Tessa McLean

Fans of Robin Williams know the stately Victorian home at 2640 Steiner in San Francisco well. Featured in one of his most famous films, the “Mrs. Doubtfire” house is a frequent stop for tourists and anyone that’s a fan of the iconic movie about a divorced dad who dresses up as an elderly British nanny

A for-rent sign hangs outside an apartment building in San Francisco on Jan. 4, 2022.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE When New York City surpassed San Francisco as the most expensive city in which to rent an apartment in August 2021, it was the first time any major metro cost more than SF since Zumper started tracking rental data

San Francisco has 27.1 million square feet of office space available across the city, a record high, according to new data recently released by commercial real estate firm CBRE. If you need a visualization of that staggering number, that’s just over 20 Salesforce Tower’s worth of office space available — and SF’s tallest building has

When former San Francisco Mayor Ephraim William Burr wanted to give his son a wedding gift, he went big. He chose one of the largest parcels of land available in the city and enlisted Edmund M. Wharf to design a grand Italianate Victorian on the still mostly rural land known as Cow Hollow. In the 1870s,

Uncertainty continues to plague the Bay Area real estate market in the midst of another federal interest rate hike and an ongoing stock market slump. Although sales are cooling across the region, market analysts don’t think we’re in a buyer's market locally — yet. “We’re obviously going through some sort of market correction,” said Compass chief

Some of San Francisco’s most expensive real estate has had its sticker price slashed in the past month. Three listings, all in Pacific Heights, have had price cuts of $10 million or more, dashing hopes of record-breaking sales and instead pricing to sell in a cooling market. The penthouse at 2006 Washington St. was the first

The Bay Area housing market is notoriously unaffordable, with homes often selling for way over their asking prices. Even with interest rates rising and the market showing signs of cooling, the median home price in San Francisco was nearly $1.5 million in July 2022, according to Redfin.That means it's pretty difficult to find a single-family

It’s not unusual for homes in wine country to have lavish wine cellars or even a small vineyard on a property. But this 1870s Victorian home has an underground winery right in the heart of downtown Napa. And now, it’s for sale for $2.5 million.The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bathroom house would be great for a home winemaker