For some parts of California, we might be getting there. Some of our clients are finding themselves in bidding wars (or too late to the bidding wars) on Sacramento homes. I’ve heard reports of 10+ offers on some properties. This isn’t necessarily good news for people who are considering selling their homes though - the homes in question are foreclosures and are selling for somewhere in the neighborhood of half their value at the peak of the market.

The always respectable ValleyWag proudly disclosed Google founder Larry Page’s address, so what are we to do, but to see which of his Palo Alto neighbors are selling their homes? You can’t buy next door (at least right now), but you can buy less than a block away at 2050 Waverly Street. $6.4 million might seem expensive for a home to most people, but just think of it this way: if just one one-thousandth of his $16.6 billion fortune rubs of on you, you’d still be up ten million dollars.

Streetview imagery is already getting old and it’s quickly becoming a good source of pre-listing, pre-touchup information. Take a look at the photos of 1471 Felspar in San Diego and then scroll down to the StreetView (you may need to do a 180 on the StreetView).

We launched in the Bay Area today with over 40,000 San Francisco homes and condos from four Bay Area MLSes today. This is our fourth major market - Seattle, Portland, and San Diego are all live on Estately right now - and the third major market we have entered this summer.

This is a geographic release - there aren’t buckets of new bells and whistles, just buckets of new homes for sale. We are excited to bring transit-oriented Real Estate search for BART and other local transit agencies to a very dense, transit-friendly area (Portland was a good starting point). So check out Estately San Francisco and let us know what you think.

PS: I’ll be down in the Bay Area to speak at Inman Connect in two weeks, so give me a call if you have a converted historic firehouse for me to stay in.