Posts Tagged ‘lance fulford’

Noe Valley Victorian Receives 5 Offers

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

919 Sanchez, San Francisco

A smaller remodeled Noe Valley Victorian within walking distance of 24th Street and priced just under $1million…received 5 offers this past Thursday. I was told the price “did not break $1.1million.

The market is clearly responding to well priced properties in good locations. This property had been remodeled and was limited with only one bathroom but overall it is a free-standing single family home in a great neighborhood and the market responded.

Drop me a comment or a question here or at my email, lfulford@apr.com.

All the Best,

Lance

Levi Plaza Park…A Hidden Park Gem

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

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The City is full of small parks and the one along Battery Street in Levi Plaza is especially nice with its proximity to the Embarcadero and views of downtown through the trees. It’s worth a visit when you’re in the area as it has that ‘oasis’ quality to it.

Enjoy…

Lance

Mission Dolores Home Asking $3.395mil Receives Offer

Friday, February 5th, 2010

41 Cumberland, San Francisco

“Shocked” is the response I had … to learning that a newly completed and  expanded home asking $3,395,000 received an offer yesterday..why? you may ask…because it is located on Cumberland between Dolores and Guerrero. Granted it is large…with some nice finishes but I believed it was $1mil over priced. If you strictly go by square footage cost…which in the case of a newly remodeled home with no architectural integrity and no view I don’t believe is necessarily a wrong way of approaching it (I was a commercial appraiser’s assistant during my corporate real estate analyst days)…the house comes out at close to $900/sq ft. Well, if it closes it’ll be great for the seller and great for the neighborhood….just goes to show you that those strong tech earnings are making their way back into the economy. I’ll keep you posted as I hear more on this one.

All the Best,

Lance

California Academy of Sciences New Facility In Golden Gate Park

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RbSobZunc4]California Academy of Sciences’ new ‘green’ facility in Golden Gate Park is one of the gems we have as residents in San Francisco. Here’s a brief look at the tropical rain forest and the living reef.

All the Best,

Lance

Brokers' Tour Update: Russian Hill Condos/Coops

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

1100 Union Street, San Francisco


Russian Hill

is known for its chic condos and coops with gorgeous views and access to one of the best neighborhoods San Francisco has to offer. Currently, the depth of the inventory in units over about $1,700,000 is not a lot however I believe a rare turnover is taking place in one of the best buildings, 1100 Union Street. There have been times in the not-so-distant past when you couldn’t get into this building yet right now there are two units available, #300 and #401, and a third, #201, that was withdrawn and is awaiting a return to the market in another month or so. Unit #401 started at over $2.5million and has been in-and-out of contract twice. The seller (who lived in the unit for around 40 years) has drastically dropped the price down to just under $2million which is certainly putting downward pressure on the other units.

The Summit at 999 Green Street, San Francisco


It’s been my experience that there is usually no one reason why turnovers happen in clusters other than random chance and it appears to be that way in this case as well. The only other building with a number of units on the market is The Summit at 999 Green Street which has four units to choose from and from what I understand a North facing unit will be coming on the market shortly.

70 Douglass Street, San Francisco


Over in Upper Market, the real estate market on the South end of town is still moving at a rather quickened pace. The spec home at 70 Douglass went into contract quickly with two offers. It is shaped like a shoebox on end, narrow and very vertical but I’m sure the ‘new-ness’ of it pushed some one (definitely not a family with children) to buy. The house ‘feels’ much more like a townhouse with ‘a lot’ of stairs.

Have comments on a property you’ve seen? Send ‘em in and share.

All the Best,

Lance

Russian Hill Historic Octagon House

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9nm4o2gDwY]San Francisco’s neighborhoods are filled with historic homes. One of the most famous is the circa 1858 Feusier octagon house on top of Russian Hill at 1067 Green Street. I recently had a private tour and was able to photograph some of the wonderful details of this property. I hope you enjoy the video as much as I did walking through the property.

If you want to know more about historic homes in San Francisco check out the San Francisco Historical Society.

All the Best,

Lance

Craig Newmark and Dennis Crowley Wow Crowds

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Brad Inman interviews Craig Newmark of Craig's List

Day One

of Real Estate Connect New York 2010 was overflowing with what’s ‘hot’ and gave hints of where we’re going in the current real estate market and the economy. The big concerns going forward stack up as 1. the federal government’s withdrawal from the secondary - securities market; 2. the ending of the government tax credit for first time home buyers; and 3. the overwhelming amount of money the fed’s have put into the economy in general. One panel’s concern was that the amount of debt homeowners had taken on prior to the ‘crash’ still hasn’t been worked through yet.

Dennis Crowley and Lance Fulford at Real Estate Connect NYC 2010

Despite concerns about the general economy, innovation continues unabated. Two guests who ‘wowed’ the group were listening to the founder of Craig’s List, Craig Newmark and the founder of a new up-and-coming mobile application, Foursquare, Dennis Crowley. If you’re not familiar with Foursquare, Dennis has taken gaming technology and applied it to a mapping application which leads to fun and ultimately (in some cases) improved behavior modification in the sense that you earn badges for going to the gym for example. And at the end of the year, you get an analysis of where you’ve spent your time. Really appears revolutionary. Mobile applications are the next wave.

There’ll be more information and fun today. I’ll keep you posted.

Lance

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Real Estate Connect:New York City 2010

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

I arrived in New York this evening and after checking into my hotel went over to take advantage of the early registration this evening. Wow, I’m glad I did. They have a record number of registrants, 1700! I’m looking forward to the program start tomorrow and will keep you posted. Off we go into 2010 innovation!

Lance

2009 Statistics for San Francisco Luxury Real Estate

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Here are the end-of-year statistics for San Francisco luxury real estate of $1 million+ single family homes county wide. Since we started the year with only 16 sales in January, things steadily improved with a high in June and the months of May, June, July and November the best all year. By December we see inventory dramatically fall. Watch out! Those unsold properties were pulled for the holidays and will be coming back on the market within the next two months plus anything else waiting on the sidelines. All in all, I believe we’ll have a steadily improving picture for the City in 2010. The statistics by the end of February should recapture any inventory pulled for the holidays and then we’ll have a more accurate accounting of how ‘09 finished up. I’ll post those when they’re available.

In other news, we’ve gone back to our designer for further development on the new logo. I expect it will be great with our process so far. By the way, you may want to check out our friends over at DesignAboutTown by viewing their website and the awards they’ve won.

I’m headed out to the Inman Conference in New York City tomorrow. I’ll keep you posted.

Lance

Networks and Networking

Friday, January 8th, 2010

I was part of a national phone conference for the U.S. Chapter of FIABCI with Realtors and Brokers from Manhattan, East Hampton, Washington D.C., Atlanta, and Seattle just to name a few to discuss what the strategies for success in real estate will be in 2010. The group unanimously agreed that building and working one’s network will be more important than ever in the new year. In the last 24 hours I have heard that re-iterated independently by other sources as well. CNN ran a segment on starting your own business in 2010 and how the dynamics were the best in years for starting a new business and a key to success was reaching out to one’s “network” or sphere of influence. The weekly sales meeting at my office, Alain Pinel Realtors, moderated by the Regional Vice President and my friend, Tim Murray, also stressed the importance of one’s “network” for success in the new year.

As we enter what many believe is the first year of recovery from our Bush-Recession, it is “back-to-basics” for everyone. Realtors and real estate  professionals of all types are getting back to basics and there is no better way to succeed than to contact those folks who already know you and have done business with you. In addition to contacting your existing network, a key question to ask yourself is, “how am I expanding my network?”. Where else do you go to meet new people whether in person or on the internet? These are important concepts and are being brought to the front-and-center of business plans for individuals and large businesses as well.

More to come….

Lance