While the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up 5.8 percent in November to an annualized rate of 640,000 sales, the pace was still 15.3 percent lower than at the same time last year, 26 percent lower than in 2020 and 8.0 percent... Read More »

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down another 4 basis points (0.04 percentage points) over the past week to 6.27 percent but remains 106 percent higher than it was at the same time last year and 137 percent higher than last year’s all-time low of 2.65... Read More »

While the number of new homes on the market across the nation is approaching a 15-year high, with over 20 percent more inventory than at the same time last year, and new home purchase application volume “rebounded” one (1) percent from October to November with a drop in rates,... Read More »

While the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco ticked down 7 percent in the absolute over the past week with typical seasonality in play, there are still 40 percent more homes on the market than there were at the same time last year, with 30 percent... Read More »

Having ticked down a percent in October, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco has since dropped another 3 percent to $3,575 per month and has declined for three months in a row with what would appear to be typical seasonality back in play, at... Read More »

Driven by a slowdown in listing activity, the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco dropped 8 percent over the past week but remains 35 percent higher than at the same time last year, with 70 percent more single-family homes on the market and 80 percent... Read More »

With a pronounced drop in sales and jump in reductions, the list price per square foot of the homes which are in contract across San Francisco, which is a leading indicator, has dropped over 10 percent since May and has just slipped under $900 per square foot for the... Read More »

Having dropped in September, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up 7.5 percent in October to an annualized rate of 632,000 sales, which was only 5.8 percent lower than at the same time last year but nearly 35 percent below the pace... Read More »

While pending home sales are down nearly 50 percent in San Francisco, the number of homes on the market (i.e., inventory) is currently 35 percent higher than it was at the same time last year and nearly 70 percent higher than prior to the pandemic, including 50 percent more... Read More »

While the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco ticked down 3 percent over the past week with typical seasonality in play, inventory levels are over 30 percent higher than at the same time last year, with over 40 percent more single-family homes on the market... Read More »