Recorded San Francisco Sales Volume Hits Six-Year Seasonal High
Recorded home sales volume in San Francisco rose 24.2% on a year-over-year basis last month (524 recorded sales in November 2012 versus 422 sales in 2011), down 8.4% compared to…
Three Weeks Left To Discharge Your Mortgage Debt Tax Free
Speaking of the end of the year, the 2007 Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act is set to expire at the end of 2012. The Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007…
San Francisco Prestige Index Up 2.4% Last Quarter, Up 8.1% YOY
The First Republic Prestige Home Index for “San Francisco” homes valued at more than $1 million, and currently averaging $2.74 million, gained 2.4 percent from the second to third quarter…
Pace Of New Home Sales Slips In October, Remains Below Average
The seasonally adjusted annual pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped to 368,000 in October, down a nominal 0.3 percent from a revised rate of 369,000 in…
San Francisco Home And Condos Values Continue To Climb
According to the September 2012 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA rose 0.5% from August to September and are up 7.5% year-over-year but remain…
U.S. Housing Starts Hit Four Year High But Remain Below Average
Housing starts in the U.S. rose 3.6 percent from September to October, up 41.9 percent year-over-year as construction of structures with five or more units increased 10.0 percent (up 62.9…
Existing U.S. Home Sales Tick Up In October, Median Price Ticks Down
The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. rose 2.1 percent from a downwardly revised pace of 4.69 million in September to a 4.79 million pace in October,…
San Francisco Added 2,400 New Workers And Jobs Last Month
Preliminary labor force counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties peg the current unemployment rates at 6.8%, 5.8% and 6.3% respectively, down 0.1 points in San Francisco and…
San Francisco Sales Volume Up 27.7% And Above Average In October
Recorded home sales volume in San Francisco rose 27.7% on a year-over-year basis last month (572 recorded sales in October 2012 versus 448 sales in October 2011), up 16.3% as…
Key Economic, Building And Transportation Trends
The summary bullet points from the Planning Department’s just completed 2011 Commerce and Industry Inventory for San Francisco which covers a 10-year time-series of data, including population, labor force, employment,…