Row house over a garage
The Sunset, the Excelsior, Visitacion Valley and Bayview. Downstairs rooms behind the garage and old wall furnaces.
Sell your San Francisco house for cash, as it is.
San Francisco's houses are old, close together and expensive to fix. Victorians and Edwardians in the Mission and Bernal Heights, rows of 1930s to 50s houses over garages in the Sunset, the Excelsior and Bayview. A lot of them have a room or a unit downstairs that was never permitted, and a lot of them come with tenants.
The houses we see most in San Francisco
Each kind comes with its own repairs. A cash buyer prices them into the offer, so you don't fix anything first.
Victorian
The Mission, Bernal Heights and the Western Addition. Old foundations, knob-and-tube and decades of add-ons.
What's different about selling in San Francisco
The local rules that show up in a San Francisco sale, in plain English.
Transfer tax
San Francisco's transfer tax depends on the price: 0.68% from $250,000 to $1 million, 0.75% from $1 million to $5 million, and much higher rates above that. The rate applies to the whole price, so a $1,200,000 sale owes $9,000.
If the house is rented
San Francisco's Rent Ordinance has some of the broadest eviction protections in the country. Many single-family homes are exempt from the rent increase limits, but just-cause rules can still apply, so a buyer of a rented house will want the lease and any rent board history.
Before escrow closes
San Francisco requires the seller to give the buyer a Report of Residential Building Record, known as a 3R report, which shows the building's permitted use and permit history. It's ordered from the Department of Building Inspection and helps everyone see what was and wasn't permitted.
We buy all over San Francisco
Including these neighborhoods, and the blocks in between.
- Sunset
- Richmond District
- Excelsior
- Bayview
- Visitacion Valley
- Ingleside
- Portola
- Bernal Heights
- Mission
- Outer Mission
- Oceanview
How a cash sale works in San Francisco
Nothing is signed until the last step, and you can stop at any of them. More on the math on the main page.
- Step 1
Call
The address, what's wrong with the house and when you need to be out.
- Step 2
Walkthrough
A local buyer sees it as it is. No cleaning or repairs.
- Step 3
Written offer
A number on paper with the math shown. No obligation.
- Step 4
Close
A title company handles escrow on the date you pick.
San Francisco questions
Can I sell a San Francisco house with an illegal downstairs unit?
Yes. A cash buyer takes it as it is. The 3R report and your disclosures will show what's permitted.
What's the transfer tax on a $1 million San Francisco house?
At exactly $1 million it falls in the 0.75% bracket, which is $7,500. Just under $1 million it's 0.68%.
Am I obligated to accept the offer?
No. The call and the walkthrough are free, and you can turn the offer down.
Official sources
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Tell us about the house in San Francisco
The address and what's going on with it. That's the whole first step, and it takes about ten minutes on the phone.
(800) 000-0000