Rents in San Francisco Tick Up, Inventory Follows
Having ended last year 8 percent higher than the year before, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco has since ticked up 2.6 percent to $3,400,…
Listings Tick Up in San Francisco with Typical Seasonality in Play
The number of homes on the market in San Francisco, net of all new pending and closed sales, ticked up another 13 percent over the past week to 660. As…
Over 500,000 Bay Area Jobs Have Been Recovered, But…
Having increased by 6,300 in November, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck ticked up by 2,600 in December to 549,400, dropping the local unemployment…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Drops
Having ticked up 1.9 percent in November, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. dropped 4.6 percent in December to an annual rate of 6.18 million sales,…
Purchase Activity for New Homes in the U.S. Down, Inventory Up
Despite the fact the number of new homes on the market across the country was at a 13-year high in November, and inventory levels were 39 percent higher than the…
Benchmark Mortgage Rate Keeps Climbing, Nearing a 2-Year High
Having hit a 22-month high last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since ticked up another 11 basis points (0.11 percentage points) to 3.56 percent, which…
Number of Homes on the Market in S.F. Is Ticking Up
Despite some industry misanalysis making the rounds at the end of last year, the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco has jumped 27 percent over the…
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Renovated Beaux-Arts Beauty Trades for Millions Less
As we outlined back in August of last year: Purchased for $9.75 million in August of 2016, the interior of the fully renovated Nob Hill home at 1230 Sacramento Street…
Office Vacancy Rate in the East Bay Inches Up
The office vacancy rate in the East Bay, not including Walnut Creek or further east, inched up from 17.9 percent at the end of September to 18.1 percent at the…
Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Inches Down, But…
Having hit a pandemic high of 20.5 percent in the third quarter of last year, the effective office vacancy rate in San Francisco inched down to 19.9 percent at the…