Existing U.S. Home Sales Tick Up As Median Ticks Down In July
The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. increased 2.3 percent from a downwardly revised 4.37 million in June to a 4.47 million pace in July, up 10.4…
We’ve Been Looking Past The Overhyped Facebook Effect, Have You?
We took a bit of heat for suggesting our readers Look Past The Overhyped Facebook Effect in February. As we wrote at the time: “Forget the overhyped Facebook effect (a.k.a.…
Employment In San Francisco Up By 4,600 In July, Up 24,900 YOY
Preliminary July labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties pegs the unemployment rates at 7.7%, 6.7% and 7.0% respectively, down 0.1 points in San Francisco…
U.S. Housing Starts Up 21.5% Year-Over-Year But Still Below Average
Housing starts in the U.S. fell 1.1 percent from June to July but remain up 21.5 percent year-over-year as construction of structures with five or more units increased 9.6 percent…
Recorded San Francisco Sales Up 27.7% In July (Year-Over-Year)
Recorded home sales volume in San Francisco rose 27.7% on a year-over-year basis last month (567 recorded sales in July 2012 versus 444 sales in July 2011), down 3.2% as…
Foreclosure Activity Falls In San Francisco, Pipeline Down 31 Percent
Having dropped 17 percent from April to June, pre-foreclosure activity in San Francisco has fallen another 5 percent over the past two months with 378 properties in the pipeline, 33…
Bay Area Tops The Zip List For Million Dollar Home Sales In California
In the second quarter of 2012, a total of 7,763 homes sold for a million dollars or more in California, up 18.5 percent from the second quarter of 2011. Ranked…
Upping The Ante For Bicycle Parking In San Francisco
While the bicycle commuting behaviors of those living downtown might not have shifted much from 2000 to 2010, bicycle commuting across San Francisco is on the rise. The US Census…
San Francisco Office Outlook: Vacancy Rates, Rents And New Supply
According to Colliers International’s mid-year report, office leasing in San Francisco totaled 4.5 million square feet in the first half of 2012, over 4 million for the first time since…
Full FOMC Text: Economic Activity Has Decelerated, Ready To Ease
The full text from the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting with respect to the state of our economy, the Feds expectations and their signals to ease: Information received since…