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Joined 01/28/2010

Jason Allen-Rouman

Real Estate Agent - Residential Specialist

Sotheby's Internatoinal Realty

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Jason Allen-Rouman has, time and again, earned the confidence and respect of clients, colleagues, and peers. Skills critical to real estate success, honed over many years, combined with an unwavering commitment to personal integrity, have endeared him in the hearts and minds of those who know him and seek his services.

As a homeowner, a developer, and a former landlord, Jason has the personal understanding and visceral experience of navigating the complexities of San Francisco's unique regulatory atmosphere. "Investing in a home is as much science as art. Objectively evaluating market data and a specific property takes time, patience, a methodical approach, and an eye toward potential," says Allen-Rouman. "The same scrutiny is necessary when selling in a dynamic market. Data analysis is only the road to the river's edge. Seeing a property's strengths, maximizing their potential, and then deftly marketing them to the largest pool of buyers is the bridge to the other bank."

In a prior life, as a noted furniture and residential interior designer, Jason's line of upholstered goods has been shown at juried trade events including International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York and the San Francisco Home Furnishings Show and has appeared in The San Francisco Chronicle, Showboats Magazine, The Robb Report, and Veranda. His residential design projects have spanned the budget gambit from under a thousand to over two million dollars. With former design clients scattered across the USA, Jason has traveled extensively, both domestically and abroad, with buying and manufacturing forays to Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, France, England, Mexico, the Czech Republic, Italy, Greece, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Canada.

Born and raised in San Francisco, Jason is a fourth-generation native.He was educated at St. Cecilia's elementary school, Sacred Heart High School (now Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory), St. Mary's College of Moraga, and SF State University, where he received both a BA in Cinema and an MA in Consumer and Family Science, with a concentration in Interior Design.

Committed to balancing his client's goals with market forces, Jason Allen-Rouman is an outstanding residential specialist aligned with the premier global luxury brand, Sotheby's International Realty.

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  • Nationwide figures are
    By Jason Allen-RoumanFebruary 3, 2010 - 5:43pm

    Nationwide figures are always tricky when you get into specific markets. San Francisco is suffering from an under supply of quality inventory at any price. (Naturally, there are units that are available, but suffer in location, condition, and/or price; those aren't really for sale.) As a consequence, in January, sellers had the upper hand in a number of multiple offer cases. Those sellers who are jumping into an "early" spring market are actually selling their properties and doing better than fair. Frankly, those same buyers are also doing well for themselves, as there is no sign that great inventory is just waiting to launch. Spring brings more buyers and that just may mean more competition. Jason Allen-Rouman | San Francisco Real Estate

  • Great article. Thanks. The
    By Jason Allen-RoumanFebruary 2, 2010 - 12:14pm

    Great article. Thanks. The ZIP code approach is far better than Case-Schiller's broad area mapping. If you saw them interviewed on The PBS Newshour recently, you'd begin to apprecaite that much of what is quoted as gospel in their reports is simply two economists' opinions. (Air date 1/26/10 and available here: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/video/module_byid.html?s=news01n3994qda6) They were speaking out of both sides of their mouths! I don't fault them, but let's be frank; they are not seers. They look at data parsed in very particular ways. The same data parsed differently can reveal a different picture. Unfortunately, headline media doesn't bother to explain this point. If our local MLS could sort by the ZIP + 4, we might be able to dig a little deeper into how neighborhoods are doing on a block-by-block bases. Jason Allen-Rouman | San Francisco Real Estate

  • Going paperless is still a
    By Jason Allen-RoumanFebruary 1, 2010 - 3:02pm

    Going paperless is still a long way off in California. We have reams of disclosures that require the buyers and sellers to initial or sign. There are services like DocuSign, but having a final paper copy sitting in a filing cabinet still has benefits. It is not elegant or futuristic, but when you need to sort through an issue, having every email, note, and document in one place makes a big difference. Jason Allen-Rouman | San Francisco Real Estate

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