Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead. 1968. Victorians, Edwardians, street punks, and skater kids. Everyone has an idea of what the Haight should be. Come discover what it actually is for yourself.
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Known to many locals as the Upper Haight, Haight Ashbury is located along the south side of the Golden Gate Park’s Panhandle. The neighborhood is filled with a mix of classic Victorian homes, plenty of smaller unit buildings, and some medium-sized apartments. It’s a top tourist destination, so be prepared to navigate around visitors as they get their obligatory photo of the street signs at the intersection of Haight & Ashbury. Ground zero for the summer of love back in 1967, it’s now home to a broad spectrum of residents: from long-time neighborhood denizens to hopeful newcomers to homeless people who like the vibe of the neighborhood.
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Haight Ashbury Neighborhood Vibe
Haight Street is the commercial heart of the neighborhood, filled with coffee shops, restaurants, boutiques that cater to tourists, and plenty of other “only in the Haight” stores. The Haight Ashbury neighborhood is a very walkable area — it’s flat and easy to navigate. Proximity to Golden Gate Park — both the main part of the park and the Panhandle — gives everyone in the neighborhood a place to play outdoors.
Popular Haight Ashbury Home Styles
Eclectic. Most homes are on 25′ wide lots and touch the adjacent homes. There is a mix of housing styles and sizes from Victorian to modern, from single-family to multi-unit buildings. There are plenty of 3 – 6 unit buildings, some subdivided into condominiums, in the neighborhood.
Getting Around Haight Ashbury
Call it a transit-rich environment. There are about half a dozen bus lines that run through the neighborhood, and the closest N-Judah streetcar is a several-block walk away in Duboce Park from the eastern side of the neighborhood, while the Cole Valley N-Judah is within walking distance of the western side of the Haight Ashbury neighborhood.
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Median sales price is calculated based on sold data and doesn’t account for seller concessions. Median price represents the point at which half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less. In smaller neighborhoods like many of those found in San Francisco, this metric is less likely to be influenced by extremely high or low sales prices that don’t represent the typical neighborhood home.
Days on Market indicates how quickly or slowly homes are selling in the neighborhood. The lower the days on market (DOM), the stronger the market is for sellers, all other things being equal.
The number of homes available for sale in active status at the end of a given month. Fewer homes available for sale may indicate a seasonal trend or market dynamics that favor a seller more than a buyer.
In strong or balanced markets, homes in San Francisco typically sell over asking. In a buyer’s market, homes will sell at list price or slightly under. If a home has had price reductions, the calculation is based on the last listed price.
Price per square foot is most useful when the homes are almost identical in size, age, layout and other factors important to buyers. Our experience suggests it is a more valuable metric in larger condo buildings and less valuable for homes in neighborhoods built with a diverse selection of styles, sizes, and ages.
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Haight Ashbury is a neighborhood in central San Francisco. It is bordered by Golden Gate Park to the west, the North Panhandle to the north, Hayes Valley to the east, and Ashbury/Buena Vista Heights and Cole Valley to the south. On an SFAR (San Francisco Association of Realtors) MLS map, Haight Ashbury is identified as neighborhood 5b.
Haight Ashbury is named after its intersection of streets that are, in turn, named after former SF political and business leaders, but it later became famous as the epicenter of American 60s counterculture. Long before that, and before construction of the Haight Street Cable Railroad in 1883, the area was little more than a collection of isolated farms and acres of sand dunes.
The cable car helped turn the area into an entertainment destination, with an amusement park and baseball stadium. Haight Ashbury was spared the devastation of the 1906 earthquake but hit hard by the Depression. Later, the Beats of the 1950s found cheaper lodging here than in North Beach, and paved the path for the future hippies.
Haight Ashbury has some of the city’s most stunning, vividly hued and intricately detailed nineteenth century Victorians. Notable landmarks include the former home of the Grateful Dead at 710 Ashbury Street, and the Red Victorian, a historic hotel at 1665 Haight Street, built in 1904, that has served as a B&B, arts center, nonprofit cooperative, and movie house throughout its history.
Haight Ashbury has a bit of everything for locals (and the numerous tourists drawn there by its famed history). Haight Street is a lively corridor of coffee shops, brew pubs, clothing boutiques, bars, gift shops, and even a pilates studio or two. (In other words, very San Francisco).
The neighborhood’s location just east of the Golden Gate Park (and just south of the park’s panhandle) opens up a world of outdoor recreation and cultural attractions (museums, the Conservatory of Flowers, and the Japanese Tea Garden, for starters). Take in the Haight’s history with a walking tour, or check out the annual Haight Ashbury Street Fair with live music, arts, food, drink, and a kid’s play area.
Because the neighborhood is known worldwide, the Haight attracts a steady stream of tourists all year long, adding energy (and occasional sidewalk congestion) to an otherwise laid-back vibe.
The neighborhood’s beautiful Victorians may be its most notable architecture, with both single-family homes and multi-unit condos and apartments coexisting side-by-side. But like the rest of the city, some modern gems have joined the fray. Residents enjoy public transit options and the Oak and Fell street corridors, two of the faster routes in the city, that give access to downtown and the 101.
As an “already built” neighborhood, Haight Ashbury is not a neighborhood where you should expect to find substantial new construction projects. Smaller developers may renovate/flip existing properties, or may take advantage of recent housing laws to add additional units to already existing housing. Transit corridors and major neighborhood streets are the most likely areas for new construction buildings in already built neighborhoods with existing housing stock.
You can scroll up to see our market charts showing current neighborhood prices and other real estate trends for Haight Ashbury. We update these charts dynamically as new data becomes available. Reach out to us to learn more about prices, trends, and possibilities in Haight Ashbury.
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