Eight years ago I met Sarah and Kevin. They had a daughter who was almost 2 and were expecting another. I helped them find their first home near USF, known as the Lone Mountain neighborhood. Flash forward, with 3 children under 10, they had finally outgrown their home and were ready to sell. The market wasn’t very good the last half of 2022 so putting their home on the market in February was a leap of faith. They still loved …
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Tag: multiple offers
Over the past three to four weeks, I have watched the San Francisco market go from being a slow moving market to one picking up speed. Based on my colleagues’ experiences and mine, I think it is fair to say that San Francisco is in a “mixed market” right now. At recent sales meetings, I have heard a number of colleagues say that they have been in multiple offer situations, particularly for homes but for some condos as well. The …
Last year I received a call to help a brother and sister sell their late mom’s home in Bernal Heights. While it was sad for them to let it go, it was time. It was an absolutely sweet home on a historic street that needed some TLC. I knew it would make some buyer very happy and it ended up receiving multiple offers and being sold to a nice couple – a fireman and a nurse. They eventually brought a …
I recently helped my client, Jonathan, buy a home perfect for him in Eureka Valley. This home at 204 Grand View Avenue is very tastefully renovated inside with a modern look to its chef’s kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The living room has a cozy fireplace and views of the Bay. The back patio and terraced garden are a delight and exactly where my client wants to entertain his friends. He thanked me for helping him find his first …
Last week I wrote an offer for clients that was more than one million dollars over the list price. Yes you heard that right – and they didn’t get it! Out of 14 offers, theirs was number 3. How did we get to this point in San Francisco? I had previously heard of one or two properties selling for more than a million dollars over the list price but those were notable exceptions. However, this experience tells me that it …
How exciting for this young family to have finally found and successfully competed for their first home in their favorite SF neighborhood – the Inner Richmond. Meet Chandler and Jenny and their cute daughter, Zoe. I have been working with them about 7 months helping them find their dream home. We initially toured some properties together. I looked for them on Broker Tour (Tuesdays in SF when specific times for new and repeat listings in given neighborhoods are offered to …
There are many reasons couples prevail in competition for a property and as I have mentioned before on an earlier blogpost, it is not always the highest priced offer. Sometimes, a letter, well written which tells the story of a couple and their love for each other and for the home they wish to make theirs, can make the difference. The happy couple smiling from the front porch of their Corona Heights cottage which they just closed on this past …
Just when I thought the market was slowing down and sugar plums were dancing in my head, my buyers decided to write offers. The saying goes that making offers as the holiday approaches is a good time since if a property is on the market at this time of year, the seller must be desperate and he’ll take what he can get. But, whoever said that didn’t count on the resilient SF market that is like an Energizer Bunny. In …
In the last two weeks, a substantial number of properties have come on the market. The Broker’s Tour outlines the properties agents can view on a given Tuesday in San Francisco. It literally doubled in its number of pages from about 14, which it has hovered around this past year, to 28 pages the second week of September! My buyers who were frustrated by not finding any properties they liked suddenly jumped off the sidelines and started writing offers. One …