It looks like an attic, it smells like an attic, but is it living space, too? In San Francisco this is the great unknown. During the past month, I had two clients seriously considering upper condos that included the attics. Here are two statements that were part of the listing in... Read More
For years there has been talk of the need for more housing by the Association of Bay Area Governments. Those of us who have our home in paradise, whether renters or home owners, could easily ignore the housing problem in the past. This is no longer possible. San Francisco has com... Read More
San Francisco has never been a hot market for foreclosures and has become less so as a result of low interest rates, booming tech industry, and the improvement in the housing market. Maybe it is due to the extraordinarily low inventory of homes on the market that out of the blue ... Read More
The hot real estate market in San Francisco has again brought the price per square foot of property to the forefront of buyers’ minds. I asked a group of clients to share their thoughts on buying a home or condo in San Francisco and how price per square foot affected their ... Read More
All indicators point to healthy real estate sales in 2013. Lawrence Yun, National Association of Realtors chief economist, said the median sales price for homes across the country was up 10.1 percent year over year in November, and that we had enjoyed nine consecutive months of y... Read More
The price of a square foot of property in San Francisco is a challenge to figure out, even for seasoned real estate buyers or investors. Buyers will often ask about the price per square foot of a house or condo when they first start looking for a home. Months later, after submitt... Read More
Those who live on the north side of San Francisco can be a bit provincial at times, myself included. We have everything we need right in our own neighborhood. There is no question we live as close to heaven as you can get as a city dweller, but it’s no excuse for not explor... Read More
Last month I wrote about the new breed of buyer entering the real estate market. Since then, I had a new listing come on the market in Pacific Heights. This was a large remodeled studio with a deeded deck (with partial bay view), a common roof deck with a full view of the Golden ... Read More
In recent months, the booming economy in San Francisco has brought many new buyers to the City. Buyers who had stayed on the sidelines during the downturn tired of waiting for the market to hit bottom and finally began to seriously search for a home. This large group of house hun... Read More
The great thing about living and working in San Francisco is there is always something new to discover. On a recent brokers’ tour, I stepped into a two-unit building and immediately thought, “Hmmm … there is something different here.” The interior stairs were ... Read More