Potrero Cottage a Cool Condo Alternative
The two-bedroom cottage at 655 Mississippi may be the cute, well-appointed house Potrero buyers have been waiting for in the new year. Listed at $699,000, the…
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Top 10 Neighborhoods for Commuting to Downtown San Francisco
One of the more popular requests from my new buyer clients is that they need to live in a neighborhood with easy and relatively quick rail…
Smackdown: Mt. Davidson Manor vs Potrero Hill
I like smackdowns that not only pit neighborhoods against each other, but also specific property types. Today we have a single-family home in Mt. Davidson…
What You Can Buy for $1M
There’s a wide variety of properties in San Francisco, and we take a look today at three very different homes at the $1M price point:
House vs Condo in Potrero: Texas Throwdown
Two new properties in roughly the same price range came on the market this week on Texas in Potrero, and they’re leading me to post…
New Dogpatch Development Digs for Buyers (Finally)
It’s been about five years since construction started on what is now 638 19th Street. The Dogpatch community has been discussing the site at 19th…
Best Trick or Treat ‘Hoods in SF
I came across Zillow’s Trick or Treat housing index yesterday, and found its picks for Best Trick or Treat Neighborhoods. You can’t argue with the…
719 Carolina and the Red Kitchen Return
719 Carolina in Potrero Hill is back on the scene, after a month’s break. First listed in early June for $2,250,000, the “substantially rebuilt” 3BR/3.5BA,…
What You Can Buy for $1M
It’s always a crap shoot when it comes to surveying what’s available across a certain price point, given the individual nature of San Francisco’s many…
Three 3BRs for $800,000
There was a time when it was a challenge to find spacious, three-bedroom condos for $800,000. I saw three such properties on my broker tour…
Get a Deal on a Loft
If you’re a first-time home buyer looking for a nice space in San Francisco for up to $700,000, I’d like to suggest you consider a…
Checking Out Q1 House Averages
With volumes and prices down, the first quarter of the year opened with a whimper. Buyers were reluctant to make purchase decisions, and sellers held…
1409 20th Meets the New Market
There once was a time when you could buy a small-but-cute Victorian in a reasonably good part of Potrero Hill and expect nice appreciation over…
Market Update: Bernal, Mission, Potrero
With a penchant for warm weather, Bernal Heights, The Mission, and Potrero Hill are popular among first-time home buyers. Here’s a look at the price…
A Touch of England in Mission Dolores
I stopped in to see how things are panning out at Chelsea Park, the development in Mission Dolores on 19th Street, between Guerrero and Dolores….