Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

Is the Crane the New SF Bird?

San Francisco is undergoing nearly $5Billion worth of new construction that will add as much as 8,000 new residential units to the…

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In San Francisco, the Boom Is Back | SPUR

What happened: More than 4,220 units of housing began construction in San Francisco in 2012 — following a year in which just…

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What Does $1M Get You in SF? New Sales Data from April 2013 Says An Average House

SF Market Focus [one_half] News From the San Francisco Association of Realtors A million dollars doesn’t go as far as it used…

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Metro Area Home Price Growth Trend Continues in First Quarter of 2013 | realtor.org

Metropolitan area median home prices continued to rise in the first quarter, with the national gain showing the best year-over-year performance in…

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Polk Street Tower Up For Approval And The Story Behind The Design at SocketSite™

While San Francisco’s Planning Department is recommending the Planning Commission disapprove Starbucks’ plans to take over the retail space at 2201 Market…

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One-third of homebuyers clueless about mortgages – May. 9, 2013

The housing market is heating up, yet many house hunters are not prepared to take on the biggest purchases of their lives….

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San Francisco real estate tips, trends and the local scoop: “Plug In” to SocketSite™

On the day the Warriors advanced to the second round last week, the sale of 501 Beale Streets Penthouse #1C closed escrow…

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March Pending Home Sales Improve but Overall Pace Leveling | realtor.org

Pending home sales increased in March and remain above year-ago levels, but contract activity in recent months shows only modest movement, according…

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Record-low mortgage rates encourage home-buying

Mortgage rates across the country are as low as they’ve been in decades, according to major mortgage buyer Freddie Mac, and local…

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On the MLS or Off the MLS?

There’s been a debate going on between agents, clients and market watchers about the off-market/pocket/private listing phenomenon hitting San Francisco’s hot real…

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April 27, 2013 San Francisco Real Estate

Buyers swarm over planned S.F. condo tower – San Francisco Business Times

There are currently fewer than 100 new condos on the market in San Francisco. The only other new project that has opened…

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April 27, 2013 San Francisco Real Estate

Don’t like Market Street? Wait a few minutes – San Francisco Business Times

Central Market Street is not changing by the day, it’s changing by the hour. After a week out of town traveling with…

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