Levi’s Presidio Run 4/14 Taste of the Bay 2019 – 4/18 Easter in the Park – 4/21 First Bloom: Spring Cocktails of the Farmers Market – 4/24 stARTup Art Fair SF 2019 – 4/26 Decorator Showcase Friday Night Opening Party – 4/26 Wanderlust 5/4 SHOP at Urban Air Market: Hayes Valley Spring – 5/5

Lately I’ve been noticing trees that have been creatively trimmed to fit tight spaces. I like the way that the trees have been trained to form a wall of greenery at Janet Larson’s listing, 620 2nd Avenue. Also, check out the vertical trees at the Hundley Hardware parking lot on Bryant Street.

Q: Describe your range of services. A: We provide pre-staging needs as well as partial and full staging services. As with many properties, painting, handyman work, floor refinishing, carpeting, etc. are needed in order to put the property’s best foot forward. We also appreciate the economic situation of the seller and we’re able to identify areas […]

Founded in 1973, the Nihonmachi Street Fair was hatched as an idea to provide leadership and mentorship opportunities for the youth of J-Town and to honor the cultural heritage that was, at the time, at risk of being displaced. Since then the annual event has grown from a four-booth affair to a two-day event expected […]

Median prices almost always conceal large disparities in the prices of the underlying individual sales – this is particularly true for larger cities: in San Francisco for example, median house prices by neighborhood range from $465,000 to $4,000,000, and there will be similar disparities in Oakland and San Jose. But median prices can be valuable […]

My friend Stephanie gave me the following announcement: Mise en place Staging and Interiors and Senkir Designs are having a huge warehouse sale. ALL ITEMS PRICED TO SELL SATURDAY, JULY 27 from 10am – 3pm

Restaurant Review: Hillstone Restaurant, 1800 Montgomery St., San Francisco by John Solaegui Since I always invite my clients to celebrate the closing of their purchase and sale transactions with dinner at the restaurant of their choice, I am able to sample a lot of different restaurants. But when I’m out on my own or with […]

5 White-Hot Districts in a Red-Hot San Francisco Market July 2013 Report Virtually every area of San Francisco and the Bay Area has been experiencing dramatic home-value appreciation in the past 12 to 18 months. Some that were hard hit by distressed property sales, which experienced the largest price declines, have surged in price but […]

This evening my colleague Mary Macpherson and I had fun making a presentation about the San Francisco Real Estate Market at Charles Schwab’s West Portal branch office. More than 30 Schwab clients attended the event. Here’s the punch line: Prices are up and Now is a great time to sell in San Francisco! But values […]

2nd Quarter North Bay Real Estate Market Report Home Prices and Luxury Home Sales Way Up For Marin, Napa & Sonoma Counties Another very strong quarter in the North Bay real estate market: Year over year, the median house sales price in the second quarter was up 25% in Marin and Sonoma, and 34% in […]