I’ve been noticing more and more homes on Broker’s Tour have bathrooms with views these days. I spotted this one on Tuesday in a beautifully redesigned home that just came on the market at 4335 23rd Street in Noe Valley. With such an amazing view from the bath, this room becomes a sanctuary to escape the hectic pace of life. …
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Pricing a home correctly to sell is key! And I’ll show you why. Recently, while preparing a comparative market analysis for a couple, I came across a home at 53 Clarendon (pictured above) in Clarendon Heights which exemplifies why it is so important to price your home right from the beginning. This home was purchased in an estates sale in October of 2008 for $2,210,000. It was a fixer at the time. The person who bought it attempted to “flip” …
Some buyers only desire a Pacific Heights address. Tony Pacific Heights sits at the north end of the city, bounded by Presidio Avenue to the west, Van Ness Avenue to the east, Green Street to the north and California Street to the south. In the last twelve months, 30 homes were sold in Pacific Heights for an average price of $7,729,617 averaging 47 days on the market. The most expensive home sold for $31M and the least expensive home sold …
It feels like a cooler wind is hitting our market. I saw twelve properties of varying price points between $699,000 and $4,700,000 on Broker’s Tour today. They were in the north and south ends of the city, including Presidio Heights, Pacific Heights, Nob Hill, Russian Hill, Noe Valley, the Inner Mission and Glen Park. In a hot market, some agents list properties with an “offer date,” a date when offers will be reviewed, to create a sense of urgency and …
Recently, a client of mine asked me which is better to purchase as an investment property – a multi-unit building or a home. While they each have their pluses and minuses, buying a home as an investment property has a number of advantages over a multi-unit building. The biggest advantage is that rent increase limitations do not apply to many homes. The first question to ask is does the rent control ordinance apply to a given home; in other words, …
My client is looking for a two bedroom condo for up to $1.2M. Unfortunately, that could be a bit of a challenge in San Francisco, depending on which neighborhood you are looking in. Anyone reading this who lives outside of California is probably a little shocked because that amount of money could buy a very nice home with land in most parts of the country. But not here. On Broker’s Tour this week, I looked at 4 properties in that …
There are many reasons couples prevail in competition for a property and as I have mentioned before on an earlier blogpost, it is not always the highest priced offer. Sometimes, a letter, well written which tells the story of a couple and their love for each other and for the home they wish to make theirs, can make the difference. The happy couple smiling from the front porch of their Corona Heights cottage which they just closed on this past …
Just when I thought the market was slowing down and sugar plums were dancing in my head, my buyers decided to write offers. The saying goes that making offers as the holiday approaches is a good time since if a property is on the market at this time of year, the seller must be desperate and he’ll take what he can get. But, whoever said that didn’t count on the resilient SF market that is like an Energizer Bunny. In …
There are some terrific homes out there that I have seen which have not come on the public market yet. This past week I saw a home that stood out in the Inner Mission which is worth seeing. It’s a 1905 San Francisco classic with three levels consisting of five bedrooms and six baths in 4635 square feet of space. It last sold exactly two years ago today on Halloween. It sold for $3,525,000 and is currently listed for $4,400,000. …
Some sellers prefer for a variety of reasons to sell their property outside of the public Multiple Listing Service, which lists properties for sale. I keep my eyes and ears open for “off market” opportunities for my buyers through my network, opportunities that are not made available to the general public. I just represented buyers who bought “off market” a panoramic view two bedroom, two bath co-op in the Russian Hill luxury building known as the Royal Towers. The photo …