Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

July 19, 2012 Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Duboce Triangle, exclusive, Good Value, Great Opportunity, Great Renovation, Haight, Hayes Valley, hi end, Home Buying, Hot Property, Major Renovation, Multi-level home, New Construction, notable homes for sale, Noted Design, San Francisco Real Estate, TIC, Vanguard Properties, Views

EXCLUSIVE PRE-MLS Listing: 467A Duboce Avenue, Duboce Triangle, Chic Penthouse, $939,000, exclusively listed with Kevin Ho, Vanguard Properties

After less than a year here, the owners of 467A Duboce are relocating back to New York. They are heartbroken to leave... Read more
July 2, 2012 Advice, Buy Later, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, First Time Buyers, Home Buying, Hot Property, SF News, Transitional Neighborhood

Are we foreclosed from foreclosures?

What About Foreclosures? Tonight, a client who has been looking for some time now asks me about foreclosures. Here’s what I wrote…

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June 30, 2012 Advice, Buy Later, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Condos, hi end, Home Buying, Hot Property, Mortgages, New Construction, Open House, San Francisco Real Estate, SF News

Housing Exuberance Led by Shiller’s U.S. Glamorous Cities – Bloomberg

In San Francisco, [residential real estate] prices are being driven up by the soaring technology industry. In May, a record 211,400 people…

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June 21, 2012 Advice, Buy Now, Castro District, Duboce Triangle, Good Value, Great Opportunity, Great Renovation, hi end, Hot Property, luxury real estate, Major Renovation, notable homes for sale, Noted Design, Open House, Something Special, Unqiue Properties for Sale

Visit Me Tonight at this 2 bedroom 2.5 bathroom chic Townhome located at 471 Duboce Ave., Duboce Triangle, San Francisco, California, Listed by Vanguard Properties.

Twlighlight Open House: 2 bedroom 2.5 bathroom Tenant-in-common located at 471 Duboce Ave., Duboce Triangle, San Francisco, California is hosted by Kevin…

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June 4, 2012 Advice, Buy Now, Good Value, Great Opportunity, Home Buying, investment potential, Mortgages, San Francisco Real Estate, SF News, Undiscovered or Overlooked

Facebook effect on SF housing market – May. 17, 2012

You can argue against these absurdly high valuations all you want but thousands of liquid millionaires are being created before and after…

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May 17, 2012 Bernal Heights, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, exclusive, Great Opportunity, Great Renovation, hi end, Hot Property, Major Renovation, North Slope, Noted Design, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF News, Single Family Residence, Something Special, Unqiue Properties for Sale, Vanguard Properties

Will 1687 Alabama break records for Single-family homes in Bernal Heights?

1687 Alabama promises to be a hot, hot, hot property with its chic renovation of a typical two-level San Francisco home that…

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January 3, 0202 Advice, Buy Now, Buyer Advice

Paying for it All: San Francisco Financed Purchases + Mortgages Considered By Kevin + Jonathan

Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties, San Francisco, consider some of the financing products that will work for the City they and their clients have encountered when buying and selling property in San Francisco over the past few years including fixed mortgages, adjustable ones and exotic ones — each suited for a given property and offering situation.

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