What You Can Buy: 3BR Houses for $1M
Ah, a three-bedroom single-family home in San Francisco—the holy grail of local real estate. There are currently 102 such houses on the market as of…
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1BR Condos a Good Bet for First-Time Home Buyers
A one-bedroom condo is typically not the ideal home. Who doesn’t want an extra room for guests or an office? But as prices escalate in…
Underbidding in this Market? Why, Yes!
It’s not news that most properties in San Francisco have been selling for more than their asking prices. However, I managed to find three properties…
Just Sold: 2BR Condo at BLU in Yerba Buena
My client just purchased a wonderful 2BR/2BA condo at BLU, the coveted luxury condo building at 631 Folsom at 2nd Street. Boasting city views, sleek…
Smackdown: Bernal House vs SoMa Loft
It’s time for another San Francisco real estate smackdown. In this edition we pit a sweet Bernal Heights cottage against a spacious SoMa loft at…
1BR Prices Soar in SoMa
It’s not news that the South of Market, South Beach and Mission Bay markets have improved dramatically over the past year. The fury with which…
Live/Work Loft Loans: Talk to Your Lender First
You’ve just hit the open house circuit and found a great loft like the one pictured at 25 Lucerne #1 in SoMa. You want to…
What You Can Buy in SoMa
South of Market is a popular neighborhood for young professionals looking for proximity to freeways, downtown and nightlife. Here’s a look at three hot properties…
SoMa/South Beach Tour: Condo Trio
There’s often a lot of inventory in the SoMa/South Beach neighborhoods, primarily because all the buildings translate into condos—and lots of ’em. So to cut…
Stagehouse Loft with Killer Deck Flies Off Shelf
The Stagehouse Lofts bank-owned unit with the amazing deck and two-car parking came on the market late last week at $895,000, and I had the…
What You Can Buy for $450,000
The options in the $450,000 price range have increased lately, mainly due to the softened condo market. Here’s a trio of condos in reasonable locations…
High-End San Francisco Condo Market Softens
I checked in on some recent condo listing sales last week, and found three that point to a softening luxury condo market:
Checking In At 829 Folsom
The awesome roof deck is my favorite part about 829 Folsom, the 69-unit development on Folsom between 4th and 5th Streets (and across the street…
Checking In At One Hawthorne
I’m on the board of the SF Young Professionals Network, a Realtors-only group that operates under the California and San Francisco Realtor Associations. We had…
Just Sold: SoMa Short Sale Loft
I just closed my second short sale of 2010 today—a 1BR/2BA spacious loft at 380 10th Street #7. We had two lenders to contend with…