Homes for Sale in San Francisco, CA

San Francisco's neighborhoods vary more in character than any other major US city. Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights carry the highest per-sqft pricing with Victorian and Edwardian single-family stock. Noe Valley, Cole Valley, and Bernal Heights are the family-friendly middle tier with a mix of single-family and small-condo inventory. The Mission, Castro, and Hayes Valley trend toward condo-dominated mixed-use. SOMA and Dogpatch hold most of the newer-construction luxury towers. The Richmond, Sunset, and Marina offer more square footage at lower per-sqft but in fog-belt or outer-edge locations.

San Francisco's recent narrative (2021-2024) was about tech job volatility and downtown vacancy, but neighborhood real estate has remained resilient at the higher end. Public school assignment is complicated (lottery-based, not zoned), which pushes many families toward private school or the top public districts in the Peninsula and Marin suburbs. Property tax under Prop 13 is locked at 1% plus local bonds (about 1.15% effective) on purchase-date basis. Earthquake retrofit is a meaningful cost for pre-1940 buildings. Parking is the hidden price of admission everywhere except the eastern neighborhoods built since 2000.

The San Francisco market currently shows 1501 active listings between $60,000 to $27,500,000, with a median asking price of $1,345,000, averaging $954 per square foot. Condo homes lead inventory at 48% of listings. Single Family (34%) and Multi-Family (18%) round out the mix.

A typical San Francisco listing offers 3.2 bedrooms, 2.2 bathrooms, 2,427 square feet. Average year built: 1949. Homes typically go under contract after 62 days on market.

Most of the current inventory in San Francisco is concentrated in Southwest San Francisco, Northwest San Francisco, Southeast San Francisco, South Beach. These neighborhoods differ sharply on price, style, and commute profile, so it pays to compare before narrowing.

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