With the market’s summertime nadir two weeks away, the number of homes actively listed for sale in San Francisco has dropped to 540, which is 3 percent fewer than at the same time last year, driven by a drop in listing activity along with an uptick in sales. At... Read More »

While the number of homes officially on the market in San Francisco dropped 10 percent over the past week with typical seasonality in play, inventory levels remain 2 percent higher on a year-over-year basis and sales are down. At the same time, the percentage of listings which have undergone... Read More »

Having ticked up 1.1 percent in May, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, gained 2.8 percent in June and now measures 108.3, which is 1.6 percent higher on a year-over-year basis but still 3.6 percent below its... Read More »

While the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco slipped 4 percent over the past week with typical seasonality in play, inventory levels are running 3 percent higher on a year-over-year basis as the pace of sales has dropped, a trend which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers... Read More »

Having dropped a downwardly revised 8.2 percent in May, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. rebounded 7.0 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted rate of 646,000 sales, which is 4.5 percent above the pace of sales at the same time last year. At the... Read More »

Having ticked up 2.5 percent in May, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. slipped 1.7 percent in June to an annual rate of 5.27 million transactions which is 2.2 percent below its mark at the same time last year, according to the National Association of... Read More »

While the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco hit a seasonal peak last month, inventory levels have ticked up 16 percent over the past two weeks and are now running 4 percent higher than at the same time last year. At the same time, the percentage... Read More »

The annual pace of new housing starts in the U.S. slipped 0.9 percent from May (1.265 million units) to June (1.253 million units) but remains 6.2 percent higher versus the same time last year (1.180 million units) with the pace of construction for structures with five or more units... Read More »

While the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco hit a seasonal peak last month, inventory levels ticked up 12 percent over the past post-holiday week to 650, which is even with the same time last year. At the same time, the percentage of active listings in... Read More »

While some segments are doing better and others worse, the overall pace of home sales is still down in San Francisco. In fact, recorded sales in the first half of the year will be lower on a year-over-year basis. And despite some reports to the contrary, sales in the... Read More »