Apples-to-Index for that Modern Hayes Valley Lily Pad
As we outlined last month: Purchased as new for $1.775 million in May of 2010, which was below asking and near the bottom on the Great Recession era market, the…
Luxury View Home Drops Further Below Its 2021 Price
Purchased for $5.15 million in July of 2021, the four-bedroom view home at 60 Clarendon Avenue, which steps down the slope of Clarendon Heights to yield 3,650 square feet of…
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Contemporary One-Bedroom Condo(s) Poised to Take a Big Hit
As we outlined last year, the 545-square-foot, contemporary one-bedroom unit #206 at 870 Harrison Street, which was built by JS Sullivan in 2015 and features “floor-to-ceiling windows with an open…
Home Buying Activity Suddenly Drops Despite a Drop in Rates
Following four weeks of increasing activity, which is typical for this time of the year, the volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for a home in the…
Asking Rents in Oakland Slip, Discount to S.F. Ticks Up
Having ticked up a couple percent in February, the average asking rent in Oakland slipped a percent in March to $2,600 per month. As such, while the average asking rent…
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An Upgraded Archetype Edwardian Has Returned
As we outlined back in December of 2020: Purchased for $1.6 million in 2007, the interior of the “archetype Edwardian” at 4334 19th Street was remodeled, a garage was added…
Asking Rents in S.F. Holding Below Pre-Pandemic Peaks
With inflation having slowed, as we previously reported, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco is effectively holding at around $3,600 per month, which is 6…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Down but Holding at Over 6%
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked down 10 basis points (0.10 percentage points) over the past week to 6.32 percent. Or as we outlined last week, “the…
Home Buying Activity Inches Up, Only Down 35 Percent YOY
The volume of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for a home in the U.S. inched up 2 percent last week on both an absolute and seasonally adjusted basis,…
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Index for Bay Area Homes Has Dropped 17%, Trending Down
The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula – ticked down another 1.3…