How many San Franciscans: Trace their ancestry from China, Ireland, Mexico or the Philippines? Are children under 5? Speak Spanish at home? Have their cars stolen? Are heterosexual or gay? Divorced? Live alone? Give birth each year? Vote Libertarian? Earn over $200,000/year? Have graduate degrees? There is no city in the world quite like San [...]
Answer: Alamo Square Characterized by Victorian architecture that was left largely untouched by the urban renewal projects in other parts of the Western Addition. The park includes a playground and a tennis court, and is frequented by neighbors, tourists, and dog owners. On a clear day, the Transamerica Pyramid building and the tops of the [...]
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The “crookedest street”, Lombard Street. Often billed as the “crookedest street,” San Francisco’s Lombard Street is, in fact, neither the crookedest nor the steepest street in the city, let alone the world. Vermont Avenue between 22nd and 23rd is “crookedest,” and Filbert between Hyde and Leavenworth is steepest at 31.5 degrees, but neither fact discourages [...]
San Francisco Home Values by Neighborhood February 1, 2011 – January 31, 2012 The first group of statistics below (in table format) apply only to non-distress home sales with at least 1 car parking, as reported to MLS. Distress sales – bank-owned property sales and short sales – typically sell at a substantial discount due [...]
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Sales Price to List Price Percentage, Days on Market, Price Reductions & Expired Listings Most of the luxury homes that do sell, sell quickly at very close to asking price. Those going through price reductions spend a much longer time on market and sell at an average discount of 18% off original list price. And [...]
Months Supply of Inventory: The MSI for all property types in SF are about as low as they’ve ever been. TICs are not on this chart, but their MSI is also very low, at 2.4 months of inventory. click to enlarge Listings for Sale on the Last Day of Month: Very, very low. click to [...]
Nowhere in the world will you see a lunar new year parade with more gorgeous floats, elaborate costumes, ferocious lions, exploding firecrackers , and of course the newly crowned Miss Chinatown U.S.A. and her court. A crowd favorite is the spectacular 250′ Golden Dragon (“Gum Lung”) It takes a team of over 100 men and [...]
Bay Area bars, restaurants and breweries have been hard at work finalizing their festivities and you might be thrilled by what you find. Click here for more information!