theFrontSteps – San Francisco

If we could speak to you, Mr & Mrs Buyer, in the middle of your tense negotiations about repairs to the home you’d like to buy, we would say this: The bids you received from your agent and her inspectors/experts are great. We’re glad you’re doing your due diligence and we’re happy to credit you [...]

Just because we’re not here on the blog posting daily, doesn’t mean we’re not out there hustling real estate. There are many ways to keep up on little tidbits here and there: Twitter Tweets; sfnewsletter; and less and less frequently Tour de San Francisco (real estate); but THE BEST way to know when new content [...]

We’ve taken the plunge into the land of real estate apps for the iPhone, and (for San Francisco) are still waiting for nirvana. We’ve had the Trulia App for a while, and although it is nice with all kinds of bells and whistles, there is enough inaccuracy (the Open House info has yet to be [...]

Supply/Demand Single Family April 2009 v April 2008 Supply/Demand Condo April 2009 v April 2008 Supply/Demand Single Family & Condo April 2009 v April 2008 Sales Rate Single Family & Condo April 2009 v April 2008 Sales Rate Single Family April 2009 v April 2008 Sales Rate Condo April 2009 v April 2008 Median Price [...]

We just read this in the Realtor Advantage Online Publication: Beginning in 2010, Lennar Homes will be bringing 1400 homes onto the market in the first phase of a program that will lead to revitalization of the southern part of the city. And, for brokers and agents who can demonstrate that they have resided in, [...]

This from the recent San Francisco Business Times Online: Median prices for homes in the Bay Area collapsed in the first quarter, losing 42.7 percent, the fourth worst drop for metropolitan areas in the country behind Fort Myers, Fla.; Saginaw, Mich.; and Akron, Ohio. The median price for a home in San Francisco and the [...]

About once a month, on sfnewsletter, we put out our list of Stalefish Properties for our readers’ delight. Today, we thought we’d share that same list with you, and highlight some of the Stalefish swimming in that Stale Pond. – 175 Bright…future not so bright. It is a short sale (possibly the reason it still [...]

From “Seb” on “Noe Valley Is Not Immune”: Where do people think Noe [Valley real estate] prices will be in two years? Up or down? I sense things are stabilizing. We’ll just say the feeling of free-fall has disappeared. Stable? Not so sure. Going up, definitely not. In two years…crystal ball is a little bit [...]

Where readers ask, and we (the community) try to answer: Greetings everyone: I was wondering does anyone out there have a good way to determine how much dwelling coverage one needs in the homeowners insurance in the city of San Francisco because I noticed when I get a quote from insurance companies, the dwelling coverage [...]

Woah! Where the hell has theFrontSteps been? A few things…I did, in fact, have a birthday (29 for those wondering) and I’ve been slammed with real estate. Thank goodness for the people behind theFrontSteps. This graph again from Misha Weidman: This is median prices, and SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ONLY. If this isn’t ammo for the [...]