{"id":381333,"date":"2026-06-30T23:12:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/381333\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:12:13","slug":"san-francisco-home-with-history-of-squatters-under-contract-for-1-3-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/381333\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco home with history of squatters under contract for $1.3 million"},"content":{"rendered":"

A San Francisco home<\/a> with a long history of squatters has hit the market for 1.3 million and, despite its severe neglect, already has a buyer.<\/p>\n

Located on Yukon Street near the city’s historic Castro neighborhood, the abandoned 2,100-square-foot home has been occupied by a rotating group of squatters over the past five years, according to the San Francisco Standard<\/a>. Neighbors say police have repeatedly been called over the years for drugs, noise and other disturbances.<\/p>\n

Property listing photos show boarded-up doors, shattered windows and interior walls covered in graffiti<\/a>. According to local reports, the property is littered with hypodermic needles and squatters left a poop bucket on the top-floor deck.<\/p>\n

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The vacant property also lacks running water and electricity, NBC Bay Area<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n

Despite its condition, listing agents Zara and James Rowbotham said the home has had “nonstop” showings. The property is already listed as under contract on the Vanguard Properties website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The home’s rapid sale underscores how properties in dilapidated condition can fetch millions of dollars in San Francisco’s limited real estate market<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“If this were a single-family, it would have gone in a minute,” Zara Rowbotham told the SF Standard. “It could have reached something like $2 million.”<\/p>\n

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The listing’s surprising success comes amid a rise in squatting incidents in California and across the nation in recent years. According to a New York Times report<\/a>, a 2024 survey found that 76 percent of California property owners considered squatting a major issue, with 70 percent of respondents saying they had been victimized by squatters or personally knew someone who had been.<\/p>\n

In response, several states have passed aggressive legislation allowing law enforcement to immediately arrest unauthorized occupants and bypass traditional court backlogs. California, however, remains a strict outlier.<\/p>\n

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Under California law, property owners must go through a lengthy civil eviction process to remove squatters. In the Golden State, squatters are also allowed to legally claim ownership<\/a> of a property if they occupy it and pay its property taxes for five continuous years.<\/p>\n

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