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Buying
How Much Is Property Tax in San Francisco?
Prop 13 says about 1.2% of the price in year one, increasing by up to 2% a year after that.
The Fuller Team at Compass · Broker Associate · DRE #01342261
Matt Fuller
Broker Associate at Compass, selling San Francisco since 2002. 2017 President of the SF Association of REALTORS®. Dad, husband, dog person, and the guy who knows the building.
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Owning
Prop 19 Calculator: What Your Prop 13 Number Is Worth When You Move
If you're 55 or older, Prop 19 lets you sell your home and take its Prop 13 taxable value to the next one, anywhere in California, up to three times, even if the next one costs more. On a long-held San Francisco home that is worth five figures a year, every year you stay.
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Selling
Transfer Tax in San Francisco: The Tiers, and Who Pays
San Francisco taxes every sale on a tiered scale from 0.5% to 6%, applied to the whole price. On a $2,000,000 home it's $15,000. Who pays, what's exempt, and a calculator.
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Buying
What Mello-Roos Costs In Every San Francisco Neighborhood That Has It
Transbay, Mission Bay, Treasure Island, the Shipyard: what each San Francisco Mello-Roos district costs, how fast it grows and when it ends.
Buying
The San Francisco Bedroom With No Window
A closet, a frosted-glass door and no window. The city calls it a bedroom. Where it started, why the Planning Code allows it, and what buyers actually pay for.
South Of Market
SOMA Grand
A 22-story South of Market tower with housekeeping, a concierge and a fifth-floor park level, a block from Civic Center BART.
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Condo Parking In San Francisco: Deeded, Assigned, Leased And The Spot You Can't Find
Why your one bedroom came without a space, what the words on your title report mean, and why the parking line on Zillow is not a fact about the home.
Van Ness Corridor
The Rockwell
Two 13-story towers behind the old auto-shop fronts on Pine, with a sky lounge, a roof deck and a courtyard between them.
Potrero Hill
The Knox
Caltrain at the door, Dogpatch and Potrero too: 91 condos at 22nd and Mississippi with a courtyard, assigned parking and 72 different floor plans.
Hayes Valley
388 Fulton St #610
A top-floor Hayes Valley studio with about $50,000 of custom built-ins that make every inch work.
Seller Guides
Stop Scams Sooner
Seller impersonation, forged deeds and wire fraud now target San Francisco owners, including owners who are not selling. What to watch, what is free, and what to do fast.
Seller Guides
Getting a San Francisco Home Ready to Sell
What to fix, what to disclose and what to leave alone. Pre-sale inspections, staging and the disclosure package before a San Francisco home lists.
Beyond the MLS
Some of the best homes sell before they're ever online.
What you see online is the public part. The rest comes from sources nobody can automate:
- Coming Soon and Compass Private Exclusives. See homes days or weeks before they go public, while sellers welcome an early, clean offer. Less competition, more leverage.
- Top Agent Network. We're members of the invitation-only network of the Bay Area's top producers, who share off-market homes with each other first. When one has your home, we hear about it.
- Owner and agent conversations. We often know who's thinking of selling before they've called anyone, and can make the introduction.
- Building-level homework. HOA minutes, reserve studies, special assessments, unit-by-unit resale history. Know what a building's problems cost before you're in contract.
- Twenty-plus years of SF relationships. Lenders who close on time, inspectors who catch what others miss. Deals move faster when people pick up for you.
Selling? The same network works in reverse. We can quietly test your price with ready buyers before you decide whether to go public.
Helping SF buyers and sellers since 2002 · Top Agent Network member since 2012 · Former SFAR President
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