Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

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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Mapping San Francisco’s Neighborhoods By Hipsters, Yuppies, Families, and More – Cool Map Thing – Curbed SF

San Francisco has been taken over by the “lattes and laptops” set. A new map from demographic data analysts at ESRI breaks…

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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

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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…

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In the Know for July 4th 2015

It’s a special double-issue of In the Know. Find out what happened to our listings and what’s been going on in San Francisco’s real estate market.

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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

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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…

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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…

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