Bubble History Repeating?
We have often looked at real estate bubbles in other countries for insight into our local market, so we’re a big fan of the New York Times feature on Japan’s…
Not Exactly A “Soft Landing”
Billing itself as “by far the leading Real Estate News site on the Internet” (whatever), the Realty Times analyzes Robert Campbell’s November edition of The Campbell Real Estate Timing Newsletter:…
San Francisco Sales Continue To Fall
In case you missed it, home sales in the San Francisco Bay Area fell 6% this past November (-14% compared to the year prior), while the Median Sales price was…
Hardly A Bunch Of Hacks
Thanks to The Housing Bubble 2 for alerting us to the following: Q: PIMCO is following the U.S. housing market very closely, forming a research team and sending people around…
Can You Say Speculative Bubble Froth?
“At the same time rental rates were dropping, we had housing prices totally skyrocketing”. Credit Andrew Zacks, a “San Francisco lawyer who handles Ellis Act evictions and other land use…
Sales Of New Homes Tumble
US new home sales fell 11% in November, the biggest drop since 1995, and at 1.25m homes sold, the lowest pace since January. It is important to note that new…
2006 California Housing Forecasts
Economic forecasts for 2006 are hitting the wire. With respect to 2006 housing prices, Wells Fargo is forecasting a 5.7% increase for Northern California, while FORTUNE is forecasting an anemic…
Those Damn Neighbors
The listing price for the two bedroom house at 2401 Vallejo has been reduced $230,000 (to $1.99m). The property had been sitting on the market at $2.25m when their next-door…
QuickLinks: Housing Sales Slowdown
∙ Bay Area home sales dip, but prices remain strong ∙ Sales of new homes plunge ∙ Resale housing market continues to cool
FSBO: SF
Perfectly said by the folks at apartment therapy, “In an effort to help apartment owners who are looking to sell without a broker and to show off cool apartments to…