theFrontSteps – San Francisco

Sellers, it’s time. We need your inventory, and look how happy you could be! Alex thanks for selling my home as quickly and painless as possible at a price way beyond my expectation! I especially liked that you provided expert advice/service from staging, lighting and photography to make this a success. Using [electronic signature solutions] [...]

Number of Homes suffering price reductions on the decline: Price of Newly listed properties on the rise: Days on Market (how long a property takes to sell) going down: For more info and the full article, visit: -Three signs 2013 will be the Hottest Housing year since 2005 [Altos Research]

You starting to feel ready to buy a home in San Francisco? By now, hopefully, you’ve made it through Step 1, and are now either pre-approved, or can provide Proof of Funds, and are getting dialed into this thing called the internet and how well it can help you instantaneously see what is new on [...]

Translation: Single family homes, condominiums, cooperatives, and multi-family units in San Francisco sell really, really fast (when priced right), and buyers are again finding themselves with less and less to choose from. Competition is again at a fever pitch and multiple offers on any one single property are the norm. Like I’ve been saying, if [...]

Have aspirations to live in the oh so hip NOPA district of San Francisco? Been searching for a single family home in NOPA, but just can’t afford one? You’re in luck, as thankfully San Francisco always has an alternative for you, and 22 Loyola Terrace is no exception. Technically mapped in San Francisco’s Lone Mountain [...]

We’re going to take the liberty of pulling a few quotes from this recent New York Times article about President-elect Obama’s call to action and urge our fellow San Franciscans to go out and buy a house. -’I don’t believe it’s too late to change course, but it will be if we don’t take dramatic [...]

Where readers ask and we (the community) try to answer: This is a doozy of a question, so put your game faces on: Hi there, Being fairly new at the SF real estate/landlording game, I am still discovering the fascinating mine field of Rent Control laws through the numerous websites on the subject. At least [...]

I’ve been thinking a bit about our cliche Realtor statement that now is “a great time to buy”, and I’ve come to a conclusion: Now is not necessarily a great time to buy, as prices may continue to fall, credit is likely to continue to dry up, and the global recession only looks to be [...]

Just curious to see how up on your real estate all y’all are. Take a look at 145 Madrone, a 3 bed, 1 bath, 1920′s home in prime West Portal, asking $849,000 (offer date next Monday). By all accounts, the one single photo doesn’t do this property justice. (Come on fellow Realtors! Even if it’s [...]

By Home Girl (aka real-estate blogger Tracey Taylor, former Redfin Sweet Digs maven). James and Gillian Servais build “stealth homes”. Over the years the couple have designed more than twenty houses, mostly in the Berkeley and Oakland hills, and the one characteristic they all share is how well they blend into their surroundings. With their [...]