theFrontSteps – San Francisco

You know that when I talk “life”, I talk real estate, because real estate is my life, and therefore life (real estate and living) at the St. Regis is pretty damn good. However, there are a few exceptions…the “B” units and one “F” are getting a bit stale! I was fortunate enough to sell Unit [...]

Oh it’s just so awful when a property sells for under asking.  The world of San Francisco real estate has certainly come to an end when we start to see this.  We can all pack our things and head for more affordable, greener pastures.  That is, of course, unless you love yourself some loft! After [...]

We took you to this very floor a long, long time ago before it had walls (right after an earthquake mind you), and we took you there again just recently. This time, we’re bringing you a taste of what life will be like on top and from a North East corner unit…at night…and guess what? [...]

As many of you know, I fancy myself a bit of a surfer, which doesn’t necessarily mean I know how to surf. Regardless, I’ll be in Mexico sippin’ Cerveza and hopefully getting tubed out of my head until May 7th. I have already written a few posts that will appear in the next few days, [...]

This from a reader: Here is another shining example of disservice to the SF real estate market courtesy of the SF Gate. The SF Gate and KGO (ABC) reported ([yesterday and the day before yesterday], respectively) on the same story, but KGO was decent enough to report the foreclosure numbers IN CONTEXT, i.e. referencing that [...]

Again, we say, “Lest you think we only report the positive,” we link to Submedian and What’s the diff. And so you know what is so great: So I’m perusing one of my favorite real estate blogs [theFrontSteps] (no, I don’t get paid to plug it, I really do like it) and I stumble across [...]

Lest you think we focus exclusively on the high end of the spectrum, we thought you’d like to know about the low end (in price, not quality…size doesn’t matter either, right?) An itsy bitsy studio at the Symphony Towers recently closed escrow for a reported price of $349,000 (asking $399,000).

Forget the asking price ($3,795,000) and forget the selling price ($4,200,000) of this five bedroom, four bath, 4224 square foot mansion in Pacific Heights, instead focus on the DOM (11). -2221 Baker [sfnewsletter listing detail page]

We love ourselves some hot Realtors, and we also think our “average” colleagues (the rest of us) are great (even though we continually bash the not so great), but this comment by Kenny the other day in Stats & Numbers: Condos… was so blunt and in your face we had to post it. It sucks [...]

Aldo Congi…Capo di Capi telling it like it is. Andrew, you kind of fumbled a bit, but we’ll let it slide. And who was that that walked out of the bathroom in the middle of your interview!? Gasp…. [brightcove vid=1513327670&exp=452319854&w=486&h=412] No way! It’s not happening. Really it’s not. The market has tanked. This report was [...]