Buyer Advice
Some savvy buyers and their agents were obviously paying attention during December and were rewarded with some pretty good deals in Noe Valley. After about 90 days of what appeared to be a frozen market, a few listings unthawed with hard negotiations from the Buyer’s agents.
1360 Dolores was originally listed back in August for $1.885m, [...]
Recently, Congress and President Obama passed the $787B stimulus bill also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. While there are many components which will affect the housing market, such as loan modifications, there is another important feature that should help new homebuyers (and sellers) in the San Francisco real estate market. [...]
After months and months of very low levels of inventory, buyers focused on northern neighorhoods such as Pacific Heights finally have some homes from which to choose. But is it too little for too much, too late? A couple of recent listings caught this Realtor’s eye.
2219 Pacific Avenue – this grand three-story home sold most [...]
I am always working with several buyers in Bernal Heights and it never ceases to amaze me just how different their budgets are and what they are looking for in a home. Bernal Heights is an amazing neighborhood that may be a great choice for more people than you might think.
For example, where did a [...]
While you may believe that because you live in the middle of the block (so no access to yard except after hopping three fences), that you have an inner and outer locking front doors (see Part 2 for more info on locks), you are religious (approaching fanatical) about locking your windows and doors and have [...]
Attention condominium Buyers, post Lehman Bros., how many of your agents have shown, let alone spoke with you about TICs ? I’m guilty of avoiding TICs as well, but I feel that it’s now time to change the negative attitude that agents and their clients have towards them. TICs are priced lower than their condominium [...]
Let me preface this entry by saying, I’m not a regular Gap shopper; I have shopped there from time to time for the basics like a t-shirt or sweatshirt or even a pair of jeans or khakis. They have decent products for a good price. However, I did notice an interesting shopping trait, what I call the “Gap” mentality. (This concept is applicable to almost any [...]
Just the facts:
Here is data for December 2008 of Single Family Homes and Condos. You may ask: ‘Why the lag time in seeing December data this far into January’? The MLS is, for the greater part, data input by its subscribers and agents. While the listing date or closing date is specific, the data is [...]
TOD is the acronym for Transit Oriented Development. The Urban Land Institute published a book on the San Francisco Bay Area TOD Market Place. They provided recommendations for areas around the Bay that have potential for TOD development. They also touched on best practices for successful TOD projects. San Francisco is home to one of [...]
These past few months I have had clients who currently own condos asking me whether they should sell or rent out their property. While each client and their property has their own unique set of circumstances and factors which will ultimately affect that decision, I advised them all of them similarly: make sure they do their [...]