Founder, The Best Coast Collective · San Francisco Bay Area real estate · DRE# 02073136
Neighborhood guides, buyer education and market context, written by Blakely for people deciding where and how to buy in the Bay Area.
Blakely Hull is the founder of The Best Coast Collective, a San Francisco real estate team working across the city, Marin, the East Bay and the Peninsula. She writes the neighborhood guides and buyer education on this site.
In her own words: “I am the founder of Best Coast Collective and the leader of this insanely talented team. We are proud to be among the top 1% across the Bay Area and the top 1.5% nationwide. Our business comes exclusively from referrals and our network – because of the exceptional service we provide.”
“Leading global teams at Uber through periods of rapid transformation did not just prepare me for change; it taught me to see change before it arrives. I brought that same orientation into real estate: staying wired into every shift shaping the industry and building active partnerships with organizations pushing the space forward.”
“My six years in HR gave me a unique lens on negotiation: understanding what people actually want underneath what they say they want. That skill surfaces in every transaction we run. My years in the classroom gave me something equally useful: the ability to take something that feels overwhelming and make it genuinely approachable.”
Marina District · Pacific Heights · Cow Hollow · Russian Hill · Nob Hill · Hayes Valley · NoPa · Mill Valley · Montclair · Trestle Glen
The 30-year average drops to 4.06%, lowest in more than a year Decline is giving a boost to the slowing U.S. housing market U.S. mortgage rates fell by the most in more than a decade, giving homebuyers a crack at the lowest loan costs since early 2018. The slowing housing market could use the boost.
Now that the rain has, more or less, dispersed, it’s time shed your heavy Patagonia jackets and slip into spring. But you don’t have to slog over to Dolores Park—which hosted roughly 100,000 patrons during one recent warm weekend—to enjoy the sun. With springtime weather finally here, now’s the perfect time to get out and experience the
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By Audra Slinkey, Home Staging Resource When you see before-and-after photos of spaces not staged versus staged, it’s easy to quickly become a believer in home staging! Vacant spaces, in particular, absolutely need to be staged for these 3 HUGE reasons… An empty room EASILY SHOWS its flaws. I don’t know about you, but I’m not
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