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Photo: MLS Image 1 of / 25 Caption Close Image 2 of 25 The living room in the 1927 home The living room in the 1927 home Photo: MLS Image 3 of 25 The kitchen The kitchen Photo: MLS Image 4 of 25 One of the bedrooms is used as an office. One of the bedrooms is used as an office. Photo: MLS Image 5 of 25 Image 6 of 25 Views to Crocker-Amazon park from the kitchen and bedrooms. Views to Crocker-Amazon park from the kitchen and bedrooms. Photo: MLS Image 7 of 25 Just over the border from Excelsior in Portola, 836 Brussels Street has two-bedrooms, one-bath in 1,125 square feet. Its price was recently reduced from 699K to 668K. Just over the border from Excelsior in Portola, 836 Brussels Street has two-bedrooms, one-bath in 1,125 square feet. Its price was recently reduced from 699K to 668K. Photo: MLS Image 8 of 25 The living room The living room Photo: MLS Image 9 of 25 A view of the 1927 fireplace. A view of the 1927 fireplace. Photo: MLS Image 10 of 25 Image 11 of 25 The dining room The dining room Photo: MLS Image 12 of 25 Another view of the dining room Another view of the dining room Photo: MLS Image 13 of 25 The updated kitchen The updated kitchen Photo: MLS Image 14 of 25 One bedroom One bedroom Photo: MLS Image 15 of 25 Image 16 of 25 The second bedroom The second bedroom Photo: MLS Image 17 of 25 The only bathroom The only bathroom Photo: MLS Image 18 of 25 Sun room that leads to the large outdoor space Sun room that leads to the large outdoor space Photo: MLS Image 19 of 25 Another view of the sun room Another view of the sun room Photo: MLS Image 20 of 25 Image 21 of 25 The back deck The back deck Photo: MLS Image 22 of 25 A view from the deck to the terraced garden A view from the deck to the terraced garden Photo: MLS Image 23 of 25 Plenty of room for a vegetable garden Plenty of room for a vegetable garden Photo: MLS Image 24 of 25 Four-car garage Four-car garage Photo: MLS Image 25 of 25 Best San Francisco neighborhoods to buy a home for under $1 million 1 / 25 Back to Gallery

Even though San Francisco’s median sales price is nearly at $1 million, there are still quite a few sales in the city under that amount. In a recent report, Paragon Real Estate found that Excelsior/Visitacion Valley had 74 sales of single-family homes with two or more bedrooms under $1 million in the last six months. The neighborhood has a median price of $642K. (The galleries above show the types of homes in the neighborhood that you can get for around that price.)

Portola/Silver and Mission Terraces came in second, with 64 single-family sales under $1 million and a median sales price of $720K. Third was Parkside, with 54 sales and a 957K median.

Even in neighborhoods with a higher-than-$1 million median price tag, there were still several under-$1 million sales. Bernal Heights, for example, had a median sales price of nearly $1.2 million but still had 22 single-family sales under $1 million in the last six months. The Outer Richmond came in at a median of $1.1 million but still had 9 sales under $1 million as well.

For buyers open to condos or TICs, there are a wider range of neighborhood choices. While the most affordable single-family homes are located in the Southern and Western parts of the city, centrally located Western Addition had one of the lowest medians for one-bedroom-plus condos and TICs: 567K. There were 24 TIC/condo sales there in the last six months for under $1 million, including the two-bedroom, one-bath TIC in the gallery below, which sold for 600K in June.









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Photo: MLS Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close Image 2 of 15 The unit is the upper floor TIC in a two-unit building. The unit is the upper floor TIC in a two-unit building. Photo: MLS Image 3 of 15 The living room in the 1900 unit. The living room in the 1900 unit. Photo: MLS Image 4 of 15 A view of the living room as it opens to the dining room and kitchen. A view of the living room as it opens to the dining room and kitchen. Photo: MLS Image 5 of 15 Image 6 of 15 The dining room The dining room Photo: MLS Image 7 of 15 The kitchen The kitchen Photo: MLS Image 8 of 15 One of the two bedrooms One of the two bedrooms Photo: MLS Image 9 of 15 The second bedroom The second bedroom Photo: MLS Image 10 of 15 Image 11 of 15 The only bathroom The only bathroom Photo: MLS Image 12 of 15 The laundry room The laundry room Photo: MLS Image 13 of 15 A back deck A back deck Photo: MLS Image 14 of 15 The backyard The backyard Photo: MLS Image 15 of 15 Best San Francisco neighborhoods to buy a home for under $1 million 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

Again, higher-priced neighborhoods still offered options for bargain hunters. Even in Pacific Heights/Marina (with its median condo and TIC sales price of $1.337 million), there were 39 condo and TIC sales under $1 million in the last six months. In super-hot Noe/Eureka/Cole Valleys, where the median sales price is $1.1 million for condos and TICs, there were 115 sales under $1 million.

“Needless to say,” the report sums up, “what one can buy at a particular price point may vary tremendously between neighborhoods.”

Emily Landes is a writer and editor who is obsessed with all things real estate. She also has a DIY problem that she blogs about at pritical.com.