When Carlos A. Garcia moved back to San Francisco in 2007 to take the position as Superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, he found that a city that had changed—some parts for the good.
Garcia moved from Watsonville in 1988 to take the job as principal at Horace Mann Middle School in the Mission district. He stayed at Horace Mann until 1991, when he left San Francisco for a new job at the Fresno Unified School District. Garcia has noticed the dramatic change on Valencia Street since the early 1990’s. Continue Reading…

In an CNBC interview on February 27th, Warren Buffett said the following when asked whether he’d recommend people buy stocks or houses right now: “If I knew where I was going to live for the next five years or 10 years, I’d buy a home and I’d finance it with a 30-year mortgage. It’s a [...]

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By Amy Hoak, MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) “Despite recent price improvements nationally, only five markets in the country are expected to see home-price gains for the remainder of 2011: Washington, New York, Orlando, Dallas and San Francisco. That’s right, Orlando, Fla., where prices have fallen 63% from their peak. This is according to Clear Capital’s home [...]