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Photo by Robert Edson Swain Architecture and Design - Search modern kitchen pictures How to Choose the Right Pet Door -  Mark Your Calendars; Satur-YAY 10/8/2016!  Join Me! - C.A.R. Releases Its 2017 California Housing Market Forecast - Investors Eye More Real Estate Assets - San Jose Shoppers Brace For Sales Tax Increase - The Apple Effect: After Spaceship Campus Lands, Will Silicon Valley Prices Soar? - How to Future-Proof Your Family Bathroom Enjoy!

Photo by Whipple Russell Architects - Search Asian landscape pictures The Simple Beauty of a Backyard Rock Garden - The Simple Beauty of a Backyard Rock Garden - C.A.R. analysis finds presidential elections have little impact on California housing market - People Are Still Fleeing the Bay Area—But The Places They’re Moving to Have Changed - Bay Area homes: prices up, sales down from 2015 - Bay Area consumers alerted to outbreak of hackers stealing mortgage funds - Brexit Effect On US Real Estate: Why Millennials May Be Priced Out Of Some Markets - 13 Decorating Tricks for a More Pleasurable Home Office Enjoy!

Eclectic Living Room by West Hartford Media & Bloggers Rita from Design Megillah How to Decorate for the Holidays When Your Home Is for Sale -  South Bay Area Real Estate Market Data  - Check it out; Seasonal changes, yearly gains.  - How to Decorate for the Holidays When Your Home Is for Sale - Booming Silicon Valley job market may be held back by housing costs - Ca Millennial Reports: 35% Live With Mom Or Dad, Income Plummets Below 1990 Level - Residential developer buys 8.5-acre industrial site in San Jose - $3.5B worth of Silicon Valley property sold - Shaping the City | Affordable housing design doesn’t have to be boring - Two galleries explore Bay Area tensions - 12 Ways to Beat the Home Decor Blahs Enjoy!

Contemporary Spaces by Portland Interior Designers & Decorators ID Seven Room of the Day: Storage Attic Now an Uplifting Master Suite - Room of the Day: Storage Attic Now an Uplifting Master Suite - Young Adults Are Living With Their Parents, But Not As Much As (Or Why) You Think - Pending Home Sales Reverse Five-Month Decline In September - This is why California is in the middle of another housing crisis - A Guide to Investing in Real Estate - Heads-Up Hues: 10 Bold Ceiling Colors Enjoy!

Traditional Exterior by Port Chester Paint & Wall Coverings Facelifts Home Improvement To-Dos: Your October Home Checklist - To-Dos: Your October Home Checklist - Homeownership Expenses You Might Not Anticipate  - Coldwell Banker Previews International Luxury Market Report Reveals Newcomers On List Of Hottest U.S. Cities For Luxury Home Sales - City proposes new incentives for affordable housing - Chinese investors remain an X Factor for the US housing market - Income Growth Key for Housing - 10 Simple Ways to Personalize Your Front Entry   Enjoy!

Midcentury Bedroom by San Jose General Contractors Flegel's Construction Co., Inc. Rethinking the Master Bedroom Rethinking the master bedroom; many renters can afford mortgages, but not homes; 5 reason for milllenials to enter the houing market; San Jose real estate market plateaus; housing costs are a drag on CA's economy; 10 year Yelp review: CEO on SF company's journey; Tesla's manufacturing rennaisance; Google propels commercial real estate sales; the future of backsplashes. Enjoy!

Eclectic Bedroom by Dallas Media & Bloggers Sarah Greenman 10 Tips for a More Peaceful Home 10 Tips for a more peaceful home, debt to income ratios can sink mortgage app, not enough affordable homes to go around despite housing market improvements, foreclosure fade, later half of 2014 expectations, mortgages, 8 ways to dress up a hallway. Enjoy!

Traditional Kitchen by Oakland General Contractors Mueller Nicholls Cabinets and Construction 11 Things to Expect With Your Remodel Last week I felt kinda … “off.” I arrived late to appointments, forgot random letters and words in emails and handwritten correspondence, and in the end, didn’t even get my weekly round-up posted. I know it’s Monday, not really the day for leisurely reading, but felt these were worthy of sharing. So better late than never, Here are the links, making up for lost time.  What to expect with your remodel, Declaration of Independence, what to do when your water heater bursts, America's looming rental crisis, Big Sur Dragon House for sale, concrete flooring... Enjoy!

Other Kitchen of the Week: Storage, Style and Efficiency in San Francisco Kitchen redo in SF; Walkability drives values; Winning a bidding war; New construction to help normalize market in 1-2 years; CA housing market predictions; Population boom affects housing market; Affordable housing crisis; Who's footing the bill for affordable housing?; Some statements from Yellen; What to do with a small backyard.  Enjoy!

Traditional Kitchen by New York Interior Designers & Decorators Beach Glass Interior Designs To-Dos: Your June Home Checklist June Home Checklist, Bay Area Home Equity Lending Surges, Tech Companies Expanding in Silicon Valley, Top 5 Home Buyer Mistakes & How to Avoid Them, Why Renters Are Ending Up in the Suburbs, Home Price Gains of 20% Vanish As Hottest Markets Cool, Create the Illusion of An Entry Hall. Enjoy!

Great Blue Heron Flying Above Reflection In Water Top 10 Markets by Equity Appreciation since 4th Quarter 2010. Hint, San Jose did well, which is a great segueway into f our million more homeowners now 'above water'   and housing affordability spiking this year . Another layer affecting affordability is the increase in interest rates as suggested by Janet Yellen in her first press conference.