Employment in San Francisco Drops Along with its Labor Force
While the unemployment rate in San Francisco dropped to 2.9 percent last month, the lowest unemployment rate since the dot-com boom when it hit 2.4 percent, the drop from 3.1…
Over 100,000 More Employed in Alameda County Since 2010
For the first time since early 2001, the unemployment rate in the East Bay has dropped below 4 percent, dropping from 4.1 percent in April to 3.9 percent in May…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Is Back to a Three-Year Low
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped to 3.54 percent, the lowest rate in three years and 43 basis points below the 3.97 percent rate in place…
Mortgage Rates Dip on Pessimistic News, Probability of a Hike Drops
Having ticked up to 3.66 percent last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped to 3.60 percent and is back within 3 basis points of last…
Mortgage Rates Tick up but Remain near Three-Year Lows
Having dropped to a three-year low of 3.57 percent, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has ticked up 7 basis points to 3.64 percent over the past two…
Employment in San Francisco Stalls, Slips in the East Bay
While the unemployment rate in San Francisco has dropped to 3.1 percent, the lowest unemployment rate since the end of the dot-com boom, the drop from 3.3 percent in March…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to Three-Year Low
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped to 3.57 percent, the lowest rate in three years and 40 basis points below the 3.97 percent rate in place…
San Francisco and East Bay Employment Slip
While the unemployment rate in San Francisco has now held at 3.3 percent for four months in a row, the number of people living in the city with a job…
San Francisco Housing Market Deemed Overheated by Redfin
With listed sales of San Francisco homes having “plunged” 23 percent on a year-over-year basis in March and inventory climbing, a trend which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise,…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to One-Year Low
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year loan has dropped to 3.59 percent, down 12 basis points over the past week to the lowest rate in over a year and…