theFrontSteps – San Francisco

Because sometimes you have to go ultra modern…. Private, gated compound designed by Viennese architect Coop Himmelb(l)au has 3 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths and 2,522 square feet, asking $2,595,000, and it has your name on it…but you gotta move to Los Angeles (ouch). -513 Grand Boulevard, Venice, California [Property Website] -Found on Curbed LA

Thirty eight forty three (3843) 22nd Street in Noe Valley is hitting the market* any minute, and you’re getting your first look inside, right here. Unassuming from the front, but dramatic on the inside, you know you want this property. If you happen to work at Facebook, Google, Salesforce, Twitter, Zynga, or any of the [...]

I’m not quite sure just how many people from around the world hit this here little (20,000 monthly unique visitors) real estate blog looking for Marin real estate, but one thing I do know is that Marin is pretty damn hard to beat. It’s a hop, skip, and a jump away from one of the [...]

I am off for the Easter Holiday Weekend, so I thought I’d share a little taste of how it goes down in Casa Clark. – Everyone that is in attendance at the feast is given a one of a kind egg designed and colored by someone else in the family the day before. Find your [...]

“Alex, You really need to post this one on your blog. I haven’t laughed this hard in sometime… Hope you’re well. Cheers [Previous Client]” Be careful, there are quite a few F-bombs and vulgarities in this video, so if you’re at work, put the volume on low, and remember, as much as you know about [...]

[Editor's Note: Below is a carbon copy of the San Francisco Association of Realtors Market Focus Report. Remember...read the data, not the headlines. Each block in San Francisco is different.] SAN FRANCISCO, CA, April 15, 2011 – The median sale price of single-family homes in San Francisco continued to strengthen in March, according to the [...]

…..but you gotta love the Mascot: …and you gotta love the San Francisco Giants! Come to think of it, maybe the Giants are the reason people still buy San Francisco real estate. Or maybe it’s the America’s Cup coming to town? Perhaps it’s Outside Lands? Pretty good place we live, eh? -Source: SFist

“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco,” said Mark Twain, who didn’t have the luxury of hopping in his car, heading over the Golden Gate Bridge and parking in Sausalito. Indeed, it’s that time of year when the fog starts creeping back in, the mercury drops, the cold wind picks [...]

Purchased for $2,500,000 in August of 2009, 3362 Jackson came back on the market April Fool’s Day 2011, and it is no joke. Currently six bedrooms, seven bathrooms, and roughly 5800 square feet of luxury, if you think this was a “quick flip”, think again. Separate yourself for a moment from the marketing and spin [...]

“After hitting a two year low in January, the median price for single-family re-sale homes rose 18.6% in March from February. Year-over-year, the median price was off for the seventh month in a row, falling 3.1%. After falling to their lowest level since January 2009 in February, home sales bounced back last month, which is [...]