Upcoming listing:
$695,000 // Forest Knolls // Dellbrook BR/BA:  3/2 PKG: 2 Brief Description:  Nice Tenant occupied home with month to month lease. Bonus room and bathroom down!
 
Pocket Listings:
$429,000 // Castro // Sanchez @ 19th St BR/BA: 0/1 PKG: 0 Brief Description: Exceptional Castro/Mission Dolores Location!!!  Beautifully updated Studio Condo in a 3-Unit bldg w/Stainless & Granite Kitchen, Marble Bathroom, Hardwood Floors and large walk-in closet sliding doors lead to a shared Asian style garden. Please call with additional questions or visit www.serenityonsanchez.com
 
$TBD // Midtown Terrace // Dellbrook BR/BA: 3/2 PKG:  2 Brief Description:    Det. 2/1 & 1/1+Dwn
 
Unusual Buyer Need:
Price Range: < $3,000,000/flexible Neighborhood: South Beach/SOMA Brief Comments: Looking for > BR/BA: 2/2 /3,500 – 5,000 sq ft, Original, killer conversion loft.
 
Price Range: < $1,600,000 Neighborhood:  Noe, Petrero, Glen Park, Inner Mission Brief Comments: Looking for 4 BR (do not have to be on the same level) 3BA 1-2 parking, garden. Prefer open floor plan, modern, lots of light, updated kitchen and baths.
 
Price Range: <$1,200,000 Neighborhoods:  Russian Hill Brief Comments: Looking for BR/BA: 2/2 PKG: 1 with updated kitchen and baths.Upcoming listing:

$695,000 // Forest Knolls // Dellbrook BR/BA:  3/2 PKG: 2 Brief Description:  Nice Tenant occupied home with month to month lease. Bonus room and bathroom down!
 
Pocket Listings:
$429,000 // Castro // Sanchez @ 19th St BR/BA: 0/1 PKG: 0 Brief Description: Exceptional Castro/Mission Dolores Location!!!  Beautifully updated Studio Condo in a 3-Unit bldg w/Stainless & Granite Kitchen, Marble Bathroom, Hardwood Floors and large walk-in closet sliding doors lead to a shared Asian style garden. Please call with additional questions or visit www.serenityonsanchez.com
 
$TBD // Midtown Terrace // Dellbrook BR/BA: 3/2 PKG:  2 Brief Description:    Det. 2/1 & 1/1+Dwn
 
Unusual Buyer Need:
Price Range: < $3,000,000/flexible Neighborhood: South Beach/SOMA Brief Comments: Looking for > BR/BA: 2/2 /3,500 – 5,000 sq ft, Original, killer conversion loft.
 
Price Range: < $1,600,000 Neighborhood:  Noe, Petrero, Glen Park, Inner Mission Brief Comments: Looking for 4 BR (do not have to be on the same level) 3BA 1-2 parking, garden. Prefer open floor plan, modern, lots of light, updated kitchen and baths.
 
Price Range: <$1,200,000 Neighborhoods:  Russian Hill Brief Comments: Looking for BR/BA: 2/2 PKG: 1 with updated kitchen and baths.

The San Francisco Association of REALTORS® has issued its Market Focus report for October.

The reports are issued monthly and are prepared for the Association by the Rosen Consulting Group of Berkeley. The reports are based on information provided by Terradatum which extracts and analyzes information from the Association’s MLS.

Download the PDF’s to view the full reports:
-Market Focus: A monthly analysis of the San Francisco real estate market
     File Attachment: SFAR_Press_Release_111709.pdf (370 KB)

-San Francisco Pending Home Sales Increase 58 Percent Year over Year 
     File Attachment: SF_Realtors-November2009.pdf (151 KB)

Upcoming listings:
$695,000 // Forest Knolls // Dellbrook BR/BA:  3/2 PKG: 2 Brief Description:  Nice Tenant occupied home with month to month lease. Bonus room and bathroom down!   
 
$485,000// Daly City // S Mayfair Avenue BR/BA: 3+/1.5  PKG: 2  Brief Description: Great Westlake Highlands home on quiet block, bonus room and bath down, close to shopping. NOT an REO or short sale FIRST OPEN: Sunday, 11/15.

Pocket Listing:
$429,000 // Castro / Sanchez @ 19th St BR/BA: 0/1 PKG: 0 Brief Description: Exceptional Castro/Mission Dolores Location!!!  Beautifully updated Studio Condo in a 3-Unit bldg w/Stainless & Granite Kitchen, Marble Bathroom, Hardwood Floors and large walk-in closet sliding doors lead to a shared Asian style garden.  Please call with additional questions. 
 

Members have reported that the City and County of San Francisco is issuing citations to homeowners who are parking cars on front lawns or in rear yards. The citations reference various sections of the city’s Planning Code. Here’s a simple grid prepared by the city’s Customer Service Center (Telephone 311) describing typical minor violations of the Planning Code and the penalties that are assessed for each violation:

http://www.sfgov.org/site/sf311rfs_index.asp?id=79509

Are you interested in more information?

The City and County of San Francisco established 311 to provide an easy-to-remember telephone number that connects residents, businesses and visitors to Customer Service Representatives ready to help with general government information and services. One call does it all—24-hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.

Senator Chris Dodd, D-CT, has been  negotiating for several weeks with Senator Johnny Isakson, R-GA., to craft an  extended tax credit for homebuyers that would pass the Senate. Last Wednesday,  they announced agreement on a bill that would extend the tax credit for  first-time homebuyers and offer a reduced credit of $6,500 to repeat buyers who  have owned their current homes for at least five years.

The tax credit provides up to $8,000 to  first-time homebuyers but is set to expire at the end of November.

Don’t worry!  This is easy to read. 

NAR Homebuyer Tax Credit Chart: published by the National Association of Realtors, this is a great synopsis of the latest version of the Homebuyer Tax Credit that has been approved by the government. 

There is now a provision for a “homebuyer,” not just “first-time homebuyers.”  As with anything, there are restrictions and limitations.  Take a peek and call me with any questions.

Upcoming listings:
$649,000 // Bernal Heights // Ellsworth BR/BA:  2/1 PKG: 1 Brief Description:  Remodeled jr5 w/vacant 1BR in-law, garden.
 
$485,000// Daly City // S. Mayfair Avenue BR/BA: 3+/1.5  PKG: 2  Brief Description: Great Westlake Highlands home on quiet block, bonus room and bath down, close to shopping. NOT an REO or short sale.
 
Pocket Listings:
$TBD //  Alamo Square // BR/BA: 4/ 1.5  PKG 1: Brief Description: Very light & bright top floor 2000 sq ft view, Victorian Condo, in unit W/D will price between 899k-949k.
 
$649,000 //Van Ness/Civic Center //  Myrtle Street BR/BA: 2/1 PKG:  1 Brief Description:  Best unit at the historic Myrtle Street flats.  Top floor fully detached on 3 sides for loads of sun.  Beautiful remodel including gorgeous kitchen with 48″ Wolf range, integrated SONOS audio system with leased parking.  Please see www.236Myrtle.com
 
$429,000 // Castro // Sanchez @ 19th St BR/BA: 0/1 PKG: 0 Brief Description: Exceptional Castro/Mission Dolores Location!!!  Beautifully updated Studio Condo in a 3-Unit bldg w/Stainless & Granite Kitchen, Marble Bathroom, Hardwood Floors and large walk-in closet sliding doors lead to a shared Asian style garden. 

Unusual Buyer Need:
Price Range: < $3,000,000 Neighborhood:  South Beach Brief Comments: Looking for BR/BA: 2/2 original, killer conversion loft of approximately 3,500-5,000 sq ft.

President Obama has signed a resolution passed last Thursday by Congress extending the current limits for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans through 2010.

The conforming loan limits determine the maximum size of a mortgage that Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy or guarantee. Non-conforming or jumbo loans typically carry a higher mortgage interest rate than a conforming loan, increasing the monthly payment and negatively impacting affordability.