While the number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area inched up in January to 36,803, which was still 24 percent higher than in January of 2020, prior to the pandemic having hit the local economy, the number of new claims filed in February dropped to 26,414,... Read More »

Having increased by an upwardly revised 3,400 in December, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck ticked up by 1,100 in January to (a downwardly revised) 544,800.  But with an upwardly revised 564,200 people in the labor force, the local unemployment rate inched up... Read More »

Having inched up an upwardly revised 0.6 percent in November, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula – gained 0.8 percent in December to end the year up 18.8 percent, matching... Read More »

Having held in October, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula – inched up 0.6 percent in November for a year-over-year gain of 18.2 percent, which was down 3.7 points from... Read More »

Having increased by 6,300 in November, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck ticked up by 2,600 in December to 549,400, dropping the local unemployment rate to 3.0 percent with 42,700 more employed residents in the city than there were at the end of... Read More »

Having inched up 0.1 percent in September, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula – was unchanged in October versus a 1.1 percent gain at the same time last year. And... Read More »

Having dropped to a pandemic-era low of 51,484 in October, the number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area fell to 36,421 in November, which was within 40 percent of pre-pandemic levels and down from an average of nearly 200,000 new claims a month since March of... Read More »

Having increased by a downwardly revised 4,500 in October, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 6,300 in November to 546,800, dropping the unemployment rate to 3.3 percent with 37,800 more employed residents in the city than there were at the same... Read More »

The number of new unemployment claims filed across the Bay Area dropped to 51,484 in October, which was down from 138,831 in September, the fewest new claims since the pandemic hit and down from an average of 125,372 new claims a month in the third quarter of this year.... Read More »

Having inched up 0.4 percent in August, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula – inched up 0.1 percent in September versus a 1.4 percent gain at the same time last... Read More »