Inventories and interest rates are up, sales are down, and prices are either flat or falling. So we’re calling it: welcome to the top of the San Francisco housing market! For sale signs are popping up left and right, and as one seasoned agent recently commented, “we’re going to... Read More »

Via Inman News: “San Francisco Bay Area home sales declined on a year-over-year basis for the seventh month in a row in October, according to DataQuick Information Systems, a real estate information company. The median home price in October was up 17.2 percent since October 2004 but slipped 0.3... Read More »

We missed it, but luckily The Housing Bubble 2 didn’t. According to Sacramento’s News 10.Net, “A report from the California Building Industry Association shows new home sales in Northern California fell 40 percent during the past three months, compared to the same period last year. It’s the sharpest such... Read More »

According to Lyon Real Estate, Sacramento County housing inventory has tripled since March of this year, while total sales have declined. Once again, it’s not the Bay Area, but we’re still building up to that… ∙ Sacramento County Homes for Sale vs. Sold vs. Pending Read More »

“U.S. housing starts fell 5.6 percent in October as construction of both single-family and multifamily homes slid, while a drop in permits for future groundbreaking was the largest in more than six years, the government said on Thursday.” Granted, not Bay Area specific, but perhaps even more telling. And... Read More »

To be fair, this isn’t nearly as much of a boast as the original, but it still needs some busting. Under the Inman headline “Realtor questions value of interest-only real estate loans”, columnist Robert Bruss downplays the potential of a “financial foreclosure debacle”. According to Bob: “…after the first... Read More »

According to the HousingTracker, San Francisco housing inventory is up over 36% over the past two months (based on active MLS listings). That’s a good statistic, but don’t pay too much attention to the HousingTracker “Median Price” number which represents median list/asking prices (as opposed to actual sales prices). Read More »

According to the California Association of Realtors, the Median sales price of a San Francisco Bay Area home fell 2.8% last month (from $730k in August, to $710k in September). In addition, sales volume was down nearly 10% from the previous month and down over 8% year-over-year (yes, accounting... Read More »

According to a Global Insight study, the San Francisco real estate market is overvalued by approximately 36% (up from 30% at the beginning of the year). As such, San Francisco is considered to be “extremely overvalued”. What’s that mean? “Study findings indicate that 53 metropolitan areas, representing 31 percent... Read More »

This should come as no surprise to any regular SocketSite readers, but if you haven’t been reading or are new to our community here’s a bit of insight: inventories are up, transactions and selling prices are down, and Bay Area real estate agents are actually having to sell. Some... Read More »