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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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Inventory Levels Still Above Average in S.F., Prices Ticking Down

July 31, 2023

Despite a 25 percent drop in new listing activity, the net number of single-family homes and condos on the market in San Francisco only ticked down 1 percent over the…

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Benchmark Mortgage Rate Inches Up, Poised to Hold

July 28, 2023

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched up 3 basis points (0.03 percentage points) over the past week to 6.81 percent, which was 151 basis points higher than…

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Price for Prestigious Nob Hill Penthouse Has Dropped by a Third

July 27, 2023

Purchased for $7 million at the end of 2013 and then completely renovated, with custom millwork, Venetian plaster, Italian marble, and high end finishes throughout, the 4,320-square-foot, two-level penthouse unit…

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New Home Sales in the U.S. Slip, Median Price Down

July 26, 2023

Having jumped nearly 20 percent in May after an upward revision to 715,000, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. slipped 2.5 percent in June…

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Homebuying Activity Ticks Down, MOM and YOY

July 26, 2023

The number of applications to secure a purchase mortgage loan for an existing home in the U.S. ticked down another 2 percent over the past week in the absolute and…

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Lower Pac Heights Penthouse Trades for Nearly $300K Less

July 26, 2023

The 1,375-square-foot penthouse unit #601 atop The District at 2655 Bush Street returned to the market listed for $1,749,000 last month having been purchased for $2,000,000 in February of 2018,…

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Bay Area Home Values Tick Up, Still Down 11 Percent YOY

July 25, 2023

Having ticked up 2 percent in April with typical seasonally in play, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes…

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Russian Hill Masterpiece Now Listed for $5 Million Less

July 24, 2023

Listed for $25 million in 2018, the rather spectacular new Russian Hill home at 2626 Larkin Street, “the crowning achievement of every artist, designer & craftsman whose passion & dedication…

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Average Asking Price in San Francisco Drops

July 24, 2023

With a third of the homes on the market in San Francisco having been reduced at least once and pending sales still down around 30 percent, year-over-year, the average asking…

Breaking News East Bay Industry Stuff Marin (And Points North) Real Estate Economics San Jose (And South) Trends

Bay Area Employment Drops, Trending Down

July 21, 2023

Having slipped in April and ticked down in May, the number of San Francisco residents with a job dropped by 2,000 to 557,400 in June. As such, there are still…

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  3. Brahma (incensed renter) on Seized Pac Heights Home Listed with a $14M Price Tag

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