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Ah, Pacific Heights, San Francisco. The neighborhood that was home to the most expensive sale in 2010. Home to Billionaire Row, alleged to be the wealthiest block in the world . The fact that one of the 9 most expensive homes belongs to the owner of Add-A-Garage should tell you something about h...
01/16/2011
Cole Valley is a sweet little neighborhood tucked in the southeastern shadow of Mt. Sutro in San Francisco. On a San Francisco MLS map, you would find it described as Cole Valley/Parnassus Heights. There’s a lot to love about living in Cole Valley. The weather is fairly mild and sunny, with a ge...
01/16/2011
Happy foggy San Francisco Friday Morning my dear readers! This week's high/low game includes a Nob Hill headscratcher. The most expensive new listing in San Francisco real estate (per the MLS) is listed as a 4 unit building in Nob Hill with an asking price of $7,500,000. The headscratcher part i...
01/14/2011
This week we've looked at both the property inspection contingency as well as the structural pest inspection contingency. Today I'm going to share with you an actual San Francisco structural pest inspection report. I've blurred out the property specific information, but the format of the report ...
01/13/2011
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Yesterday, I looked at paragraph 12A in the San Francisco Real Estate purchase contract. That’s the paragraph that gives a buyer the right to inspect the property to their heart’s content, and walk away from the purchase if they aren’t satisfied with the condition of the property or aren’t able ...
01/12/2011
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Thinking of an Alamo Square Mansion? The area bounded by Golden Gate Avenue, Divisadero, Webster Street and Fell Street is formally designated as the Alamo Square Historic District. If you are thinking of an iconic San Francisco mansion, you are probably thinking of something in Alamo Square. Th...
01/11/2011
Disclaimer: Real Estate transactions are governed by a contract. I am not an attorney, nor am I qualified or attempting to give legal advice. This blog post looks at one specific contract (published by the SFAR) and I discuss how the property inspection contingency generally works in San Francis...
01/11/2011
Welcome to 2011. If reading about the 10 most expensive houses of 2010 is too depressing and/or unbalanced, it is my pleasure to welcome you back to the weekly high/low game that looks at the most expensive and least expensive San Francisco houses newly listed for sale in the San Francisco MLS. ...
01/08/2011
Inspired by Ginger Wilcox and a Zephyr Premiere luxury real estate meeting on Friday morning, I decided to take a look at the 10 most expensive homes sold in 2010 in San Francisco, as reported in either the San Francisco MLS or the county of San Francisco tax records (provided by Realist). Many ...
01/07/2011
The city of San Francisco assessor's office (the tax man cometh) has just posted their FAQ about how to go about an informal review of your San Francisco property tax valuation for the 2011 - 2012 tax year.The following information is taken directly from the FAQ posted at the assessor-recorder's ...
01/06/2011