San Francisco real estate operates on a different plane of reality. People often ask what a million dollars buys in this city, but the real question is what an extra million dollars buys just to get the keys. These five recent sales prove that the market for well-positioned homes remains incredibly aggressive. A classic Victorian … Continue reading Maximum Overbids of the Week: Five SF Homes Sell More than $1Million Over Asking
Tag: Noe Valley
Maximum Overbid: Noe Valley Edwardian Sells for $1,038,000 Over Asking
Here we go again. Another classic Noe Valley sale that makes you stop and look twice. The Edwardian home at 4031 22nd Street just closed at $2,533,000, a staggering $1,038,000 above its $1,495,000 list price after only 11 days on the market. Built in 1911, this 2-bedroom, 1.5-bath home landed a final price of $1,655.56 … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: Noe Valley Edwardian Sells for $1,038,000 Over Asking
What’s More Nuts? $707,000 Over Asking, Or $9,000,000 and $13,175,000 Under Asking? It’s An Overbid and Underbid Kinda Day.
What a week for San Francisco! Insane storms, wind and rain, and then glorious sunshine to end it! Super Bowl is coming up this weekend, the 49ers are hopefully going to win, and that will make San Francisco that little bit sweeter than it already is. This week, we bear witness to one house in Noe … Continue reading What’s More Nuts? $707,000 Over Asking, Or $9,000,000 and $13,175,000 Under Asking? It’s An Overbid and Underbid Kinda Day.
SF’s Top Neighborhoods Are the Marina, Noe Valley, Richmond, and the Sunset…For Now
The spring quarter (April through June) in SF was an exercise in uncertainty, as everyone sat around waiting for a big drop in housing demand and prices…one that never quite came before June closed out. Now, other housing resources will tell you which cities, counties, or districts sold the most or the most expensive homes. … Continue reading SF’s Top Neighborhoods Are the Marina, Noe Valley, Richmond, and the Sunset…For Now
SOLD: 956 Elizabeth St, $3,415,000
Ah Noe Valley, home of some of the greatest views and greatest homes in all of San Francisco. We are delighted to have found a buyer for this Noe Valley beauty, with its turn-of-the century charm and all modern amenities, complete with incredible Downtown San Francisco and Bay views. If you’re looking at these photos … Continue reading SOLD: 956 Elizabeth St, $3,415,000
Just Listed: 956 Elizabeth, $3.45M
Ah, Noe Valley, San Francisco’s seat of comfort…especially from up here where the views are so fetching. Be delighted by turn-of-the century charm and modern amenities in this wonderful Noe Valley home with incredible Downtown San Francisco and Bay views. Take your morning coffee under the shade of a magnificent Japanese Maple on your view … Continue reading Just Listed: 956 Elizabeth, $3.45M
Noe Valley Was SF’s Most Expensive Neighborhood In February
Housing watchers love stats and they love comparing neighborhoods, so we’re giving the people what they want: A monthly breakdown of housing demand, divvied up neighborhood by neighborhood to determine which corner of SF was the top earner, starting with February. But how do we measure demand? The obvious metric is price, but that’s not … Continue reading Noe Valley Was SF’s Most Expensive Neighborhood In February
Maximum Overbid: “The Worst House” Doubles Its Money
Sometimes the real estate game is simple: All you have to do is predict the future. That doesn’t require any special powers–just a reasonably good sense of the way things are going. Case in point, back in September we featured 320 Day Street, a crumbling fixer advertised as “the worst house on the best block” … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: “The Worst House” Doubles Its Money
Maximum Overbid: Breaking a Tie
For the second week in a row our biggest overbid lies on the westernmost edge of Noe Valley, and for the first time in memory it’s not a house but a condo. At 15 Perego Terrace a three bed, two bath setup took just under two weeks to score $1.7 million, well over the initial … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: Breaking a Tie
Build-It-Yourself Noe Valley House Asks $2.49 Million
We know where you can get a deal on a house in Noe Valley, but the catch is that you’ve got to build it yourself. Yes, it’s another “shovel ready” project for sale, this one at 942 Noe Street, just a few blocks from the main Noe Valley 24th Street strip. Ordinarily that term means … Continue reading Build-It-Yourself Noe Valley House Asks $2.49 Million
Maximum Overbid: Peaks In Valleys
The time has come once again to follow the money with Maximum Overbid, our weekly column examining just how much SF buyers went above and beyond when paying for a home. And for the first time in literally months, the top overbid for the week did NOT happen in the Sunset; instead it’s a Noe … Continue reading Maximum Overbid: Peaks In Valleys
“Worst House” In Noe Valley Asks $995k
Selling a home–or anything really–demands a deft approach and a certain way with words; the smallest thing can mean the difference between a sale and a close call, and you have to always put a property in the best possible light. Sometimes, however, you’ve got no choice but to just plain tell it like it … Continue reading “Worst House” In Noe Valley Asks $995k
The $2,005,000 Fixer | Noe Valley
I was in the process of compiling this week’s list of top 10 Overbids, but couldn’t help to just share this one nutty overbid with you instead…350 Jersey, in the heart-center of Noe Valley, is a “Spacious fixer-upper single-family home, circa 1941” Only in San Francisco do those words get you damn near $1500 per … Continue reading The $2,005,000 Fixer | Noe Valley
SOLD | 956 Elizabeth St. | Noe Valley | San Francisco
Congratulations to my clients that recently purchased this amazing single family view home in prime Noe Valley at 956 Elizabeth St. With vultures circling, we were able to beat the competition by submitting a pre-emptive offer at a price acceptable to the seller, avoid any frenzied bidding wars, and get it to stick…which it did.
From Overbids To Underbids, What’s Our Market Going To Do?
Remember this NOPA multi-unit that went from $1.6M to $822k? Check out this 50% ownership in a Cole Valley 4 unit Victorian that just sold for 13% under asking after being on market for 51 days. In case you didn’t get that…that’s a two unit purchase into a 4 unit building, which you will own … Continue reading From Overbids To Underbids, What’s Our Market Going To Do?
From $1.6M To $822k, NOPA Multi Unit Finally Finds A Buyer
In this week’s list of top 10 underbids, we have 5 multi-unit properties, 3 single family homes, and only 2 condos (SOMA and Noe Valley). Coming in at #1 is this NOPA multi-unit building, which just closed 15.69% under it’s most recent asking price of $975,000, at $822,000. Hang on…it gets better.