SAN FRANCISCO - A home in San Francisco’s Noe Valley neighborhood recently sold for nearly $1 million over its asking price — a figure that surprised even the seller.

The 98-year-old, 1,200-square-foot renovated home, with two bedrooms and one bathroom, was listed at $1.3 million.

Fifteen offers push price to $2.2 million

What they're saying:

"We got 15 offers. We had 60 disclosure packages out, a lot of people looking at it, and we ended up at $2.2 million," said real estate agent Sean Kelly of HomeByRize.

That final sale price was roughly 70 percent above asking.

"We didn’t think it was going to go this far," Kelly said. "But we generally try to price about 20 percent below what we expect it to go for."

The home includes a large garage with plenty of room to expand and sits in

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