San Francisco’s priciest home sales in 2025 continue the previous year’s trend
In 2024, the priciest home sold set a new record for San Francisco and came with a familiar resident. Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, purchased a Broadway mansion in Pacific Heights for $71 million, more than 50 percent higher than the previous home buy record set in 2021.
This year, the highwater mark also sits on Broadway, just about 500 feet west of Jobs’ home. There were some departures from the trend, too, as this year’s top deal went for tens of millions of dollars less, and the LLC on the purchasing documents was tied not to one of the Bay Area’s tech titans but a Texas oil magnate.
Many of the other priciest sales this year also followed 2024’s general trend on the high end, with ultrawealthy homebuyers showing an affinity for the heights — Pacific Heights and Presidio Heights. Six of the top seven trades happened within 0.2 square miles. And, just as in 2024, a prominent sale along Sea Cliff Avenue helped to break up the high-priced home huddle.
Here are San Francisco’s most expensive home sales in 2025:
2930 Broadway – $42 million
This Pacific Heights mansion moved in October for $42 million. The property was sold by the estate of Brooks Walker Jr., a long-time business and civic leader who died last year at 96.
The 7,320-square-foot home was built in 1928 by famed San Francisco architect Arthur Brown Jr., who also counts San Francisco City Hall, the War Memorial Opera House and the Veteran Building to his credit.
The buyer was listed as HOS Pacific LLC, which is also listed as the owner of a home at 2600 Pacific Ave. The LLC has been tied to Joseph O’Neill, a Texas oil and gas executive, real estate investor, and friend of George W. Bush.
260 Sea Cliff Avenue – $30 million
From the time this seaside home sold for $30 million in January, this stood as the citywide high-water mark through much of the year, until getting topped by the above sale on Broadway.
Out of all the high-end home sales in 2025, however, both sides of this transaction featured perhaps the highest profiles, and in its own way told the story of old San Francisco transitioning to new.
For four decades, the 8,300-square-foot home was owned by well-known developer Douglas Shorenstein, son of famous real estate executive Walter Shorenstein. Shorenstein bought the three-story mansion for $3 million in the 1980s. For years, actor and comedian Robin Williams lived around the corner.
The home was most recently owned by Shorenstein’s daughter and owner of the Curran Theater, Carole Shorenstein Hays.
Sea Cliff House LLC bought the property in January. According to public records, Max Novendstern is listed as the manager of the LLC — a previously unreported fact. A Max Novendstern is also listed as the head of Worldcoin, a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency company he co-founded with OpenAI founder Sam Altman.
2440 Pacific Avenue – $27.5 million
This 12,000-square-foot home saw an off-market sale in May. Built in 1906, the eight-bedroom, six bathroom Pacific Heights mansion was the only Pacific Avenue residence to make the list this year. The home includes a wine cellar, staff bedroom and bathroom, and an original carriage house.
The estate was sold by Lindsay Bolton, ex-wife of finance executive George Brown Bolton, who helped with Microsoft’s and Oracle’s IPOs in 1986. The buyer was the Aeonian Trust, which is managed by New York-based tax attorney Johsua Milgram at Dechert LLP.
2990 Broadway – $26.5 million
Whether you call it the Gold Coast or Billionaire’s Row, the grand, historic stretch of mansions in Presidio Heights, Pacific Heights and the Sea Cliff neighborhoods are San Francisco’s most desired. Yet, even on Billionaire’s Row there are levels to the opulence, and this three-level home has long stood out as one of the most coveted.
Where many Gold Coast mansions were built in the early 20th century, this 10,100-square-foot home was custom built in 1987 for Bay Area power couple George “Fritz” Jewett Jr., the heir to a logging fortune, and his wife, Lucy, a prominent supporter of the arts. Known as the last house on Outer Broadway, the home, designed by architect Sandy Walker, has panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz and the Marin Headlands all within view.
The Jewetts had the house built later in their lives to entertain friends and guests. Names such as Prince Phillip, George H.W. Bush, and Nancy Pelosi have all visited the home.
The house was originally listed for $38 million when it went on the market in 2024. In March, CI Investments, a company associated with serial entrepreneur Kevin Rose.
3701 Washington Street – $26 million
Built in 1902, this 8,500-square-foot mansion sits two blocks from the Presidio Wall. The property was purchased in 2011 by William Matthes, a former managing partner at New York-based private equity firm Behrman Capital, and his wife, Leigh, an advisory board member for Stanford’s School of Education Challenge Success program. The house, completely remodeled in the early 2000s, notably used as the stage for the San Francisco Decorator Showcase in 2006.
The property was purchased by Roxy Bear Trust, which is managed by David Geffon, the former head of games at Youtube.
2006 Washington Street, Unit #10 – $24 million
Among the collection of single-family mansions, the 5,700-square-foot Pacific Heights property is the only unit in a multifamily building on this year’s list.
The penthouse unit on this 11-story building was sold by Christopher Redlich, former CEO of Marine Terminals Company, a shipping and cargo firm. It apparently is also the lone home on the list that was sold at a markdown — Redlich bought the three-bedroom home for $32 million, and initially listed the unit for $35 million.
The unit underwent a major renovation at the hands of renowned architect and interior designer team Andrew Skurman and Suzanne Tucker. Jon Rubenstein, the engineer who helped develop Apple’s iPod and iMac, also lives in the building, and recently listed his unit for $25.5 million.
In co-ops, buyers sign a lease to own the exclusive rights to occupy the unit, which creates more opacity around who actually lives in the space. Attorney James Burdette Parker signed the lease. His name has appeared on other co-op leases for anonymous buyers.
2750 Vallejo Street – $22.5 million
Troon Pacific renovated and sold this five-story, 7,800-square-foot Pacific Heights home in 2023 for $23.5 million — one of the top sales of that year.
The buyer, 2750 Vallejo Trust, managed by San Francisco wealth manager Tracy Keyser, turned around and sold the property this year for a slight loss. The buyer was Lomax Trust, managed by Lonnie Dorn of San Francisco-based Clear Rock Capital Partners.
Troon Pacific, the seller in 2023, has made recent headlines. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bought his Russian Hill mansion from the company in 2020. However, Altman has apparently run into issues with the home, and accused Troon Pacific of selling him a “lemon” in a still-open lawsuit.
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