Make a visit to any open house this spring and you'll likely encounter multiple house hunters eager to make a deal. And while many new listings are accompanied by the invitation to submit an offer on some specific date 1-2 weeks out, buyers are not waiting. In fact, we've witnessed more than one pre-emptive bidding war recently. Winning offers...
Those who experienced San Francisco's real state market during the tech boom know what fever pitch looks like. On the ground, it was long lines to get into open houses, 20+ buyer bidding wars, and prices soaring faster than appraisers could substantiate. From the start of recovery post-Great Recession in 2012 until the onset of the COVID-19...
Year-end data is in: San Francisco posted a whopping 1,730 Canceled residential listings in 2023, according to SFAR MLS. While that figure is well below the highest in recent decades (it reached...
It’s been nearly two years since the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate began climbing from the low 3% range, and there is a growing consensus that relief is on the way — finally. In...
We've scoured decades of broker-reported listings and known private transactions to create the most accurate record of San Francisco's highest-price homes. Our ranking below represents only the top...
San Francisco seems to be grabbing all the headlines recently — for homelessness and crime (nothing new), for whatever societal ill du jour that talking heads fancy, and for its less-than-thriving...
As the one year anniversary of the first aggressive inflation-fighting interest rate hike approaches, local and national media alike have taken to sensationalizing San Francisco's real estate woes....
Now that Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone, San Francisco's springtime home selling season is officially here — assuming that traditional start date means anything in these unusual times. Word on...
Without going too deep into the trends that defined San Francisco's real estate market in 2022, it suffices to say the year was a pivotal one. Despite major increases in the number of listings...
No event defined the real estate market in 2022 more than skyrocketing mortgage interest rates. Following the Fed's rate hike in March — the first in more than three years — an unprecedented four...
Desperate times call for desperate measures. It has been a tough year for just about anyone trying to unload property in San Francisco, especially these past six months with the doubling of interest...
Having begun the year at 3.22 percent, Freddie Mac's benchmark 30-year fixed interest rate has...
Next month marks one year since the spacious townhome at 1360 Stevenson Street was making its...
In this era of property flipping, investors are well served upon resale to bring any legally...
We take no joy in being the bearer of bad news. San Francisco house hunters are about to be dealt...
No property type in San Francisco is more misunderstood than the Tenancy In Common (TIC). Many...
Mortgage interest rates may well be the headlining real estate topic of the year. To be sure, the...
Summer is here, and with it comes relief for home buyer hopefuls. Tuned-in house hunters have...
Surprise, surprise. People are actually buying in San Francisco's infamous leaning Millennium...
It's no secret that San Francisco has some fabulous Victorian-period real estate. The mere mention...
Could you walk through your front door knowing it's where someone took their final joyful steps...
There are hundreds of residential condominium buildings in San Francisco for homebuyers to choose...
It's been a wild past 18 months for the San Francisco real estate market. Demand for Single-Family...
Too many well-meaning real estate agents push the one-size-fits-all idea that preparing a home for...
In our article In It To Win-Win It, we discussed opportunities to add value to existing multi-unit...
Does your single-family house meet most or all of the criteria below? If so, we may have a buyer...
We're a fan of more housing being created — all types: apartments, condos, houses, affordable and...
If the head-turning world of San Francisco real estate the past few years has been defined by one...
In SF Home Buyer Guide to Askhole Sellers (1/3) we discussed the traits of an askhole and glanced...
So you've found that gem of a home with an attractive price that seems too good to be true....
San Francisco has plenty of unique properties worthy of our attention – and when one comes along...