Full disclosure: We love dogs. We can relate to that crazy dog lady who posts a ridiculous number of pictures of their puppy on the socials. Not surprisingly, we find the dog restrictions in many HOAs to be, well, a bit restrictive. Restrictions about dog quantity, dog weight, and dog breed are the most common […]

The regular “Matt On The Market” series is moving to video. Matt Fuller brings decades of experience and industry leadership to his role as Founder at Jackson Fuller Real Estate. He regularly writes “Matt On The Market” to share his local SF real estate expertise with buyers and sellers alike. Now, he brings that same insight […]

San Francisco Real Estate Market Trends San Francisco’s real estate market has always been one of the most geographically concentrated and quick-to-change in the United States, and housing trends for this small city by the sea are always intensely watched.  While interest rates and attitudes change regularly, the demand for San Francisco homes in the […]

Empty downtown commercial real estate has been a topic of discussion in the real estate industry for years. With the rise of remote work and online shopping, many commercial properties in urban areas are left vacant and seemingly unmarketable. While some may suggest converting these properties into residential real estate, there are several reasons why […]

San Francisco homes for sale in 2023 have a story that goes with them, from the home to the neighborhood to the people that developed and built it to all of its past owners. Some of those stories are recently written, like the newly developed Mission Bay neighborhood. Other neighborhoods, like St. Francis Wood or […]

I had a private tour of the construction progress at Yerba Buena Island, as well as a preview of the towers to come that recently began construction on Treasure Island. I am happy to report things are happening over on Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island, and they are happening quickly. For example, Treasure Island’s […]

… in this case, sometimes both things can be true! In the Bay Area, gates and barriers protecting the entrances to our homes and condominiums are necessary and sometimes frustrating parts of daily life. Keeping doorways and entrance areas safe for public egress, and making sure Amazon and other packages have a safe place to […]

<This blog is another in our “How To Buy A Home” blog series.> An Escrow Is A Present Underneath the Christmas Tree Escrow is something given by one person and intended for another, set aside or held by a third party until certain conditions are satisfied. That’s like a Christmas gift underneath a tree that […]

We know that California is earthquake country, California is home to two-thirds of all earthquake activity in the United States and most Californians live within 30 miles of an active fault. Living in the Bay Area, there is always this lurking question that pops up once in a while, “Is today the day?”. But if […]

Anywhere you can afford it. The end.  And we are not being facetious. The number one mistake first time home buyers tell me they have made is that instead of buying something they could afford, they held out for something they thought was financially out of reach and therefore never bought anything. They never realized […]

Another in our “Housing Styles of San Francisco” blog series. Did you happen to catch “The Gilded Age” on HBO earlier this year? It is a lavish new TV series set in New York in the final decades of the 19th century and featuring much marble, many digs about new money, and real historical characters […]

Another in our “Housing Styles of San Francisco” blog series. Although most laypeople use the term “Victorian” to describe the much-loved, unique styles for many of our homes in the Bay Area, Edwardians need to get a fair shake as an independent architectural style that stands on its own. But, what precisely is an Edwardian […]