Case-Shiller San Francisco: First Year-Over-Year Gain In 18 Months
According to the May 2012 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA rose 3.9% from April to May 2012, down 38.1% from a May 2006…
The State Of San Francisco’s Downtown: Property, People And Parking
A few highlights from the Planning Department’s latest Monitoring Report for San Francisco’s Downtown which will be presented to the Planning Commission this week: Downtown vacancy rates in San Francisco…
U.S. New Home Sales: Up 15.1% YOY In June But Drop From May
The seasonally adjusted annual pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. fell to 350,000 in June, down 8.4 percent from a revised rate of 382,000 in May but…
San Francisco Employment And Unemployment Both Tick Up In June
Preliminary June labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties pegs the unemployment rates at 7.8%, 6.6% and 7.1% respectively, up 0.4 points in San Francisco,…
It’s All About (A Lack Of) Density
As we wrote in 2007 under the headline, It’s All About Density: “Going green might be trendy (and we’re all for it), but as far as we’re concerned it’s a…
Existing U.S. Sales Pace And Supply Slip In June As Median Mixes Up
The pace of seasonally adjusted existing-home sales in the U.S. declined 5.4 percent from an upwardly revised 4.62 million in May to a 4.37 million pace in June, up 4.5…
Recorded San Francisco Sales Up 9.9% In June (Year-Over-Year)
Recorded home sales volume in San Francisco rose 9.9% on a year-over-year basis last month (586 recorded sales in June 2012 versus 533 sales in June 2011), up 1.9% as…
U.S. Housing Starts Up 23.6% Year-Over-Year But Half Historic Pace
Housing starts in the U.S. increased 6.9 percent from May to June as construction of structures with five or more units jumped 17.0 percent (up 29.1 percent year-over-year) and single-family…
How’s Your Memory?
Just over 25 percent of new homes built and sold in the U.S. were larger than 3,000 square feet last year, the highest percentage since 2007. “It’s about opportunity,” Jack…
Apples-To-Apples: Prices, Rates And Payments…Oh My!
Having hit the market in late 2006 asking $1,295,000, the 1,792 square foot 2130 24th Street #A sold for $1,274,000 in the middle of 2007. With its Scavolini cabinets, Carrara…