The City by the Bay

There must be hundreds of cities on the mouths of hundreds of bays all over the world, but there’s always only been one “City by the Bay.” Perched on the very tip of a peninsula and almost completely surrounded by water, the city of San Francisco is as colorful as the painted ladies lining its steeply winding streets and as unforgettable as a brilliant sun sliding down the cables of the Golden Gate Bridge and into the Pacific. If nothing else, homes for sale in San Francisco will afford residents with a variety of views ranging from the picturesque to the majestic.

With the ocean lapping against its shore on the west, the San Francisco Bay on the east and the Golden Gate Strait on the north, the city is several degrees cooler than most other parts of California. Those who invest in homes for sale in San Francisco enjoy mild weather for practically the whole year round, with average temperatures ranging from 42 to 56 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter and 54 to 72 degrees in the summer. Fog, a San Franciscan trademark, typically shrouds the western regions of the city during the spring and summer months.

A city of hills, San Francisco CA Real Estate has more than four dozen of these (though there are officially only 43), varying in height from a hundred to 927 feet. Along with the fog and the bay, these hills define San Francisco’s landscape and make many of the elements that are unique to the city – such as its microclimates and assortment of distinctive neighborhoods – possible.

For more in-depth information on the city and on homes for sale in San Francisco, please call David Gowan at (415) 229-1295 or send an e-mail to david@davidgowan.com.