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SEPTEMBER 2026 · MARKET UPDATE

Inner Richmond.
By the numbers.

What the market is doing. What it means for your next move.

Updated
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THE MARKET AT A GLANCE
Median sale price
$2,166,393

+30.1% year over year

Median price / sq ft
≈ $1,290

+30% year over year

Median days on market
12 days

-6 days year over year

Sale to list price
126.6%

+19.3 points year over year

Redfin Inner Richmond · rolling three months ending September 2026. Rounded source values stay rounded. View source ↗

MARKET HEAT

Competition is running hot.

Redfin Compete Score™ measures competition, not expected investment returns.

Source window: trailing 3 months. Retrieved Oct 26, 2026, 3:03 PM PDT.

85OUT OF 100Higher means more competitive
OUR INTERPRETATION

San Francisco Real Estate Company Perspective

Our analytical view · Not a valuation or forecast

Local context checked . Market figures use the report period above. Local sources do not measure an amenity’s effect on prices or rents.

Set your value ceiling before the offer date.

Local evidence: The snapshot reports 12 median days on market. The sale-to-list ratio is 126.6%. 88.7% of sales were above list. The Redfin median sale price is up 30.1% year over year.

Our view: We would complete the comparable-sales and disclosure review before the offer deadline, using the same ownership type, similar size, usable outdoor space, parking and condition. The premium to an asking price also reflects the seller’s pricing strategy; it does not measure a discount to fair value. Separate a house from a condo, TIC or whole-building purchase, and set a maximum supported by both financing and near-term repairs. A short marketing period is a reason to prepare early, rather than skip material diligence.

Sources: Redfin neighborhood snapshot ↗

Clement errands and Geary transit deserve separate tests.

Local evidence: Redfin displays a Walk Score of 95/100 and Transit Score of 70/100, checked October 26, 2026; no independent score period is provided. SFMTA lists 38R stops at Geary and 6th, Arguello and Park Presidio, with a route to Salesforce Transit Center. The verified Clement venues below are at 309 and 642 Clement Street.

Our view: Compare the actual route from the entrance to your regular shops and the correct bus stop. A home close to Clement can have a different daily routine from one nearer Geary, and the route should be tested at work and evening hours. Visit the interior during active commercial periods before assigning a convenience premium. For a rental, verify that comparable achieved rents support the total acquisition and operating cost; a walkability score alone is insufficient evidence of added income.

Sources: Redfin neighborhood snapshot ↗ · SFMTA 38R Geary Rapid ↗ · Burma Superstar location ↗ · Richmond Republic Draught House ↗

Underwrite USF access with achieved rents.

Local evidence: The University of San Francisco places its Lone Mountain Office of Admission at 2800 Turk Street. This is a nearby institutional anchor east of the guide’s orientation area, not a statement that the campus lies within Redfin’s Inner Richmond boundary.

Our view: We would test the door-to-campus connection and compare documented leases for similar apartments before assigning value to institutional access. Review layout, bedrooms, shared-space usability, lease restrictions, turnover, management and maintenance alongside gross rent. The university address provides no current employee headcount or measured rental premium. A base case should stand on achieved income and expenses, with any additional demand treated as an assumption to verify.

Sources: USF maps and directions ↗

Price the garage and capital work alongside park access.

Local evidence: SF Rec & Park lists Mountain Lake Park at 1 11th Avenue, with lakeside paths, tennis, a playground and picnic facilities. SFMTA’s residential permits exempt qualifying vehicles from posted permit-area time limits; they do not provide a reserved private space.

Our view: Walk to the park separately from inspecting the home’s own outdoor space. Confirm whether parking is deeded, assigned, leased or tandem, and test the vehicle fit and access. Then budget roof, sewer, building systems, insurance and reserves from the property’s records and inspections. For a small building, model vacancy, management, capital work and financing with a flat-price exit. We would pay a park-access or garage premium only when comparable sales or achieved rent support it after those costs.

Sources: SF Rec & Park: Mountain Lake Park ↗ · SFMTA residential parking rules ↗

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A SECOND LENS

Closed sales and modeled values tell different stories.

Zillow Inner Richmond typical home value (ZHVI)
$2,105,494

+21.9% year over year

Zillow data through September 2026. Its modeled value index differs from a median of homes that sold. Neighborhood boundaries, property coverage, and methods also differ. We do not average the two sources or treat their difference as a discount.

Retrieved Oct 26, 2026, 3:03 PM PDT · Zillow source ↗

Use Clement Street as a starting point, then walk the actual block.

Burma Superstar at 309 Clement and Richmond Republic Draught House at 642 Clement provide two stops along the neighborhood’s dining corridor. Mountain Lake Park, at 1 11th Avenue on the Presidio edge, offers a different destination from the shops. Connect these places with the home you are considering, and check crossings, building entrances, interior sound and the return trip. The map is for orientation and does not reproduce Redfin’s statistical boundary.

A rapid bus stop is a specific connection to test.

The 38R Geary Rapid serves stops at 6th Avenue, Arguello and Park Presidio and connects to the Salesforce Transit Center. Test the actual walk, wait, transfers and trip at your expected travel times. Nearby USF’s Lone Mountain admission office is at 2800 Turk Street, east of this guide’s orientation area. These connections are useful context, but neither a route map nor an institutional address establishes an individual home’s rental value.

A competitive market still needs a building budget.

Our perspective: compare a condo, TIC and whole-building purchase separately. Review reserves or shared obligations, insurance, garage rights, roof and system condition, legal unit count and permit records before setting the offer. For investors, underwrite existing lawful leases and itemized expenses first. Any renovation, ADU or redevelopment option needs its own feasibility review and cost case; a neighborhood price increase is not an entitlement or a return forecast.

AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Get a feel for Inner Richmond.

Use the map to explore the streets, then follow the official links for parks, dining, and drinks in and around the neighborhood.

Orientation map · Approximate area, not a market-data boundary.Open a larger map ↗Interactive map by Google Maps

Local links checked . Check the linked businesses and park pages for current details.

WEATHER & EVERYDAY LIVING

San Francisco weather context.

Put Inner Richmond visits in context with city rainfall and regional sky conditions. Check the actual home in morning and afternoon light.

Rainfall and temperatures come from NOAA’s San Francisco Downtown station. Fog and sky conditions come from SFO and are regional context only. Neither station measures the featured neighborhood’s block-by-block microclimate; airport fog days are not neighborhood fog days.

Complete calendar month: to . Retrieved . Updated .

City rainfall and temperature.

San Francisco Downtown station ↗ · City station near Mission Dolores.

SF Downtown precipitation
0.03inches

NOAA station USW00023272

SF Downtown wet days
1day

At least 0.01 inches of precipitation

Average daily high 70.1°F · Average daily low 57.5°F

City precipitation through the month Inches per station observation day, San Francisco Downtown

Chart scale: 0 to 0.10 inches. Trace amounts are recorded separately and do not become zero-rain claims.

View daily weather data +
NOAA San Francisco Downtown daily records for September 2026
Station datePrecipitation (inches)High (°F)Low (°F)
0.006961
0.007061
0.037260
0.006857
0.007156
0.006957
0.008157
0.008561
0.009465
0.007559
0.006658
0.006859
0.006658
0.007157
0.006657
0.006357
0.007059
0.006657
0.006656
0.006055
0.006156
0.006356
0.007556
0.007558
0.006757
0.006856
0.006355
0.006955
0.007454
0.007255

City data retrieved · Download NOAA daily records ↗

Regional fog and sky conditions.

Station: San Francisco International Airport (SFO). These counts describe the airport, not the featured neighborhood. Fair weather is the source’s sky category; it does not mean six hours of sunshine or a fog-free day.

SFO fog days
18days

Fog reported at the airport

SFO fair-weather days
8days

NWS fair-sky category, not measured sunshine hours

SFO partly cloudy days
20days

NWS partly cloudy category

SFO cloudy days
2days

NWS cloudy category

SFO period: to . Source issued ; retrieved . Read the archived NWS report ↗

Sources, definitions and limits +
  • Rainfall and temperature source: NOAA NCEI San Francisco Downtown, USW00023272 ↗, at 37.7705, −122.4269. These are city station readings, not measurements at an individual home. We sum the daily precipitation records and count days with at least 0.01 inches. The precipitation variable includes any liquid-equivalent frozen precipitation.
  • Daily values retain NOAA’s station observation dates. An observation day can end at a station’s reporting time; we do not relabel it as a midnight-to-midnight Pacific measurement. Trace precipitation is marked “Trace.” Missing or quality-flagged precipitation rejects a monthly update; incomplete temperatures remain unavailable.
  • Fog and sky source: National Weather Service CLMSFO, archived by Iowa Environmental Mesonet ↗. The source’s fog, fair, partly cloudy and cloudy counts are kept as reported. Fog can occur during part of a fair-weather day, so fog is not an additional mutually exclusive sky category. We do not convert fair days to measured sunshine hours or add them to fog counts.
  • These are free public weather records. Our summary and chart are independent of NOAA and Iowa State University. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. NOAA usage information ↗ · IEM usage information ↗.
  • Weather periods and source timestamps are separate from the rolling Redfin market window. Monthly updates retain the previous verified month if either source is delayed. These stations cannot establish a specific home’s sunlight, fog, moisture condition or investment return.

Sources, timing, and what to watch.

Redfin neighborhood metrics use rolling three-month windows. Adjacent periods overlap. Small samples and the mix of properties sold can move medians sharply. All home types is not a condo-only or multifamily investment series. The competition score uses its own stated window.

Redfin observation window
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Redfin source retrieved
Source release date
Not supplied for this neighborhood snapshot
Report updated

Refresh policy: the day after Redfin’s monthly Housing Market Tracker release, once a newer neighborhood period is verified. Source delays retain the previous report. An unavailable release timestamp is left blank; the calendar is not evidence that a neighborhood has updated.

Initial trend comparisons use the reported year-over-year change to derive approximate prior-year endpoints, not a downloaded monthly history. Verified monthly snapshots accumulate over time. Source revisions can change a previously reported figure.

Data provided by Redfin, a national real estate brokerage. Company commentary is independent. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.

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