theFrontSteps – San Francisco

From sfnewsletter: We’re really trying to stop publishing these things, but they just keep coming up. This week we have 2956 Webster in the oh so popular Cow Hollow District. This is a 2 bed, 2 bath condominium that was asking $1,279,000 was absolutely swarmed, received eight (yes 8 ) offers, four of them all [...]

Where readers ask and we try to answer: 1474 17th ave was sold on 1/25 for $1mm (3000sqft duplex), but I did not see anything in MLS or any other signs of activity, nor was there any trace of it in the sfnewsletter. Was this a pocket listing? The price seems to be very reasonable, [...]

From Garrett with love. District Map (PDF) 2-4 Units           District 1 Dec-06 Dec-07 Number of Sales 8 11 Median Selling Price 1,262,500 1,178,000 Average DOM 100 55       District 2 Dec-06 Dec-07 Number of Sales 2 2 Median Selling Price 1,200,500 1,064,500 Average DOM 55 53     [...]

This is from “Zang” on Ask Us: Upside to purchasing 2 units with protected tenants. This is just plain wrong: Having just dealt with a greedy protected tenant I have more than a few thoughts about the tremendous downside of buying a property with protected tenants. My case started in 2001 and just settled this [...]

If you want to guarantee your spot on our front page, you need only include two words (or is that three?)…Mid-Century Modern. Our reader notes that it “looks like prices might finally be coming down a bit in Marin”, but we have no way of knowing for sure as we generally don’t have our finger [...]

Is that correct? Let’s see, sales price $1,553,000, minus list price $1,199,000 equals $354,000. Is that right? Hmmm. Day offer received 9/28/07 minus list date 9/12/07 equals 16 days on the market. Is that right? It can’t be. We just said volume is down 41%. Ohhhh. We get it. We’re just being led astray that [...]

There have been a lot of Google searches and even more emails coming to us wondering if we can “point [you] in the direction of the ‘Walk Down Lake Street’” from sfnewsletter that many of you saw mentioned in this article on SFGate. Those that have already read it already know that we added a [...]

Why settle for just one of the penthouse units (starting at $1,350,000), when you can have the recording studio and commercial condo as well (price upon request)? The San Francisco Soundworks building hits the market, and you know you’ve always dreamed of having “the ultimate rock star pad”, so here’s your chance. Oh, to add [...]

We were impressed with the front when walking by, were wowed by the interior when browsing the website, and thrilled when we discovered the before shots to share with you. 1233 Shrader: 4 bed, 4.5 baths, 3095 square feet, 2 car parking, and just $2,695,000 [Update: Now $2,560,000]. Pennies on the dollar. -Then and Now [...]

From Garrett. Thanks Garrett!!! 2-4 Units District 1 Sep-06 Sep-07 Number of Sales 8 6 Median Selling Price 1,044,000 1,252,500 Average DOM 43 50 District 2 Sep-06 Sep-07 Number of Sales 11 2 Median Selling Price 1,050,000 1,482,500 Average DOM 30 90 District 3 Sep-06 Sep-07 Number of Sales 0 0 Median Selling Price Average [...]