Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

December 1, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

U.S. Housing Can Withstand Rate Rise – WSJ

The U.S. Federal Reserve isn’t exactly poised to crash the house party. Low interest rates, steady job gains and improving household finances…

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October Observations:  The SF Realtors Release October Sales Figures: Houses Cheaper; Condos Higher.

The SF Realtors Release Monthly Sales Figures That Show Houses Are (Relatively) Cheaper Than Last Year, But Condo Prices Are Up October…

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September 30, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | Measuring Monetary Policy’s Effect on House Prices

From the San Francisco Federal Reserve’s President Policy Letter from August 2015:  First, monetary policy actions have sizable and significant effects on…

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September 18, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

S.F. Planning Commission backs 5th and Mission development – SFGate

After a raucous nine-hour hearing during which hundreds of members of the public weighed in and deputy sheriffs were called to remove…

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September 6, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

That’s a Lot of Goodwill: Sticker shock for city as Mid-Market project price rises to $327M — San Francisco Business Times

San Francisco could pay as much as $327 million for a 466,000-square-foot office development in the Mid-Market area, according to real estate…

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September 6, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Paramount Group will build 130-unit residential tower at 75 Howard next to the Embarcadero – San Francisco Business Times

After years of political and financial maneuvers that tinkered with heights and affordable housing schemes, New York-based Paramount Group got the green…

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Hatchbeat: September’s Full House of San Francisco Real Estate: Kevin’s Hatchbeat Column

September is the time when San Francisco’s real estate market wakes up from its summer hibernation especially after Labor Day. Kevin Ho, Vanguard Properties and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties discuss how this September may be different from past ones for buyers and sellers of real estate.

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August 19, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Fed Minutes Show Caution in Discussion on Rates – The New York Times

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials want to see more evidence the economy is in good health before they start to raise interest…

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In Contract over at the Portside!

How our buyers got a great property at the Portside in San Francisco’s South Beach-Embarcadero neighborhood. Represented by Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry, Vanguard Properties

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Listed + Sold By Kevin Ho + Jonathan McNarry: 175 Bluxome Street, No. 327, San Francisco, An Updated SOMA Loft

Listed and Sold at 175 Bluxome in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood: our listing at number 327. Listed at $899,000, sold for $925,000 for this rebooted 2-bed, 2-bath loft condo with parking as listed by Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties who helped oversee a smart and strategic renovation and updates that drew the best buyers possible.

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August 1, 2015 San Francisco Real Estate

Library of Congress images show S.F. as it was before 1870 – SFGate

n the 1850s, two men named George S. Lawrence and Thomas Houseworth left the California gold mines to open a shop in…

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Curbed SF: Noe Valley Fixer Sells for $2.8M, Nearly $1M Over Asking – Flip Watch – Curbed SF

A record-setting price for a fixer house in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood of nearly $3M as positioned, prepared and marketed by Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of San Francisco’s Vanguard Properties. The pair knew how to market the property at 1072 Noe Street to developers by stressing the property’s location and potential.

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