Month: October 2026

For buyers deciding whether to keep shopping through the quiet winter weeks or hold out until spring – and how that call changes from the Avenues to Noe Valley For most buyers, the holidays are a better time to buy in San Francisco than the calendar suggests – if you’re ready to move when the

For trustees, heirs, and families handling an inherited San Francisco property — how a trust changes the sale, what the tax picture really looks like, and how to time it, from the Avenues to Noe Valley Inheriting a home in San Francisco is rarely the clean windfall people imagine. More often it’s a family house

For buyers weighing a condo, loft, or TIC in San Francisco this year — where the real value sits, and how it shifts from SoMa to Noe Valley For a lot of buyers, the condo market is the most open door in San Francisco right now. Houses have been bid up hard; condos spent longer

According to Compass, Northern California’s county markets split along a single line in September: inventory. Where listings ran well below the prior year’s levels, competition intensified and prices firmed; where supply grew, buyers gained leverage and price cuts became more common. San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, and Sonoma tightened, while Santa Clara, Sacramento, Placer,

For San Francisco homeowners deciding whether to list before the holidays or hold for spring, and how the answer changes from the Richmond to Bernal Heights For many San Francisco sellers, listing this fall beats waiting, as long as the home can be ready by early November and priced for today’s market. Spring is the

For heirs, trustees, and families deciding whether to keep, rent, or sell an inherited San Francisco home without a property tax shock Short answer: Your options depend on three things: how the home was titled, when the transfer happened, and what you plan to do with it. Under Prop 19, a child can usually keep