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Pace of Home Sales in San Francisco Drops Asking Rents in San Francisco Are Ticking Up, But… Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Inch Down Asking Rents in Oakland Tick Up, Down Year-Over-Year Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale
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Onetime Record-Setting Bernal Home Relisted Anew

May 5, 2020

Having very briefly held the title of the most expensive reported home sale in the history of Bernal Heights when it sold for $2,310,000 back in the first quarter of…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Inventory Levels Up Another 11 Percent in San Francisco

May 4, 2020

With pending home sales in San Francisco down nearly 50 percent on a year-over-year basis, the number of homes listed for sale in the city has ticked up another 11…

East Bay Real Estate Economics Rentals Trends

Listings for Apartments in San Francisco and Oakland Jump

May 1, 2020

Having slipped around 3 percent in the first quarter of the year, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco is currently holding at around $4,000 a…

Apples To Apples Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Trends

Pac Heights Penthouse Drops Over 20 Percent in 5 Months

April 30, 2020

Having traded for $2.895 million this past November, the “meticulously updated” two-bedroom, two-bath penthouse unit #12F atop 2200 Pacific Avenue, “on a distinguished flat block of Pacific Heights,” suddenly returned…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to an All-Time Low

April 30, 2020

Having inched up last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since dropped 10 basis points (0.10 percentage points) and now measures 3.23 percent, which 91 basis…

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Key Changes to the Bay Area’s Extended ‘Stay-at-Home’ Orders

April 29, 2020

The existing ‘stay-at-home’ orders for Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, which were slated to expire at 11:59 pm on May 3, have just…

Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales Activity in the U.S. Drops Over 20 Percent

April 29, 2020

Having ticked up 2.4 percent in February, the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, a seasonally adjusted index for which 100 denotes “an average level” of activity, dropped…

Breaking News East Bay Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Bay Area Unemployment Claims Skyrocket, Over 330K in March

April 28, 2020

Having averaged a little over 3,500 new claims a month over the past five years, and with a total of around 5,600 individuals in San Francisco having qualified to receive…

East Bay Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Index for Bay Area Home Values Actually Inched Up, But…

April 28, 2020

Having slipped in January, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula –…

Apples To Apples Bay Buildings Neighborhoods

Sub-2007 Pricing for a Luxury Two-Bedroom Pad

April 27, 2020

Back in 2007, the 1,670-square-foot, two-bedroom unit #27C in the St. Regis Museum Tower building at 188 Minna Street quickly fetched the $2.75 million price at which it was listed,…

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