| Do you know how San Francisco Foreclosure | | | | down on last year and sit only 29 DOM. Single |
| Homes can help you move in and move up? Do | | | | family homes sales have slowed a little, but the |
| you long to be part of the vibrant and leading | | | | median price is slightly higher. All the more reason |
| edge job scene in San Francisco or The Bay, but | | | | to look at the price advantage offered by a |
| can't see how you can afford to move in? Sure, | | | | property in pre foreclosure or REO, and adjust |
| housing is amongst the priciest in the land in both | | | | your sights in the shorter term. |
| San Francisco and The Bay area, cost of living is | | | | Some would be home buyers are holding off |
| super high as well. For those with a great set of | | | | purchasing concerned that prices may fall over |
| skills, a high income means loft and condo living is | | | | the holiday season. To buy and hold, planning to |
| a breeze, but for newcomers, better to lower | | | | move in for 3 to 5 years lowers your risk of |
| your sights and find a way to start up the ladder. | | | | being unable to sell higher considerably. Choosing |
| You have a couple of key factors going more | | | | the right neighborhood, a motivated seller of a |
| your way this fall, timing and the state of the | | | | home under Notice of Default, a property with |
| local housing market. As a buyer of real estate | | | | non structural issues, are all wise decisions that |
| between now and spring, you are a keenly | | | | mean you can negotiate a great saving, live in and |
| sought, desired target. The housing market has | | | | upgrade your foreclosure home then sell when |
| remained slow for months, prices are flat. No | | | | prices are rising once more. If you crave to be |
| significant price readjustments are anticipated, San | | | | part of the inner city, live in the Marina District, |
| Francisco and the surrounding urban cities enjoy a | | | | Noe Valley or Pacific Heights then make that your |
| more positive market than So Cal. Keen sellers | | | | ultimate goal. In the short term look for a |
| are going to have to price well over the slow | | | | foreclosure property in the suburbs of The Bay, |
| winter season. On the other hand, median prices | | | | San Mateo County or Santa Clara, and build your |
| for condos look really high ($826,000), although | | | | wealth for the move up. |