While home sales in San Francisco totaled a ten-year low in the first quarter of 2019, the pace of sales turned up at the end of March and April sales will show a year-over-year increase, trends which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise. That being said, the pace... Read More »

While the inventory of homes actively listed for sale in San Francisco inched up another 2 percent over the past week to 650, which is 38 percent higher than in mid-May of 2014, inventory levels are now running 7 percent lower than at the same time last year, which... Read More »

Having started picked up steam in late March, the pace of home sales in San Francisco was running 8 percent higher on a year-over-year basis by the middle of April, as we first reported at the time. While the number of homes in contract is still running around 4... Read More »

Having slipped 1 percent in February, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, ticked up 3.8 percent in March to 105.8 but remains 1.2 percent lower on a year-over-year basis and 5.8 percent below a cyclical high of... Read More »

While the number of homes sold in San Francisco will end the first quarter down versus the first quarter of 2018 and around a ten-year low, pending sales activity recently started picking up steam. In fact, for the first time in nearly a year, the number of homes in... Read More »

While the total number of homes currently listed for sale in San Francisco (610) is now running 1 percent higher than at the same time last year (605), and roughly 45 percent higher than in mid-April 2014 (420), inventory levels have atypically slipped 5 percent over the past month with... Read More »

Having dropped to an absolute 11-year low in January, the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area increased 12.9 percent in February to 4,354, which was an above-average seasonal jump but remains 12.8 percent below the sales volume at the same time... Read More »

Having ticked up 4.6 percent in January, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, slipped 1.0 percent in February to 101.9 which is 4.9 percent lower on a year-over-year basis and 9.3 percent below a cyclical high of... Read More »

While the number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco remains around 10 percent higher versus the same time last year and at a 7-year seasonal high, the number of homes in contract to be sold is currently running around 6 percent lower. That being said, the pace... Read More »

The net number of homes listed for sale in San Francisco ticked up 5 percent over the past week to 645, which is 10 percent more than at the same time last year, 59 percent higher than at the same time in 2015 (405) and another 7-year seasonal high.... Read More »