Kevin+Jonathan’s Blog Posts re SF Real Estate

San Francisco Home Price Map from 2021 to 2022
January 9, 2022 Buyer Advice, Education, In the Know, SF News, SF Urban Planning, Trends

Infographic: San Francisco’s Price Map 2021 going into 2022

See where houses sold for the most and which neighborhoods are still affordable with Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties in San Francisco.

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Raffi the Fortune Teller and San Francisco top-rated elementary schools
October 11, 2021 Advice, Announcements, Buy Later, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Outer Sunset, SF Urban Planning, SFUSD - schools, Sunnyside, Sunset

SF Market Forecasting: Changes to School Assignment Policy Likely to Impact Home Prices

How housing prices will change as San Francisco’s Unified School District takes geography and proximity into consideration. The Sunset will rise even more.

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July 24, 2020 San Francisco Real Estate, SF News, SF Urban Planning, Trends

From the Chronicle: Bay Area residents still want to stay in California despite ‘mass exodus’ myths

The much hallybooed exodus isn’t as exodusing as it’s supposed to be… There’s been a lot reported about San Francisco residents fleeing the city,…

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January 22, 2018 Buyer Advice, On the Media, Real Estate Industry, San Francisco Real Estate, Sellers advice, SF Urban Planning

San Francisco Chronicle: Q+A: Sound Off: How important is parking and access to public transportation?

Read Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry’s thoughts about how real estate values improve if a property has parking and proximity to public transportation, especially in San Francisco real estate.

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December 31, 2017 Advice, Buy Later, Buy Now, Buyer Advice, Real Estate Industry, San Francisco Real Estate, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF News, SF Urban Planning, Single Family Residence

Our Annual Review: Steady As She Goes — Median San Francisco Prices Rise 6% Matching Historic Norms in 2017

While 2017 may not have seemed to be the most normal year around the world — wild fires, 106° days in San Francisco, mayors suddenly leaving us early, presidential lows and a whole renewed awareness of what ‘crossing the line’ meant one thing that held unsurprisingly steady: real estate prices and value. As we’ve said time and time again, real estate is the ultimate hedge against risk, change and surprise in that it’s both an asset with value that also has utility.

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October 16, 2016 Advice, Real Estate Industry, San Francisco Real Estate, SF News, SF Urban Planning, Vanguard Properties

What’s Up with Rentals in San Francisco? October 2016 Edition

More San Francisco rental inventory has driven rents down, but ever so slightly. With more rent control laws on the ballots renters may give buying a deeper look with Kevin Ho and Jonathan McNarry of Vanguard Properties.

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Raffi Money
May 3, 2016 Buyer Advice, San Francisco Real Estate, SF Rentals, SF Urban Planning, Transitional Neighborhood, Trends

San Francisco’s Tenant Buy-out Program a Year Later…

San Francisco has a very pro-tenant public policy bent for sure but money is money wherever you are. For some 2,400 tenants who’ve benefited from the Rent Board’s directed buy-out program, the average buyout amount since records were first kept starting in 2015, have averaged around $40,000 with the highest buy-outs going over $460,000. Learn more from Kevin+Jonathan.

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April 8, 2015 Buy Now, Dogpatch, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF Urban Planning

DoReMi: Creating an arts oasis in a forbiddingly costly city – San Francisco Chronicle

Art collectors Deborah and Andy Rappaport are taking over an industrial building in Dogpatch to test a unique plan to save San…

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April 7, 2015 Condos, SF News, SF Urban Planning

Shuttered Mission District Grocery Store Site Could Sprout Housing – SocketSite™

A formal proposal has yet to be made, but the Fortress Property Group has met with San Francisco’s Planning Department to explore…

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April 6, 2015 Castro District, SF Urban Planning

Wiener’s bill aims to slow building of ‘monster homes’ in S.F. – SFGate

In an effort to slow down the proliferation of “monster homes” in Corona Heights, Supervisor Scott Wiener will introduce legislation Tuesday that…

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January 23, 2015 SF News, SF Urban Planning

Efforts to bury all utility wires in San Francisco becoming nearly impossible task | abc7news.com

Efforts to bury all utility wires in San Francisco becoming nearly impossible task | abc7news.com.

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January 7, 2015 Buy Later, Buyer Advice, Real Estate Industry, San Francisco Real Estate Districts, SF News, SF Rentals, SF Urban Planning

San Francisco pivots to being enclave for the wealthy as rents soar even higher – San Francisco Business Times

Earlier this week, Zillow (NASDAQ: Z) noted that the Bay Area saw the biggest rent hikes in 2014 and sees this year…

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