Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

June 25, 2012 Advice, Buyer Advice, Home Buying, Mortgages

What are Those Underwriters Doing?

Freddie/Fannie/FHA Lending Guidelines So most escrows are being held up thus delaying closings. Why? Underwriting since the housing crisis has swung the…

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June 24, 2012 Advice, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Home Buying, Open House, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, Sellers advice, SF News

Tuesday Broker Tour for June 26, 2012 – What’s New? New to You!

It’s Tuesday again! It’s time to tour the City Check out what us brokers are seeing and if you want to join…

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June 24, 2012 Advice, Buyer Advice, Home Buying, Mortgages, San Francisco Real Estate, Sellers advice

Refis on underwater jumbo loans nearly impossible – SFGate

One of the reasons why there’s so very little inventory now: Refis on underwater jumbo loans nearly impossible – SFGate.

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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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June 4, 2012 Advice, Home Buying, investment potential, Loans, Real Estate Industry, Sellers advice, SF News

Putting the “Short” back in ‘Short Sale’

New Rules to reduce the murkiness of the ‘short’ sale.  Starting this month, that waiting game will have some new rules —…

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May 17, 2012 hi end, Home Buying, Hot Property, luxury real estate, Multi-level home, notable homes for sale, Noted Design, Pac Heights, Real Estate Industry, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF News, Single Family Residence, Something Special, Views

What does $16.5m get you these days in SF?

A Massive 11,000 sq ft Pac Heights Mansion listed with Pac Union at 1250 Pacific at Baker The last of the Newhall…

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May 14, 2012 Advice, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Condos, Good Value, Great Opportunity, Home Buying, Hot Property, investment potential, notable homes for sale, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF News, SoMa, Something Special, Unqiue Properties for Sale, Vanguard Properties

FLASH! Brick & Timber 1/1 Condo at 310 Townsend, #408, Foreclosed, $429,000

A SoMa steal of a deal as a home or investment property.  List price: $429,000 for this 1 bed, 1 bath, 690ish…

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May 12, 2012 Advice, Alamo Square, Bernal Heights, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Castro District, Cole Valley, Condos, Cow Hollow, Dogpatch, Dolores Park, Duboce Triangle, Eureka Valley, First Time Buyers, Glen Park, Golden Gate Heights, Good Value, Haight, Hayes Valley, hi end, Home Buying, Hot Property, investment potential, Lower Pac Heights, Major Renovation, Miraloma Park, Mission Dolores, New Construction, Noe Valley, NoPa, North Slope, notable homes for sale, Open House, Outer Sunset, Pac Heights, Project Home, Russian Hill, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, Sellers advice, Single Family Residence, SoMa, Something Special, South Beach - SOMA, South Slope, Sunnyside, Sunset, Undiscovered or Overlooked, Unqiue Properties for Sale, USF, Vanguard Properties, Views

Tuesday’s Tour for May 15, 2012 – Lots of New?

Congratulations to my clients Carrie and Aaron for getting into contract in the exclusive, almost sold-out Millwheel! Carrie and Aaron got in…

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May 6, 2012 Advice, Alamo Square, Buyer Advice, Castro District, Cole Valley, Dolores Park, Duboce Triangle, First Time Buyers, hi end, Home Buying, luxury real estate, Mission Dolores, New Construction, Noe Valley, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, Sellers advice

Open House Picks of the Week: May 6, 2012 Edition: The Full House House is On!

Here are this week’s picks of the weeks from San Francisco’s open houses. This past week has seen multiple offers again and…

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May 4, 2012 Advice, Alamo Square, Buyer Advice, hi end, Home Buying, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF News

A Painted Lady for Sale! (The Full House house) 710 Steiner

The iconic Full House house or otherwise known as one of the ‘Painted Ladies’ is on the market for a mere $2.295 million.  Now…

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May 3, 2012 Castro District, Dolores Park, Duboce Triangle, exclusive, First Time Buyers, Home Buying, Noe Valley, notable homes for sale, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF News, Vanguard Properties

You must buy this house, pt 2: 4535 19th St – Sfh $699k Eureka Vslley

Take a look at this video for the extraordinary opportunity to own a single-family house in Eureka Valley for under $700,000. Well,…

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May 2, 2012 Advice, Buyer Advice, exclusive, First Time Buyers, Home Buying, New Construction, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, Vanguard Properties

Over in Dogpatch: Millwheel

There is another new development coming on the market besides 299 Valencia called Millwheel. I went over to Millwheel (unsure what the…

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