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What $1,750 rents you in San Francisco right now
Five new homes, from Opera Plaza to Ingleside.
Full-floor flat inside Nob Hill modernist high-rise asks $2.2 million
Co-op inside slender tower comes with views of Huntington Park and Grace Cathedral
San Francisco’s most and least expensive homes this week
A tale of two towers, one ultra swanky and one hugely economical only about 12 blocks apart but decidedly in two different realms.
607-square-foot studio in Nob Hill seeks $689K
Art Deco gem comes with views of Grace Cathedral.
Rare Nob Hill single-family home asks $2.7 million
Oh the possibilities.
Nob Hill condo bounces back to market after six months, asks $2.4 million
Latest owner barely had time to unpack after trading in a Nob Hill Edwardian for this 12th-floor condo next to Grace Cathedral, and now it’s up for sale again.
Gorgeous Willis Polk condo prunes $200K off asking
In a city full of chic abodes, few are as dreamy as the small strip of Willis Polk Edwardians across from the Mark Hopkins Hotel in tony Nob Hill. And one condo, which landed on the market in December, just dropped its asking.
Curbed Comparisons: What $2,800 rents you in San Francisco right now
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column exploring what you can rent for a set dollar amount in different neighborhoods. Is one person's studio another person's townhouse? Let's find out. Today's price: $2,800.
The High & the Low: SF’s most and least expensive homes this week
Friday is time for the High & the Low, a Curbed column chronicling the most and least expensive homes sold in San Francisco in the last seven days. What surprises did the week hold?
Curbed Cup Comparisons: What $5,000 rents in SF’s top four neighborhoods
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column exploring what you can rent for a set dollar amount in different neighborhoods. Is one person's studio another person's townhouse? Let's find out. Today's price: $5,000.
Curbed Cup Final Four: Bayview (5) vs. Nob Hill (9)
The Curbed Cup, our annual award for the neighborhood of the year, is kicking off with 8 or 16 neighborhoods vying for the prestigious (fake) trophy. Voting for each pairing ends 24 hours after it begins. Let the eliminations commence!
Curbed Cup 2nd round results!
The Curbed Cup, our annual award for the neighborhood of the year, is kicking off with 8 or 16 neighborhoods vying for the prestigious (fake) trophy. Voting for each pairing ends 24 hours after it begins. Let the eliminations commence!
Top 25 Instagrammed businesses in San Francisco
On the heels of San Francisco’s 10 most popular Instagram spots, the fine folks at Instagram shared with Curbed SF the top 25 most geotagged businesses in San Francisco. And, yes, In-N-Out made the cut. (Whew.)
San Francisco’s most festive gingerbread houses
For a closer look at the Fairmont San Francisco’s two-story gingerbread Victorian, take a peek at our piece on it for a tasty view of this Christmastime destination must. But the noted Nob Hill hotel isn’t the only place sporting a sweet gingerbread house.
Curbed Cup Elite Eight: Nob Hill (9) vs. Visitacion Valley (16)
The Curbed Cup, our annual award for the neighborhood of the year, is kicking off with 8 or 16 neighborhoods vying for the prestigious (fake) trophy. Voting for each pairing ends 24 hours after it begins. Let the eliminations commence!
Curbed Cup 1st Round: (8) Chinatown vs. (9) Nob Hill
The Curbed Cup, our annual award for the San Francisco neighborhood of the year, is kicking off with 16 areas vying for the prestigious (fake) trophy. This week we'll have two matchups per day, and all the results and the full tournament bracket will be reviewed on Friday.
Restored Willis Polk condo on Nob Hill asks $3 million
Living doesn’t get chicer than living directly across the street from the Mark Hopkins Hotel, within walking distance of the Big 4 and Huntington Park. And this Willis Polk-designed gem at 849 Mason will pique the interest of those who, by good fortune, err on the finer side of life.
The Fairmont’s two-story gingerbread Victorian sweetens the holidays
The historic Fairmont San Francisco boasts one of the Bay Area’s chicest hotel lobbies. Many a Baghdad by the Bay denizen is known to traverse Nob Hill simply to hang out and soak in the space’s unbridled Beaux-Arts opulence. A lobby this elegant deserves a Chirstmas-themed gingerbread house worthy of its surroundings.
Condo at the Francesca sells for a touch under asking
Designed by Gustave Albert Lansburgh (of Oakland’s Temple Sinai), Kenneth MacDonald (from the École des Beaux-Arts), and MacDonald’s partner Maurice C. Couchot, the Francesca dates back to 1923. A unit inside the iconic building sold this week for a tidy sum.
Rare single-family Nob Hill home asks $1.7 million
While San Francisco is home to many detached single-family houses (in neighborhoods like the Mission, the Sunset, West Portal, and more), it’s uncommon to find one in tony Nob Hill. Until now.
Checking in on the Austin, Lower Nob Hill’s newest condo addition
A two-faced building for Pine and Austin nears completion, with 88 new homes at the foot of Nob Hill.
What $1,800 rents you in San Francisco right now
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a regular column exploring what you can rent for a set dollar amount in different neighborhoods. Is one person's studio another person's townhouse? Let's find out. Today's price: $1,800.
Lower Nob Hill studio asks only $499,000
On the downside, it’s teensy. Very much so. On the plus, it’s near the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco and inside the same building as the city’s best bodega, J&W Market.
Nob Hill duplex remodel asks $2.99 million
Doubling up on your hill holdings, as the Great San Francisco Remodel continues in this two-unit 1922 building.
Parisian-style penthouse asks $1.69 million
Nob Hill goes for a continental vibe in one of its old Belle Epoque buildings, but different owners have rather remarkably different ideas about what was quite so belle about that particular epoque, as the penthouse reveals.
Curbed Comparisons: What $2,250 rents you in SF right now
From Union Square down to the Excelsior, there are only so many rentals in the city to go around. Fortunately, you only need one, and we've got five to compare.
What $1,700 rents you in San Francisco right now
Exploring your options at 50 percent of the city's median rent, from Nob Hill down to Little Hollywood.
From small studios to tiny one-bedroom apartments, which would you choose?
What can you do with just 500 feet? Depends on who you are and where you are, as we compare five different homes with five different layouts (and five different price tags) in five different neighborhoods.
Former SF garage converted into tiny home sells for $50K over asking
In August, we saw this super charming, super small home in Nob Hill renovated to habitable perfection. Less than a month on the market, it found a buyer. And it’s easy to see why.
Curbed Comparisons: What $1,900/rents in SF
It's tough out there these days, so what does just less than two grand net a hardworking San Francisco renter in five different neighborhoods anymore?
What $2,100 rents you in San Francisco right now
Living small (in square footage, that is) in some of San Francisco's largest living neighborhoods: Dolores Heights, Nob Hill, North Beach, and more.
Parisian-style Nob Hill 'jewel box' charms to the tune of $1.2 million
Keep the Victorians. Save the Edwardians for another time. And put Eichler on hold. Right now it’s all about this jewel box Parisian-style home at 12 Auburn in Nob Hill.
High & Low: SF's most and least expensive home sales
A Tenderloin holdout finally sells after 13 months, while one of Nob Hill's most gorgeous mansions rakes in just under eight figures.
The most beautiful homes for sale in San Francisco this week
From Nob Hill to SoMa, here are some of this week’s real estate gems that shined the brightest
One of the smallest houses on the market is big on appeal
It’s no 363-square-foot Mission abode, but this exceedingly charming Nob Hill home is currently one of the tiniest offerings on the market in the sweetest of locations.
Renovated Nob Hill condo in historic building asks $3.98 million
When it last sold in 2015 we were pretty charmed by this unit, but the owner felt its value would be better served by updating its 1920s looks with a decidedly 2016 style remodel.
Curbed Comparisons: What $5,900/months rents in SF
High culture in North Beach, living and working in South Beach, Glen Park Victoriana, and Sunset value.
Economical Lower Nob Hill studio asks only $449,000
This studio inside the Lambourne landed on the market today for a scant $449,000 asking. Topping off at a teensy 366 square feet, this small living space at 725 Pine doesn’t come with a full kitchen.