Real estate leads in San Francisco, from public record.
A major remodel or ADU permit, renovation reliably precedes a listing, or a rezoning decision that just changed what a parcel is worth.
6 filings worth a call.
These rules run against the words an applicant in San Francisco wrote on the form, not against the category the city filed it under. That distinction matters: a city's own category labels routinely group unrelated trades together.
Rezoning hearing scheduled
The earliest signal that exists. A case set for hearing means an owner has already filed and paid, weeks before the decision, months before a permit, and before any competitor reading permit data can see it.
Rezoning / variance approved
Pre-permit entitlement. Development intent is now on the public record, months before any permit exists.
New construction
Ground-up construction means a transaction on both ends, land in, finished product out.
Teardown / rebuild
Demolition is the clearest teardown-rebuild tell, and the owner is nearly always working with capital.
ADU / second unit
ADUs signal an owner optimizing for yield, usually an investor, or an owner about to become one.
Addition / major remodel
Renovation precedes listing far more often than not, the pre-sale improvement window is roughly 6 to 18 months.
How do I find real estate leads in San Francisco?
Read San Francisco DBI's permit feed daily and filter for the filings that predict your work. A major remodel or ADU permit, renovation reliably precedes a listing, or a rezoning decision that just changed what a parcel is worth. EarlyIntent does this automatically and scores each one.
Which San Francisco permits matter for real estate?
Rezoning hearing scheduled, Rezoning / variance approved, New construction, Teardown / rebuild, ADU / second unit, Addition / major remodel. Filings matching none of these are never shown, which is what keeps the feed worth reading.
How fresh is it?
San Francisco publishes daily and EarlyIntent reads it daily. Where the city also legislates parcel-level land use, scheduled hearings arrive weeks before any permit exists.
How many real estate filings does San Francisco produce?
San Francisco volume is counted live from the city's own feed on this page.
What does a real estate territory in San Francisco cost?
A territory is one trade in one geography, and San Francisco ZIPs are sold individually. Starter carries three, Pro ten and exclusive, Scale forty. Reading the feed is unmetered; only owner-contact lookups draw down credits, because those are the only part that costs money per record.
Are these leads exclusive?
On Pro and above, yes, no other paying customer receives real estate leads for the same ZIP. It is enforced by a database constraint, so two people cannot be sold the same territory.