Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

Practical Advice for Buyers and Sellers

Practical advice and tips for buyers and sellers in San Francisco’s dynamic real estate market from Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties

Read more

From the East     

 The Week from July 20, 2015 The Bay Area is still on our minds as we’re among the red brick and sand…

Read more
June 28, 2015 In the Know

In the Know — Father’s Day Edition, June 21, 2015

The week in San Francisco Real Estate with Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties, San Francisco

Read more

SF Houses Go For $1 Million Over Asking Because Realtors Are Under-Pricing Everything: SFist

There’s a weird psychology happening now around SF’s over-heated and wildly expensive housing market. Basically, if realtors put things on the market…

Read more

Dilapidated Mission duplex sells more than 100% over asking – On The Block

Our Coverage Featured on SFGate   You can see the raw materials the “lucky” new owners have to deal with in the gallery... Read more

The missing middle: San Francisco developers rethink how to build housing in reach of the middle class – San Francisco Business Times

If the team can pull that off, it will help fill a big hole that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee’s office is…

Read more
April 17, 2015 SF News

San Francisco and Oakland – how happy are we? – SFGate

Gallup has released its annual listings of well-being rankings and, not surprisingly, several of the top communities, including San Francisco and Oakland,…

Read more
April 16, 2015 Advice

Gauge Its Metal | 5 Tips on Shopping for a Stainless-Steel Sink | This Old House

You want the strong, silent type, which is characteristic—counterintuitively—of the lowest and thus best gauges. No need to lose sleep over 16-…

Read more

The Nine Easiest, Fun Nights Out In SF, By Neighborhood: SFist

Sometimes you just want to go out, be it on a weekend or a school night, and you don’t want to trek…

Read more

DoReMi: Creating an arts oasis in a forbiddingly costly city – San Francisco Chronicle

Art collectors Deborah and Andy Rappaport are taking over an industrial building in Dogpatch to test a unique plan to save San…

Read more

Wiener’s bill aims to slow building of ‘monster homes’ in S.F. – SFGate

In an effort to slow down the proliferation of “monster homes” in Corona Heights, Supervisor Scott Wiener will introduce legislation Tuesday that…

Read more

The least expensive S.F. neighborhoods to buy a single-family home – On The Block

There were also many neighborhoods where median single-family home sales were far below the citywide median. For the most part, these homes…

Read more