pitch for the budget item and that may get cut at the mayor's office. we have a single position for scope to get the city wide survey done. it's the best thing that we can do and spur and heritage and advocacy and preservation group agree that's the number one thing to help in the city i hope we keep this position in the budget to move that process forward. it's going to take a few years and i would like to get it go

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at least according to realtors. historically the biggest season for sales. diana olick takes a look at whether that's the case this year. >> reporter: all real estate is local, but the national housing market is facing a common dilemma. >> our biggest problem, we don't have enough apartments to sell. >> reporter: from manhattan co-op to california cottages coast to coast, there are just not enough home sellers to meet potential buyer demand. >> a lot of homeowners don't believe that they're going to be able to qualify for a loan for their next house right now. and so they more or less voted themselves off the island. >> reporter: while mortgage rates are low and there are more lowdown payment loan options for buyers credit conditions have not changed. >> credit is still about twice as difficult to get as it has been historically. >> rep on top of that there are 7 million to 10 million borrowers who still owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth and millions more who don't have enough equity to manage a move up. a lot of folks may want to sell b

. >> reporter: terra's father-in-law, vern holbrook, was one of the best-known and best-selling realtors in this part of washington state. the meet time at the nursery was set, 11:15 a.m. >> i sent him a message when i got there and he said clients running late. just got here. see you in a bit. and about 30 minutes later i sent him a message and said that i was done. and i didn't hear anything. >> how much times goes by? >> two hours. >> did you think of going to look for him? >> yeah, i did. then i thought, well, no, i don't want to interrupt him if he's with a client. do i regret that every second? yeah, i do. >> reporter: so terra turned toward home and her husband. vern's stepson, andrew. >> when she got home she said, you know, it's really weird. your dad never showed up and i just told her, you know, he probably just got tied up in a deal. >> reporter: in fact, vern's kids were used to this behavior. >> he worked more than 60 hours a week every week because he enjoyed it. he wanted to help people find a home. >> reporter: vern was not only the founder and owner of the family busine

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the house turned up again for sale, on the real estate site zillow, under an obviously fake realtor's name, jacques arse. >> he called and asked me if i had listed their home forsale. i couldn't understand who would take a home that we purchased and put it online? >> reporter: that was the start of an escalating harassment campaign. next, $1,000 in bills for bladder control products. magazine subscriptions arrived. the mail stopped entirely. there was an online ad for a new year's eve party at their home. tame stuff? maybe. but the rices got the ominous big picture. someone was targeting them and wanted them out. >> who was it that wanted them out of this house so bad? and was it just one person? someone was trying to harass them to where they would leave this property. >> reporter: next, an attempt to get the rice's neighbors angry with them -- a valentine's day card. the ideal way to share a little love with that special someone. only paul abel, one of the rices' neighbors, didn't see it quite that way. because the card was sent to his wife, tanya. wait a minute, paul. it wasn't fro

and depressed about this issue is that i think the final nail in our coffin -- >> residents and realtors tonight say nothing is done about the problem, many homeowners could be finally wiped out. >>> tonight a photographer is focusing on retrieving his run away drone. a few days ago, someone else's drone spotted his drone stuck high on top of an dmoondabandoned water tower. they're going to try a flying fishing rod this weekend. >> coca-cola recognizes that milk does the body good. the company says it has more proseen and less sugar. it is also lactose free. it will also cost you more than regular milk. 52 ounces is $4.59. >> the weight is finally over 55 years after the release of the best selling novel "to kill a mocking bird" harper lee is set to release another book. that book became "to kill a mocking bird." the new book is a sequel to the first book. it will be released in july. >> now your "first alert" weather. >>> after a cold afternoon today, tomorrow we're going to see a pretty nice change milder temperatures as we go through the day tomorrow it is mostly going to be in the af

. >> reporter: it's the beginning of what may turn out to be something of a drone invasion, from realtors hoping to sell million dollar properties, to farmland surveys, tv tower inspections, news gathering and movie chase scenes. the faa released its proposed rules for commercial unmanned aircraft systems, or drones 55 pounds or lighter. they would only be permitted to fly during daylight hours. under 500 feet at 100 miles per hour or less and five miles away from airports. pilots would have to maintain constant visual contact with their drones and be required to hold a new faa flight certificate. >> we have a responsibility to ensure that the national airspace system is safe for all users, as well as for people on the ground. >> all right, nice and stable. >> reporter: already, the nation's top aviation schools are teaching a new generation of pilots starting small -- >> we're about two miles south. >> reporter: -- then getting into military sized drones. >> when you're first learning how to fly this thing, what is the biggest challenge? >> the biggest challenge is the positional awarene

liz: realtors are happy. they can take aerial shots and be within eyesight of these things, right?ah. there are 70,000 pages in the federal register. i'm not for more. when you have something weighing 50 pounds going 100 miles-an-hour, i don't need that coming through my window. i don't mind regulations. then you can come back off the regulations as companies prove themselves. i like the word waiver. if companies show they know what the heck they are doing and are safety conscious, i'm all for it. liz: everybody has to be -- hairdressers are subject to regulation. great to see all of you. gary kaltbaum, steven lieb and jo ling kent. we've been ask you guys on social media if you think the drone industry needs to be regulated. spencer writes, anything is a risk when amateurs can purchase and operate. we purchase vehicles and locally license them. this is why we have liability in the this country. we would love for to you join spencer and the rest of us in the conversation. you can message us on facebook or tweet u.s. @fbnatb. >>> a new report by citigroup names the most successful c

yeah. [ sighs ] i was up for re-election as social chair of our local realtors group. the vote was tonight. i was so nervous, i could barely hear claire's pep talk. why did i beg mitchell to introduce me to this developer? you're right. we'll know soon enough. i'm gonna go upstairs, see if i can get some sleep. love you. mwah. [ sighing ] i hope so, too. [ cellphone rings ] hello? hey, gil. no, no, no. you -- you didn't wake me. [ doorbell rings ] um, so you hear anything, or... hey, dunphy. just wrapping up a phone call with this jackass. i got to run, dunphy. i got a late meeting with some jackass. [ laughs ] what's going o-- what's going on?

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but realtor greg lynn says the penthouse can offer that plus more. a ridiculous view of the town. >> there is a family room, a library, a movie studio. all the things you would want in a mansion. this is just one 400 feet in the sky. >> sure. it looks impressive reaches for the sky. >> reporter: the lumina sf project has more than 650 luxury apartments worth about $2 million. certainly out of the price range of many in san francisco who are yearning for more affordable housing in the city. >> they should have a good balance. >> reporter: christian hartnett, kpix5. >> >>> so what happen ifs you buy this place and they build another condo that blocks your view? >> that one goes for 55 million. >> what would you do then? >> that is reality. that is what happens. >> that makes it 1500 square feet in palo altoment come on. i have no idea. >>> here is what we have going on. we have snow in the sierra. i can't believe it. it is the first time this year i am saying this. it is almost march. it is slowing in tahoe. wonderful news. friends up there say it look

the san jose man says he made an offer on a home, then got an e-mail from his realtor saying the offer was accepted, and instructed him to wire the money. but the e-mail was not from his real estate agent, it was from a hacker. >> the hair sticks up on the back of your neck, something's wrong. i thought, boy, i was duped. and this can happen to anybody. >> garcia called the fbi, got his money back because the scammers never picked up his wire transfer. experts say you should talk to your real estate agent before sending any money. >> that is a chilling warning there. >>> starbucks without the long line. how about that? the coffee giant is rolling out a new delivery program. >> oh, where do we start? apple securing another patent as well. what are they working on? for more on that and the rest of our news before the bell, let's turn to landon dowdy. we missed you yesterday. >> i know, i missed you guys, but i'm back. apple may be going virtual, the company has been granted a patent for a wireless app that uses the iphone as a display screen. it's sparking speculation that apple may be g

the common wealth's realtor's association is warning agents who are women to look out for a potentially aggressive man posing as a customer. the association says in the past week agents received calls from a man who demands to see listings late at night. he refuses to meet during the day or at the office. agents from the hampton roads area to richmond have received these calls. >>> we now know more about two kids found alone in a locked car in foggy bottom. their parents are accused of leaving them while they went to a wine tasting. video shows the children were left in that car for 45 minutes. more than 45 minutes. the kids had on coats but no hats. one child had no shoes or socks. the parents say they were monitoring the children with an iphone they left in the car. those parents now charged with attempted second degree cruel pi to children. kids are in the custody of family services. >>> bedbugs are a big problem and they are getting tougher. that's according to an entomologist. bedbugs are becoming more resistance to pesticides making them tougher to kill. but you can do some simple

. >> commissioners, my name is charles turner, native san franciscan, i am a realtor in san francisco of 35 years and a property owner who has rented to primarily students, artists, seniors and disabled tenants. housing is very important in san francisco, especially with our low inventory. we need more supply to keep prices stable and down. stability is very important is in housing that involves childrens and families and that is what we have to look towards. you do have a little shadow on the park, but i think it can we remedied by other methoded and shouldn't hold up the project. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, commissioners. good afternoon, general manager ginsburg. i'm oscar grande an organizer with people demanding economic rights. life-long resident and huge park advocate and community organizer and activity in some of the open space issues in excelsior district and my organization is here to support the friends and families and residents of south of market that are opposed to this project. opposed to the shadows, the impacts this project would have

the national association of realtors says sales of existing homes dropped nearly 5% from the month before. the northeast and the west on the largest decrease that decline being attributed to the rise in home prices and tight supplies. >>> meantime stocks fell back from the record highs of friday way down today by a drop in oil prices and shares of energy companies. investors were also reluctant to make big bets ahead of that testimony by the feds by janet yellen tomorrow. the nasdaq actually finished higher for the ninth consecutive day, this time with a gain of five points. the s&p 500 fell less than one point to close at 2,109. >> the crude prices went on a bit of a wild ride today. prices were lower most of the session, and then spiked mid-afternoon on a financial "times" report that opec might call for an extraordinary meeting if the commodity fell further. but those gains were fleeting. by session's end, west texas intermediate dropped $1.36 to just below $50 a barrel. brent also fell more than $1. the oil prices fall back below $50 a barrel gas prices are going in the other directio

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but realtor greg lynn says the penthouse can offer that plus more. a ridiculous view of the town. >> there's a family room, library, movie studio, all the things that you would want to have in a mansion. it's just this one is 400 feet in the sky. >> sure. it looks attractive and impressive, reaching for the sky. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the lumina sf project will also have more than 650 luxury apartments each worth about $2 million. certainly out of the price range of many san franciscans who are yearning for more affordable housing in the city. >> i think they should have a good balance because, you know, you want to provide for everyone. they should have a balance. you know what i mean? >> reporter: sotheby's international realty is responsible for making sure the penthouse has a buyer. lynn says they have already received several calls from all over the world from interested buyers. so the penthouse will have five bedrooms, five bathrooms including two half bathrooms, eight terraces, two kitchens, the list goes on. certainly, you get a lot, certa

home prices are going up according to the national association of realtors, median sale price of an existing home was $208,000 last quarter, that is up 6 percent from a year earlier. prices are climbing at a faster rate, then last year. >>> facebook is changing its pol willcy when it comes to users who pass away. the social media site will let people pick a legacy contact a someone that can post on your behalf or respond tour friend request and update photos and profiles. facebook said it made change in response to thousands of requests. >>> this valentines day people are shopping for their sweet hard, the old fashion way at the store the international council of shopping centers says vast majority of people buy their chocolate flowers and jewelry in person not on line. >>> united says it will not honor tickets of thousands oz have people who snagged first class airfare yesterday from newark to europe for about $70, even less. the airline says it did not make the mistake it was made by a convenient or who applied an i am correct currency exchange rate. i think they should honor it. i know it

the national association of realtors monthly index of so-called pending sales deal signed but not yet closed an indication of future closings. rose 1.7% last month. despite the gain the numbers still roughly weak and one reason is a lack of homes for sale. supply is limited by several factors but one directly related to downsizing baby boomers. diana olick exexplains. >> reporter: betsy freelander and mike clipper have a 3 story colonial in suburban bethesda maryland for nearly three decades. raised their boys in it but with them gone they're looking for a new lifestyle. >> i think we want a more urban life. downtown where we could walk to everything, i think that was a preference for us. >> reporter: after an exhaustive search of condominiums and town homes in downtown washington, d.c. and bethesda they learned a tough lesson about this new lifestyle. it has become incredibly expensive. >> we were shocked because we thought we would be able to sell our house, put a little money in the bank and buy something we could be comfortable in. >> reporter: everything she said was so tiny. >>

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so we're going to be having future meetings taking a look at, meeting with property owners, realtors, things of that sort to see if they have some ideas in terms of incentives that we're not thinking of. >> so any timeline in mind of that, like the last half of 2015? >> i think so. i think so. we don't want to have it too far along but, you know, i can't say specifically. but i think definitely by the end of 2015 we want to have a solid program in relationship to those types of incentives established. >> you've set a deadline to yourself, to the commission, february-march to develop rules and regulations. is this part of our mission to do so? >> yes. currently as the legislation, in terms of that specific deadline in the current legislation -- excuse me, commissioner tour-sarkissian -- it is specified in the legislation that the commission is to develop a program, to come back before they have a public hearing at the commission and go back before the board of supervisors to present it. and that is at the end of june, by the end of june. currently as it's written in the legislation. al

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. >> reporter: a realtor says he has clients who don't want to rent out their extra property because they may wapt to sell it later, some don't want renters because they or a family member may eventually be moving in. >> but if they have an extra property in the city that they only use occasionally, they should be able to use it anyway they want. >> reporter: joe vazquez kpix 5. >> if supervisor mar is able to get the tax on the books and that's a big if, the money to affordable housing project. >>> a man arrested for molesting a girl had been arrested for doing that before, he molested an 8-year-old girl at the $.99 store in hayward, surveillance images show him in the toy aisle, he was on probation and wearing an ankle bracelet at that time, that's how investigators knew he was at that store on sunday, he was on probation after serving time for assaulting another 8-year-old at a walmart back in 2010. >>> tonight the u.s. attorney general says bay area police departments should get body cameras. >> we are pushing for investments in body worn cameras so that police officers can have

. >> reporter: there's nat d new to the show this year she's a realtor and a event planner. >> prettying but love in philly. i mean, on stain gram and social media i get haters and people say outrageous things and i don't respond. >> nat d's connection shushes her cousin was a mobster. that's controversy number one. >> she goes on tv and lies about who she's related to. i don't know. to me i feel like this girl is complete fraud. >> nat d says she was related through marriage. >> family is the blood line. >> controversy number two. >> i believe she's a rat. >> all about nat g talking to law enforcement about trouble with an x boyfriend. >> is a rat about the worst person you could be? >> there's a code on the street you never run your mouth never open your mouth f you'll be on mob wives and you have background to be rat it doesn't make any sense. >> nat g says it involves abusive relationship an restraining order. >> stalking my ex who abuseed me to get information. how low can you go? >> the two nats will go head to head on this season's reunion which was just recorded. >> there was

. >> reporter: a realtor says he has clients who don't want to rent out their extra property because they may want to sell it later. some simply don't want renters because they or a family member may eventually be moving in. >> if they have an extra property in the city that they only use occasionally, they should be able to use it any way they want. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> and if supervisor mar is able to get the tax on the books, that's a big if, it would go towards affordable housing programs. >>> new this morning, three missing children at the center of a child welfare case in washington state have been found in the south bay. they were with their parents when santa cruz deputies picked them up at a gas station south of aptos. the mother was arrested. the woman allegedly headbutted one cop and kicked another. the couple and their children disappeared last month during a suit with child protecteddive services. they are trying to place the children in protective custody. >>> warning for students after a woman was sexual assaulted on the san francisco state campus. the