Mortgage Rates Tick Up For Second Week In A Row
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked back up to 4.20 percent over the past week and is within 38 basis points of the three-year high rate of…
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The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked back up to 4.20 percent over the past week and is within 38 basis points of the three-year high rate of…
When politicians and developers speak of “affordable” housing in San Francisco, they’re typically referring to housing that falls within the City’s Below Market Rate (BMR) program. Housing units within the…
For many areas in San Francisco, the number of dwelling units allowed to be built upon a parcel is strictly limited by the size of the lot. For example, within…
With housing values having rebounded over the past three years and discussions of irrational exuberance returning as well, The New York Times has updated their Rent versus Buy Calculator. From…
The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked down from 4.20 to 4.14 percent over the past week, the lowest rate in seven months and 44 basis points below…
While mortgage credit conditions in the U.S. remain “generally tight,” and applications for purchase mortgages remain “tepid,” according to the Fed, signs of easing continue to emerge, including indications of…
Designed to protect long-term homeowners from a spike in property taxes as property values rise, California Proposition 13 freezes the tax assessed value of a property at its purchase price…
With the number of San Francisco residents with jobs having increased by 10,000 over the past year, the unemployment rate in the city has dropped to 4.4 percent and employment…
Having dropped to a six-month low last week, the average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage has ticked down one more basis point to 4.20 percent, 38 basis points below…
Bay Area home sales were relatively flat in April, dropping 0.9 percent year-over-year. The number of homes sold in San Francisco last month was relatively flat as well, dropping a…