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Miraloma Park Real Estate Half Year Update 2018
As a realtor, I’m always interested in the neighborhoods that people want to live in. Noe Valley, Mission Bay, SOMA, Glen Park and Hayes Valley always come up, but as buyers have started to get priced out of these neighborhoods new ones are starting to draw interest: Mission Terrace, Sunnyside, Excelsior. One neighborhood that was always under the radar but is drawing interest is Miraloma Park. As a Miraloma resident [...]
Real Estate Can be a Powerful Wealth Building Tool
Real Estate is a multi-dimentional asset class that if used properly can generate wealth for the owner. Couple of reasons why real estate is an attractive class of asset in my opinion. 1) It is the asset class that can be leveraged (as low as 5% down payment of your own money - the rest of 95% are someone's else money) 2) Owner can live in the property and continue [...]
Quick Summary of SF Real Estate in Chart For The Last Three Years
Let's look back in the last 3 years. Median sale price for Single Family Home is still going upward while Condominiums and TICs are quite flat. Days on market are still suggesting that we are still in a seller's market. Single Family Home is still the most desirable class of asset followed closely by condominiums. Days on market indicates how many days ac active listing are going under contract aka [...]
Six Year Overview of The San Francisco Real Estate Market (2011 – 2017)
SFR Median Sales Price: $1.27M Avg. Days on Market: 42.3 % of List price / Sold Price: 109% The median sales price for condos and single-family homes (SFH) both show substantial appreciation over the last five years. The greater increase, however, occurs with SFH, while the rate for condos leveled off in 2015. The corresponding charts on inventory, closed units and percent of list price received further validate this difference. [...]
Bay Area Real Estate Cycles: 1980 – 2015
Many people made their fortunes investing in real estate. I can admit that I can clearly see why from the chart above. In my opinion, real estate is a good investment tool that allows you to leverage your money, grow wealth, and grow old in it. Some say "I don't want to buy at the peak". I totally get that. The question would be, will you want to hold it [...]
Median Sales Price – Look back in The Past 2 Years Since 2013
The chart shows the median sales price for Single Family Home and Condominium are up 28% since September 2013.