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Index for Bay Area Homes Has Dropped 17%, Trending Down

March 28, 2023

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 – ticked down another 1.3…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

Inventory Ticks Up in San Francisco as Home Sales Decline

March 27, 2023

While the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco had been holding at a seasonally adjusted 10-year high, inventory levels ticked up 7 percent over the past…

Breaking News Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops, Poised to Tick Down

March 24, 2023

Measured prior to yesterday’s quarter-point rate hike by the Fed, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage had dropped another 18 basis points (0.18 percentage points) over the past…

Real Estate Economics Trends

New Home Sales and Median Sale Price Tick Up, But…

March 23, 2023

Having been revised down over the past quarter in the absolute, the seasonally adjusted pace of new single-family home sales in the U.S. ticked up 1.1 percent last month to…

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

Bay Area Employment Drops, Trending Back Down

March 22, 2023

Having ended 2022 nearing its pre-pandemic peak, the net number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck dropped by 5,400 in January to 560,600 as the impact of…

Industry Stuff Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics Trends

Pending Home Sales in San Francisco Down Nearly 45 Percent

March 21, 2023

As we outlined yesterday, while the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco (i.e., inventory) is currently unchanged, month-over-month and year-over-year, it’s not due to a jump…

Breaking News Listings (for sale) Real Estate Economics RealRecentReductions Trends

Number of Homes for Sale in S.F. Holds, Reductions Jump

March 20, 2023

While the net number of homes on the market in San Francisco has held over the past month and now year-over-year, it’s important to understand that the “holding pattern” is…

As Proposed City Planning Design & Architecture Industry Stuff Neighborhoods New Developments

More Height for Market-Rate Tower Closer to Reality

March 17, 2023

As we revealed at the end of last year, a modification to the approved plans for Related California’s 365-foot-tall tower to rise on the parking lot parcel at 98 Franklin…

Breaking News Industry Stuff Real Estate Economics Trends

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Down to 6.6 Percent, But…

March 16, 2023

With all the volatility in the financial markets, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked down 13 basis points (0.13 percentage points) over the past week to 6.60…

Industry Stuff New Developments Real Estate Economics Trends

Pace of New Home Sales Slips Despite More Activity/Discounts

March 16, 2023

Driven by discounting and concessions, as home builders are more “motivated to sell homes in their construction pipeline,” versus existing-home owners that might try to hold out for last year’s…

Brahma (incensed renter) on Looking for (Another) Sub-2014 Priced High-End Loft?
The owner apparently disagreed, and tried the leasing option. Roughly a month after the above main post, Apt 602's listing…
Conifer on Seized Pac Heights Home Listed with a $14M Price Tag
Perhaps Brahma should take over SocketSite and bring it back to life. I am just a long-term, half a century,…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Seized Pac Heights Home Listed with a $14M Price Tag
You were spot on for the selling price, but years off on the time frame. After several listing removal and…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Motivated Sellers Drop Price for Light Filled Dogpatch Loft, Again
The AI Boom! continues to show the incredible impact of wealth creation in S.F. and on S.F. real estate. 578…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
Then the owner should sell the property to someone who can get the job done. Apparently the Y-I-M-B-Ys are apparently…
tipster on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
Ha ha, "upon the slopped site" Little did the editor realize the foreshadowing of this typo in the 2019 post.…
Notcom on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
I've never heard of a billboard holding up a project - and can a billboard really be "demolished"? - so…
The Milkshake of Despair on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
No update, just a guess that the developer realized a modern new development was not going to attract the offers…
Marcus on Modern Bayview Development on the Boards
It's now seven years since this posting. Any update? Seems Mavrik Studio is out of business.
Brahma (incensed renter) on Dolores Park Light House Condo Listed for a Million Less
I completely agree, and if you're looking for a natural test of whether or not the extremely heated market dynamics…

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Bay Area Employment Drops, Trending Back Down

Pending Home Sales in San Francisco Down Nearly 45 Percent

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