Danielle Climbs to New Heights (pun intended!)

Danielle Climbs to New Heights (pun intended!)

As many of our readers are already aware, SFhotlist founder Danielle Lazier has joined Climb Real Estate Group San Francisco as Sales Director and Senior Broker Associate. Read the official Press Release below, congratulate her on SFhotlist's Facebook page and take a look at her stylish Climb agent profile (bonus points if you can tell us which European river Danielle is taking a bike ride along in one of the photos!). Danielle Lazier joins Climb Real Estate as Sales Director San … [Read more...]

San Francisco Agent Property Tour Photos

San Francisco Agent Property Tour Photos

Need a break from enjoying all of this amazing Spring weather we're having?  Stay inside for a few minutes and check out a few photos from this week's San Francisco Agent Property Tour.  This week, we posted them on our Facebook page. But since we're nice, we'll put a few here, too. Enjoy!   … [Read more...]

Tuesday San Francisco Agent Property Tour Photos

Tuesday San Francisco Agent Property Tour Photos

Yup. We're back and with a new set of San Francisco Agent Property Tour photos for you.  We're trying to make this a weekly post type of thing because we know how much fun it is to look at photos from the different homes and neighborhoods around San Francisco.  Okay. Confession time.  This is hardly work for us. We LOVE touring San Francisco homes because we enjoy seeing the fantastic design innovation, creativity and imagination put into homes in our fair city (and beyond!).  Add to that … [Read more...]

Upper Market Street Residential New Construction Condos

Upper Market Street Residential New Construction Condos

There is a lot of new residential construction rising on the streets of San Francisco and even more is in the planning stages.  The result will be an increase in the number of for-sale condominiums as well as rental units. About this,  we say "Horray!" because frankly,  this city needs both.   The bulk of the current activity is focused on Mission Bay, South Beach, SoMa and mid/lower Market. Heck, there is even a huge project right in the heart of the Mission on Mission Street between 21st … [Read more...]

Take a San Francisco Property Tour With Us!

Take a San Francisco Property Tour With Us!

Pretend you're a Realtor for the next few minutes and join us on a San Francisco property tour! Yesterday was Tuesday which meant Real Estate Agents across San Francisco spent an inordinate amount of time in their cars, driving around the city, double parking, grabbing lunch on the go and looking at property. It is a weekly event known in the biz as "Broker Tour".  We at SFhotlist also like to call it "Agent Property Tour" - it's an opportunity for agents to preview property which is currently … [Read more...]

Top 5 Best Places to Buy and Sell A Home in 2013

Top 5 Best Places to Buy and Sell A Home in 2013

We at SFhotlist are just loving lists lately (and alliteration, too!). We have two for you today - where to buy and where to sell in 2013. The Realtor.com Real Estate Trends Report for January 2013 reveals the Top 5 Best Places to Buy and Sell a home in 2013. You get one chance to guess - which of the two lists is San Francisco on? (Spoiler alert: San Francisco isn't on the top of the list but a nearby Northern California city is.) How did they decide if a city was a good place in which to … [Read more...]

Top 8 Home Selling Strategies

It is impossible to avoid the newspaper and magazine articles, the blog posts and the talk around the watercooler about how the housing market in San Francisco is shifting back to being a seller's market.  If you're a San Francisco homeowner and you're thinking of selling your home, here are our "Top 8 Home Selling Strategies".  We have found that these are the best strategies to use to reach your goals - which we figure  more than likely include selling your home quickly and for a great … [Read more...]

Which San Francisco neighborhoods were popular with home buyers in 2012?

Which San Francisco neighborhoods were popular with home buyers in 2012?

San Francisco Association of Realtors reported on some interesting trends in the December 2012 edition of "Market Focus".  Rest assured, the San Francisco housing market isn't showing signs of slowing down during this holiday season.  The report also provides a few answers to the all-important question: Which San Francisco neighborhoods were popular with home buyers in 2012? The districts where the number of home sales increased over the past year may be a bit surprising.  With the amount … [Read more...]

San Francisco Real Estate Report – Inventory at 2-Year Low of 1.4 months supply

San Francisco Real Estate Report – Inventory at 2-Year Low of 1.4 months supply

You may recall from our post "Another Month of Strong Home Sales – NAR Existing-Home Sales Report for November 2012" the National Association of Realtors reported an increase in the number of existing-home sales, a rise in the median sales price as well as the lowest housing supply since September of 2005. Where does the outlier that is the San Francisco real estate market fit in with these national numbers? Here's a quick rundown of where things stand in San Francisco for the month of … [Read more...]

From Your (not so) Secret Agent on the Ground

From Your (not so) Secret Agent on the Ground

My Annual San Francisco Real Estate Holiday Letter The following is this year's annual holiday letter that I send out to my real estate clients and friends. Thought you might enjoy! Thank you for taking a peek at my 10th New Year's letter. As many of you know, I've been a full-time San Francisco real estate agent for over a decade, having obtained my California real estate license at the ripe old age of 24. The combination of my age and the time at which I entered the business gives me an … [Read more...]