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SOLD | 1673 8th Ave | Inner Sunset / Windsor Terrace | $2,465,000

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Congratulations to my wonderful client on the successful acquisition of this amazing historical San Francisco home in the coveted Windsor Terrace area of town.

This home has it all: 4 bedrooms; 3.5 bathrooms; large garage for 2 cars; 2779 square feet; charm and period details galore.

It was yet another hard fought multiple offer situation, but in the end, it was the letter to the seller that got the job done.

I am super happy for you, and greatly appreciate your business and trust!

–1673 8th Ave, $2,465,000 [theGoods Property Detail Page]
–Buyers look to their Childrens’ Art & Writing Sills to get offers accepted [theFrontSteps]

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It’s On! Tons of New Listings | A $12M Glen Park Estate For Sale | Overbids | Market Data, Data, Data

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Oh my, oh my…it’s like a kid in a candy store. So many choices, what is one to do!? As of right now (12:10pm) there are 168 new listings that have hit MLS in the last 24hrs…that’s nuts, but expected.

There are some gems in the mix, like the most expensive home to hit MLS, 47 Chenery, an extraordinary 10 bedroom, 11 bath Neo-Classical Estate in Glen Park asking $12,500,000…are you kidding me!? Look at this place.


Not my style, but man – oh – man could King Louis be replaced with Maniscalco and call this place amazing!
[Update: You gotta read what Curbed has shared about this property.]

So many cool properties to check out, and not enough time to tell you about them all, so feel free to browse all the Hot New Listings right here.

Since it’s Friday, I know you all expect your weekly top 10 Overbids, so here you go… (important to note, the top 20 Overbids you find on this page runs on a 14 day cycle, whereas this list below I refine to the past 7 days):
Address BR/BA/Units DOM List Price Sold Price Overbid
1718 12th Avenue 3/1.00/N/A 13 $1,195,000 $1,750,000 46.44%
2058 45th Avenue 3/1.00/N/A 13 $799,000 $1,100,000 37.67%
1030 Ortega Street 2/1.00/N/A 8 $998,000 $1,368,000 37.07%
3550 22nd Street 3552 2-4 Units 35 $925,000 $1,200,000 29.73%
2007 28th Avenue 4/4.00/N/A 13 $968,000 $1,255,400 29.69%
3624 Folsom Street 3/2.00/N/A 7 $1,428,000 $1,850,000 29.55%
1500 Plymouth Avenue 3/2.00/N/A 5 $1,425,000 $1,810,000 27.02%
54 Howth Street 2/1.00/N/A 10 $799,000 $1,008,000 26.16%
28 Rebecca Lane 2/2.00/N/A 15 $699,000 $866,000 23.89%
1287 37th Avenue 4/2.00/N/A 0 $1,395,000 $1,710,000 22.58%

Finally, since it’s been so long, what the hell is the market doing?

On August 22nd Pacific Union released their July recap, and in so many words confirmed the strength of our market, “Home prices rose in all nine Bay Area counties on an annual basis, ranging from 1.3 percent in Contra Costa County to 12.7 percent in Sonoma County. For the second time this year, the median price in San Mateo County hit $1,500,000, tying its all-time high, according to historical housing-market data from CAR. Like last July, the Bay Area is home to California’s other three seven-digit housing markets: San Francisco ($1,428,000), Marin ($1,224,000), and Santa Clara ($1,165,000) counties.”

Keller Williams Report pretty much says the same thing, and if you want to go crazy nuts into detail, Patrick Carlisle over at Paragon Real Estate gives you more data and analysis than you could possibly ever want, and sums up nicely what has happened the past couple months, and what might be in store.

Generally speaking, late summer market dynamics (or, for that matter, during the mid-winter doldrums) are not of great significance and do not tell us much about where the market is heading. September, however, is usually the single month with the greatest number of new listings hitting the market in San Francisco, and that surge fuels sales through mid-November, when activity begins to plunge. The coming two months will be the next major indicator: Will the SF market continue to maintain the intense high-demand, low-supply heat of this past spring, or will it cool? While the entire market is affected by seasonality, the luxury home segment is fiercely so, and the next couple months will be the peak selling period for high-end homes until spring 2018 rolls around.

And if that’s not enough for you, you can always give me shout, buy me a beer, and I’ll be happy to share my two cents.

Happy Aloha Friday! Go play.

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SOLD | Victorian Single Family in Cole Valley / Haight Ashbury | $2,250,000 Off Market

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This wonderful late / early century Victorian home has all the right bones in all the right places, including a grand entryway / staircase, wood floors, fireplace, high ceilings, large garage, 4 bedrooms, yard, and potential, potential, potential.

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SOLD | 707 Cole St. | Cole Valley | $2,606,000

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Quite possibly one of the busiest sets of open houses I’ve ever held, with nearly 250-300 people through the door, 707 Cole St. has changed hands to a pair of wonderful people that will hopefully enjoy this home as much as my clients did. Listed for $2,495,000, in the end it didn’t go nuts, but we still got over list and closed at $2,606,000.

On a side note, I have TWO properties in Cole Valley that are similar to this, and they are not on MLS. So if you, or anyone you know, are interested in an off market Cole Valley property, get in touch.
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707 Cole Marketing Remarks:

This timeless Cole Valley single family home situated in one of the most desirable locations in all of San Francisco is a circa 1896 Victorian loaded with period details and charm, and updated for today’s standards. Just two blocks to the heart of Cole Valley, the N-Judah, Golden Gate Park, Haight-Ashbury, and so many more iconic San Francisco locations, this is truly a must-see property.

SOLD | 707 Cole St. | $2,606,000
707 Cole St. | Formal Entry
707 Cole St. | Formal Dining Room
707 Cole St. | Formal Dining Room
707 Cole St. | Formal Dining Room Opens to deck
SOLD| 707 Cole St. | Formal Living Room
707 Cole St. | Modern Kitchen
707 Cole St. | Modern Kitchen
707 Cole St. | Main Level Bathroom
707 Cole St. | Seren Deck
707 Cole St. | Master Bedroom
707 Cole St. | Master Bedroom Seating Area
707 Cole St. | Bathroom On Upper Level
707 Cole St. | Bathroom
707 Cole St. | 2nd Bedroom
707 Cole St. | 2nd Bedroom
707 Cole St. | 3rd Bedroom
707 Cole St. | Washer & Dryer
707 Cole St. | Mud Room
707 Cole St. | Lower Level
707 Cole St. | 4th Bedroom On Ground Level
SOLD | 707 Cole St. | $2,606,000
707 Cole St. | Lower Level Bathroom
707 Cole St. | Landscaped Yard
707 Cole St. | 2 car garage parking
707 Cole St. | Yard and Rear Exterior
707 Cole St. | Cole Valley | $2,495,000

Carefully maintained to preserve the era in which it was built and upgraded with the finest modern amenities, 707 Cole features a formal entry/foyer and grand staircase leading upstairs to three of the four generously proportioned bedrooms (including master with it’s own fireplace), one bathroom, and conveniently located stackable washer and dryer. The entire top floor is bathed in natural light and period charm, including well preserved, beautiful original wood floors, and access to the large attic.

The main level features gorgeous, newly refinished wood floors, a formal living room with fireplace, a formal dining room, also with fireplace and wonderful French doors that open to a private outdoor deck perfect for indoor/outdoor living when San Francisco weather delights. Also on this level is the modern kitchen with bar seating, granite countertops, custom cabinets, recessed lighting, Viking Gas Range, stainless appliances, and windows looking out on the Japanese maples and large avocado tree in the professionally landscaped backyard.

The recent, down to the studs, remodeled ground floor is a perfect space for extra guests, playroom, home office, or your teenager that wants his/her privacy. Complete with wood floors, open flow, custom wood closets and cabinetry, a modern bathroom addition, and amazing floor to ceiling pivot door that brings the outside in and truly makes the transition from indoor to outdoor living seamless, this fourth bedroom is a wonderful addition to the already amazing home. Also on this level is garage parking for two cars, and interior access to the mudroom with custom wood cabinets and heaps of additional storage for all of your toys, bikes, skis, boots and shoes.

The backyard was professionally designed and maintained with seating areas, lush plantings, excellent flow, and low maintenance artificial turf for year-round enjoyment.

Property Details:
List Price $2,495,000
SOLD: $2,606,000, cash, 7 day close, multiple offers
Year Built 1896
4 bedrooms
3 baths
2 Car parking
Formal Dining
Formal Living Room
Formal Entryway
Grand Staircase
High Ceilings
3 Fireplaces (decorative)
Wood Floors
Designer Lighting
Modern Kitchen
Gas Range
Landscaped Backyard
Artificial Turf
Solar Panels
Seismic Upgrades
Large Attic
Washer & Dryer
Nest Thermostat
New Double Paned Windows
High Efficiency Furnace
Tankless Water Heater
A+ Cole Valley Location

Exclusively listed by:
Alexander Clark
Keller Williams Luxury Realty International
theFrontSteps.com
alexclark@gmail.com
415-254-5351

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SOLD | 323 Church St. #A | Mission Dolores | $1,525,000

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I’m pleased to report the successful off market close of my clients’ amazing condominium in a smooth and effortless transaction. Congratulations to the buyers, and my clients (the sellers). It has been a great deal all around.

Talk about a great location…

Remodeled in 2015 and only lived in by one owner since, this home has softwood floors, high ceilings & period details.

SOLD | 323 Church St. Unit A | $1,525,000
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
$1,525,000 |323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
SOLD | 323 Church St. Unit A | $1,525,000
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A
323 Church St. Unit A

The light & airy living room has new double-paned windows & a decorative fireplace. The remodeled kitchen features Carrera marble counters, wood floors, stainless appliances, including a Bertazzoni Gas range & stackable washer & dryer. It has a lovely, separate dining area with soaring windows viewing lush greenery and open space. The kitchen leads onto a back staircase with easy access to the garden.

This flat features two lovely bedrooms and a home office/den. The tiled bathroom has a shower over bathtub & vanity. The lush common garden is perfect for entertaining. Deeded 1 car parking w/ additional storage. Walk score 98. 1 block to tech buses, shopping, MUNI & restaurants. Walk to Dolores Park, Valencia Corridor & Castro.

Property Details:
$1,525,000
NOT ON MLS
Victorian Flat
2 bedroom
1 bath
Den/Office
Soft & Hardwood floors
High Ceilings
Decorative Fireplace
Designer Lighting
Period Details
Double Paned Windows
Bertazzoni Range
Carrera Marble Countertops
Washer & Dryer
Parking
Shared Yard
Storage
A+++ Location

Exclusively listed by:
Alexander Clark
Keller Williams Luxury Realty International
theFrontSteps.com
alexclark@gmail.com
415-254-5351

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SOLD | 212 Steiner | Hayes Valley / Lower Haight | $1,250,000

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Since it was an off market deal, we don’t have much info to share, especially pictures.

Congratulations to my buyer that just scored 212 Steiner, a two bed, one bath, Victorian in a ridiculously hip and happening neighborhood, perhaps soon to have it’s very own Blue Bottle (assuming the NIMBYs don’t have their way)…not that we measure hipness in terms of cafes around here, but it is a sweet area.

Anyhow, it’s done and dusted for $1,250,000, and we have another happy buyer and seller for the books.

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Five Days Later And $361,000 Over, 849 44th Ave Sets New Price Per Square Foot Record In Outer Richmond

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To say we knocked it out of the park on this wonderful Outer Richmond residence, like I did with 652 44th Ave would be an understatement…

Listed on a Friday morning, I got a call from an agent shortly thereafter asking if he could get his client in…so I obviously obliged. That day, same agent asked if they could write an offer now to “take it off the table”. The next day, three other buyers asked the same. The sellers and I respectfully declined all of the pre-emptive attempts, and asked the buyers to wait until our offer day 10 days later. Wait they did. After getting roughly 200 people through the door, we got nine offers, and two others that said they’d like to write at $1,250,000, so without actually saying it, I said it, “Don’t waste your time.”

After a slew of phone calls and negotiations, buyer #1..the same person that was the first person to see it, came up to where they needed to be, upped their offer to $1,410,000 and we closed 5 days later. (As a side note, it is often the first person to see a place that is the winner…keep that in mind.)

There you have it. Congratulations to buyers and sellers, and the Outer Richmond for being one of the hottest neighborhoods in all of San Francisco, at the moment. In case you’re wondering, that’s $1146 per square foot for the Outer Richmond.

To give you a little more indication of our market, as crazy as this Overbid was, it’s only #18 on the Top 20 Overbids!

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The Best Of Salesforce Tower Rising | Including Time-Lapse

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I scoured Google and all the blogs so you don’t have to.

Gotta start with the foundation…

Before you can get to the top…

Thanks to Jason Fang for the FAA poach and subsequent stomach turning footy…

Before you can go inside…

…and quite possibly the coolest thing ever is the time-lapse of the building rising, along with all the others you can find on the Salesforce website, or my quick and dirty Instagram post right here.


Thanks to Patricia Chang for some of those photos…

There you have it, all the best “topping off” and view porn you could need from Salesforce Tower.

If there are some nuggets I may have missed, please feel free to link and share in the comments below.

–theFrontSteps Instagram
–Salesforce Tower Live Construction Cam [Official Website]
–Salesforce Tower Puts Final Beam in Place [Curbed SF]
–How Salesforce Tower Looks from Everywhere [Curbed SF]
–Salesforce Tower Official website
–View From the top of SF’s Salesforce Tower: New photos and video [SF Gate]
–Milestone for Salesforce Tower: Now the tallest in the west [SF Gate]

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For Sale | 754 18th Ave | Central Richmond Edwardian | $1,095,000

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Exquisite Edwardian 2 bedroom plus sunroom (easily used as 3rd bedroom or office), 1.5 bath luxury residence has it all in a location ideal for outdoor enthusiasts, or urban dwellers alike.

SOLD | $1,412,000 | 754 18th Ave
SOLD $1,412,000| 754 18th Ave | Central Richmond
754 18th Ave Formal Living Room
754 18th Ave Wood Burning Fireplace
754 18th Ave Formal Dining Room
754 18th Ave Formal Dining Room
754 18th Ave Updated Kitchen
754 18th Ave Open Updated Kitchen
754 18th Ave Open Kitchen
754 18th Ave Kitchen & WD
754 18th Ave Bedroom
754 18th Ave Bedroom
SOLD | $1,412,000 | 754 18th Ave Sunroom | Central Richmond
754 18th Ave Bathroom
754 18th Ave Half Bath
754 18th Ave Rear
754 18th Ave Shared Yard
754 18th Ave Views

This Central Richmond flat features beautiful hardwood floors, formal living room w/ decorative fireplace, formal dining room, updated kitchen, in unit Washer & Dryer, tons of natural light, additional storage, double paned windows, yard (with plum and lemon trees), views, and parking. Half block to Golden Gate Park, and 5 minutes to Ocean Beach. Easy access to Marin, Napa, Peninsula & Downtown. Multiple public transit options, and front row seats to everything Golden Gate Park has to offer. You will be the envy of all your cycling, running, dog-walking, museum-going, and music-loving friends.

Property Details:
$1,095,000
Built 1923
2 Unit Building/HOA
2 bedrooms
1.5 bath
Sunroom with views
1399 Square Feet (per tax records)
1 car parking (option for 2)
Open/Updated Kitchen
Hardwood Floors
Fireplace
Radiator Heat
Shared Yard
Dishwasher
Washer & Dryer
Gas Range
Additional Storage
Shared Extra Room off of garage
Excellent Location
Low $250/HOA Dues (Includes: Insurance, Water, Garbage, Common area utilities)

Showing Schedule:
Saturdays & Sundays 1-4pm Open House
Easter Sunday 2-4pm
Private Showings Upon Request

Exclusively listed by:
Alexander Clark
Keller Williams Luxury Realty International
theFrontSteps.com
alexclark@gmail.com
415-254-5351