Bay Area Business Confidence Up (Along With Pink Slips)
“A quarterly index of Bay Area business confidence has registered its first positive reading in two years. But the brighter outlook captured in a survey being released today by the…
Firehouse 44: Listed In 2008, Withdrawn In 2009, Returning In 2010?
As we wrote in October: It’s been on the market since May 22, 2008. And during that time the asking price has dropped from $6,375,000 to $5,175,000. And no, 3816…
SocketSite’s San Francisco Listed Housing Inventory: 12/01/09
Inventory of Active listed single-family homes, condos, and TICs in San Francisco fell 6% over the past two weeks and is currently running 23% under 2008 levels on a year-over-year…
An Emotional Bricks And Mortar Asset Allocation For The Wealthy
“Real estate investment among wealthy individuals is set to rise to 30 percent of the average portfolio for the next few years from 28 percent now, according to survey. That…
San Francisco MSA Prestige Home Index Down 15.7% Year Over Year
While September’s S&P/Case-Shiller index for San Francisco showed a nominal decline for the top third of MSA properties (cost basis over $577,214) from August to September, the latest First Republic…
U.S. New Home Purchases Up, Median Price Falls
“Purchases of new homes in the U.S. rebounded more than anticipated in October as buyers rushed to take advantage of a government tax credit before it expired…Home values may remain…
Animating The Unemployment Wave And Wondering About Its Impact
As the pace of existing home purchases in U.S. picks up and the latest Case-Shiller Index twenty-city composite ticks up, a plugged-in tipster points us in the direction of a…
September Case-Shiller: Bottom Tiers Up But Flat At Top For SF MSA
According to the September 2009 S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, single-family home prices in the San Francisco MSA gained 1.3% from August ’09 to September ’09, down 7.8% year-over-year and down…
Pace Of U.S. Existing Home Purchases Up 23.5 Percent YOY
The pace of existing U.S. homes purchases hit a 6.1 million annual rate in October, up from a 5.54 million pace in September and up 23.5 percent on a year-over…
San Francisco County Unemployment Up To 9.9 Percent In October
Preliminary October labor force data counts for San Francisco, Marin and San Mateo counties puts the unemployment rate at 9.9%, 8.1% and 9.1% respectively, up 0.2 percentage points in San…