Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

America’s Urban Future – NYTimes.com

FOR all of the attention showered on hipster enclaves like Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Portland, Ore., America is only in the beginning stages…

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April 20, 2014 Advice, Buy Now, SF News

Brace Yourselves For A Flood Of New Restaurants & Bars: SFist

Spring is usually a season for new stuff in the San Francisco food scene, and this year is no exception. As our…

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The Most Comprehensive History of Why SF Real Estate is so Pricey: How Burrowing Owls Lead To Vomiting Anarchists (Or SF’s Housing Crisis Explained) | TechCrunch

Today, the tech industry is apparently on track to destroy one of the world’s most valuable cultural treasures, San Francisco, by pushing…

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April 17, 2014 San Francisco Real Estate

8 Octavia: A Sneak Peak with Stanley Saitowitz — Its Architect

Special Sneak Preview: 8 Octavia with its Architect Stanley Saitowitz This past week I got a special hardhat tour of 8 Octavia…

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Really? S.F.’s hottest area for Millennials: Cow Hollow – SFGate

If you’re between the ages of 25 and 34 in San Francisco, Cow Hollow is where you should live. That’s according to a…

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April 16, 2014 Real Estate Industry

We’re not the Only Ones: Downtown L.A. Goes From Gritty to Glitzy – WSJ.com

After selling their sprawling mansion for about $37 million in the summer, businessman and TV producer Burt Sugarman and his wife, former…

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Home Restaurant Site In Castro Could Maybe Become 7-Story Condo: SFist

Many denizens of the Castro and Lower Haight have bemoaned the now blighted, three-years-vacant former Home restaurant property, which lost the chance…

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Most of San Francisco’s office construction pipeline already taken – San Francisco Business Times

Developers plan to add 5.5 million square feet of new Class A office to San Francisco’s hot market in the next four…

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$40,000+ for Ellis Act Evictions!? S.F. supervisors OK bigger Ellis Act payouts – SFGate

The legislation by Supervisor David Campos would require property owners who evict renters under the state Ellis Act to pay the difference…

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Fifteen Fifteen by JS Sullivan Development: San Francisco | BuzzBuzzHome

Coming Soon! Fifteen Fifteen is a new condo project by JS Sullivan Development currently under construction at 1501 15th Street in San…

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And We’re Back: S.F. condo market passes precrash peak – SFGate

Earlier this month, there was an invite-only reception at Vida, a condominium project being built next to the New Mission Theater…. Two days…

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Legalizing Your San Francisco In-Laws — The Units, Not the People…

What about those illegal units in San Francisco? Well, what about them? When it comes to real estate in San Francisco these units pose opportunities and challenges. Let Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties help decipher them for you today.

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