Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Continues to Drop
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…
U.S. Housing Starts Slip, Permit Activity Drops to a Two-Year Low
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…
Reductions on the Rise as Pace of Home Sales Drops in SF
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,…
Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco is Still Down
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…
Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Continues to Drop
Having turned negative in mid-May, which led to an effective push in recorded home sales for the month, actual contract activity in San Francisco (versus anecdotal reports of “open house…
Pending Home Sales Drop in the West but Tick Up Overall
Having dropped 1.5 percent in April, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, ticked up 1.1 percent in May…
Pace of New Home Sales in the U.S. Takes Another Hit
Having dropped a downwardly revised 3.7 percent in April, the pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. shed another 7.8 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted rate…
Number of Homes for Sale in SF Holds, Pending Sales Down
While effectively unchanged over the past week, as expected, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco (710) is now running roughly even with the same time last…
Pace of Existing Home Sales in the U.S. Ticks Up
Having slipped 0.4 percent in April, the seasonally adjusted pace of existing-home sales across the U.S. ticked up 2.5 percent in May to an annual rate of 5.34 million transactions…
Number of Homes for Sale in SF Has Likely Peaked, at Least for Now
While 17 percent higher than at the beginning of the month, the number of homes on the market in San Francisco is now holding at around 700, which is 37…