Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

Curbed SF: What Was the Best New Building Project of 2014? – Year in Curbed – Curbed SF

Welcome to Year in Curbed, wherein we close out 2014 by asking local design, real estate, and media luminaries to reflect on the highlights and lowlights of a year’s worth of development in San Francisco, Kevin Ho, realtor at Vanguard Properties, contributes.

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Who Knew? The Hottest Home Market in the US Is the Sunset – The Numbers – Curbed SF

San Francisco is home to the three most competitive neighborhoods for homebuyers in the United States, according to new research from real…

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Happenings and Highlights from SF Real Estate, December 14, 2014

Time for your real estate update for the week. See how changes at SF Planning & Building could speed up new construction and which modest Ingleside house sold for $935,000 — some 144% of asking price. Be sure to check out this week’s In the Know with Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties. Read On!

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SF Flippers Make More Money Than Flippers Everywhere Else – Flipping Out – Curbed SF

San Francisco flippers made an average gross profit of $344,111 per flip in the third quarter of this year, a number that…

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Luxury Buyers Are Spending Mega Bucks in These Markets | Realtor Magazine

For affluent individuals under the age of 35, the percentage of those planning to buy a luxury home in the next year…

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In the Know with Kevin + Jonathan: Sept 21, 2014 Ed., No. 38

In this week’s In the Know with Kevin + Jonathan: Is New Inventory is Falling Off Already? Information about 35 Dolores, which $9.5M house sold in 7 days and which sold for 153% over asking in San Francisco

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8 Octavia breaks price records in Hayes Valley — On The Block — but value remains

The first few condos from the Stanley Saitowitz-designed 8 Octavia started coming to market in July, and are already breaking pricing records…

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Bay Area home appreciation slows – On The Block

It’s the news buyers have been waiting for and sellers have been dreading: the Bay Area’s rapid price appreciation seems to be…

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Are We in an Affordability Crisis or a Housing Bubble? | SPUR

No one in San Francisco is arguing about whether real estate is expensive. There is, however, some debate about how to characterize…

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Noe is the new Pac Heights: Luxury home market shifts southward – On The Block

In the last seven years, sales of $2-million-plus homes have shifted from the city’s northern neighborhoods (like Pacific Heights, the Marina and…

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10 Bay Area buildings we’d be better off without – Urban Landscapes – John King

You needn’t be an architecture critic to know that a big city has its full share of sub-par buildings, the mundane landscape…

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Curbed SF : The San Francisco Neighborhoods and Real Estate Blog

The San Francisco luxury home market has traditionally been entrenched in the city’s long-established northern neighborhoods, from Sea Cliff through Pacific Heights…

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