If at first you don’t succeed, continuing cutting prices. That’s the principle at work for 10 Sea Cliff, a reserved circa 1915 Edwardian at the tail end of 25th Avenue that’s now up for sale for the fifth time in less than two years, sporting a comparably economical new $5.7 million price tag. This four … Continue reading Sea Cliff Edwardian’s Price Plunges 52 Percent With Fifth Listing
Category: San Francisco Real Estate
Will Van Ness Avenue Ever Get Its Due?
When it comes to writing home listings, we probably shouldn’t be too particular about the terms that realtors use–after all, they’re trying to make their offerings stand out, and most superlatives are in the eye of the beholder. Nevertheless, you’ve really got to pause over something like the new listing for 1 Daniel Burnham Court … Continue reading Will Van Ness Avenue Ever Get Its Due?
Maximum Luxury: This New $46 Million Home Would Be Most Expensive In SF History
In a city like San Francisco, extremely high-end homes are not really the best indicators of the state of the market. But at the same time, they can be downright impossible to ignore. In the interest of sheer indulgence, we’re launching a new regular feature highlighting the single most expensive properties in San Francisco–because honestly, … Continue reading Maximum Luxury: This New $46 Million Home Would Be Most Expensive In SF History
Maximum Overbid: Sunset Surprise
Overbids are entertaining, but skeptical housing watchers always have to wonder whether they’re the result of real market forces or just canny sellers pricing low (although arguably the latter IS a market force–just not necessarily one we account for a lot of the time). It’s always more fun to imagine that the top seller for … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: Sunset Surprise
Breathtaking, Once-Abandoned Presidio Heights Mansion Up For Sale Once Again
The sprawling, literally palatial mansion at 3800 Washington Street is one of San Francisco’s most beautiful and historically important properties–and one of its most often neglected, sad to say. This circa 1904 gem is a familiar sight to SF housing watchers afters its many travails on the market over the past decade. Now it’s coming … Continue reading Breathtaking, Once-Abandoned Presidio Heights Mansion Up For Sale Once Again
Once Again, This Bay Area City Is the Most Expensive Place In the US To Buy a Home
The listing site PropertyShark has once again compiled their annual accounting of the most expensive housing ZIP codes in the country, and for the fifth year in a row the top spot goes to Atherton, the incredibly wealthy San Mateo County city that this time boasts a median home price of more than $7.47 million. … Continue reading Once Again, This Bay Area City Is the Most Expensive Place In the US To Buy a Home
What a “Detached” Home Really Means In San Francisco
“Don’t let the address fool you,” the new ad for 1168 Fell Street warns prospective buyers, assuring everyone that although this three bed, three bath home is technically qualified as a condo, it’s really “fully detached and sits in the rear of the lot.” Does the concept of a detached condo even make sense? Well, … Continue reading What a “Detached” Home Really Means In San Francisco
Joining San Francisco’s Elusive Under $700K Club
Some clubs are even more exclusive than we would like for them to be, as is the case with San Francisco’s Under $700K Club, the place where you can buy a home for (slightly) less. This one bed, one bath condo at 250 King Street (the Beacon building) just joined up this week, sliding under … Continue reading Joining San Francisco’s Elusive Under $700K Club
This Mission Triplex Illustrates the Truth About SF Rents
It’s now become proverbial wisdom that San Francisco has the highest rents in the US, after years of soaring prices driven by a combination housing shortage and population boom. Problem is, that wisdom is just plain not true; while SF’s market rents have indeed shot to the moon and beyond in the past decade, and … Continue reading This Mission Triplex Illustrates the Truth About SF Rents
Soaring Alamo Square Victorian Quadruples In Price
Just so we’re clear, 850 Steiner Street, the four bed, six bath, dramatically turreted Victorian that went up for sale today asking more than $5.12 million, is not one of the most famous houses in San Francisco. But it is close; as in, geographically, it’s extremely close to the Postcard Row Victorians on Steiner street–just … Continue reading Soaring Alamo Square Victorian Quadruples In Price
Maximum Overbid: When You Try To Lose But Win Anyway
This week’s number one overbid, 1559 18th Avenue, barely ekes its way into first place by clearing just over 152.5 percent of its asking price after a mere eight days on the market, which in any other context would sound incredible but in SF is really just normal, if you can wrap your brain around … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: When You Try To Lose But Win Anyway
When SF Realtors Kicked Out Our City Cemeteries
As Halloween weekend looms, our usually very atmospheric metro is missing a certain extra gothic flourish that most cities boast: Other than a couple of historic graveyards in the Presidio and Mission Dolores, San Francisco has no cemeteries within its boundaries. And yes, this is because of real estate. Contrary to popular belief, SF never … Continue reading When SF Realtors Kicked Out Our City Cemeteries
In San Francisco, Spooky Addresses Scare Off Big Home Sales
It’s the haunted season, and even real estate can be scary–or at least, certain homes seem to have a talent for scaring buyers. As realtor gossip often has it, homes saddled with a supposedly sinister street number, like 13 or 666, are supposed to suffer depressed home values. But is it true, or just more … Continue reading In San Francisco, Spooky Addresses Scare Off Big Home Sales
Maximum Overbid: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
Here’s an overbid riddle for you: When can being just average also make you the best? The answer: When you’re selling a home like 1826 23rd Avenue, far and away our top overbid for the week after closing for more than $1.52 million from a $899K asking price, a margin of well over 69 percent. … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
Home Prices Soar Across Bay Area Since 2020
What does it cost to buy a house in San Francisco? It’s not an exaggeration to say that the world wants to know–SF real estate prices make headlines internationally all the time. In a raft of data just released by the California Association of Realtors, the median sales price of a house (not condo) in … Continue reading Home Prices Soar Across Bay Area Since 2020
Maximum Overbid: Riding Into the Sunset
Another week, another shockingly high San Francisco western neighborhoods overbid–or at least that’s how it feels sometimes. This week’s number one overbid is once again an Outer Sunset prospect, a three bed, two bath house at 2026 47th Avenue that originally listed for $995K but closed this week for $1.6 million, a spike of more … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: Riding Into the Sunset