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Desktop Appraisals · Bay Area

Desktop Home Appraisals Across San Francisco

USPAP-compliant valuations without a site visit, for estates, trusts, divorce, bankruptcy and tax matters.

As a consolidated city and county, San Francisco puts one set of boundaries, records and rules over a compact, densely built peninsula tip. Values shift block by block with views, fog, transit access and building type.

Coverage
Desktop appraisals countywide
Single-family & condo
Basic Desktop $299 · Desktop $449
2–4 units
Desktop from $549
Effective dates
Current or retrospective

The San Francisco housing landscape

Victorian and Edwardian houses and flats fill neighborhoods such as Noe Valley, the Haight, Pacific Heights and the Mission, and many single-family Victorians were divided into units over the decades. The Sunset and Parkside, along with much of the outer Richmond and the Excelsior, were built out with stucco row houses over ground-floor garages in the years before and after World War II. Condominium towers and mid-rise buildings dominate SoMa, Mission Bay and Rincon Hill, and tenancy-in-common ownership is common in older multi-unit buildings because condominium conversion is restricted. View homes on Twin Peaks and in Diamond Heights form a separate hillside market.

Cities we frequently appraise

  • San Francisco

Property elsewhere in San Francisco? Desktop appraisals cover the entire county — include the address in your request.

Property types

  • Victorian and Edwardian flats
  • row houses over garages
  • tenancy-in-common interests
  • high-rise and mid-rise condominiums
  • two- to four-unit buildings
  • hillside view homes

Valuation considerations

Units in buildings built on or before June 13, 1979 are generally covered by the city's rent ordinance, so an occupied flat or multi-unit building must be valued with its tenancy in mind, and tenancy-in-common interests need comparables that reflect fractional financing and conversion status. Many older wood-frame apartment buildings fell under the mandatory soft-story seismic retrofit program, and whether that work was completed is a value question. Liquefaction zones in the Marina, SoMa and Mission Bay, and historic-district rules in places such as Alamo Square and Liberty Hill, add further layers.

Is a desktop appraisal the right fit?

For an estate, trust or property-tax matter, a Sunset row house or a condominium in a building with regular unit sales can usually be valued from records, photographs and comparable sales without a site visit. An occupied multi-unit building, a Victorian with unpermitted in-law units, or a tenancy-in-common share with unclear unit details warrants an interior inspection.

Read more about how desktop appraisals work, or compare report types on the pricing page.

Purposes we handle in San Francisco

Need a desktop appraisal in San Francisco?

Requests are handled online so every quote reflects the property, the purpose and the effective date. You will receive a written quote by email, usually within one business day.

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