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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 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…
Brahma (incensed renter) on 141 Below Market Rate Modular Studios Even Closer to Reality
We now have two more recent data points. Tahanan Supportive Housing (at 833 Bryant St.) completed in winter 2021, was…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Beaux Arts Beauty Suddenly Back on the Market
Maybe the seller knew what they had, didn't want to take a more than $1 million haircut and was willing…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Contemporary Little Saigon Condo Listed for Nearly 30 Percent Less
The one-bedroom, one bathroom 719 Larkin &num;705 sold for $690,000 in November of 2019, conforming to building and neighborhood comps…
Aaron Goodman on Parkmerced: From The Plans To Develop, To The Plans To Preserve
Gabriel Metcalf should apologize, 6 national organizations signed a memo against the destruction of Parkmerced, and to date they have…
Notcom on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
And don't forget the simultaneous implosion of the The California College of the Arts (CCA)...guess that move to SF wasn't…
The Milkshake of Despair on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
The Academy of Art is a reminder of what the city has lost with the San Francisco Art Institute. The…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Academy of Art’s $58 Million Settlement Plan Slated for Approval
Here we are, more than six years later, and in a story datelined May 11, 2026 (Academy of Art sells…
Notcom on 2830 Pacific: A Tripling Of Taxes (At Half Off Initial Hopes)
Noted. But of course I'm more interested in (what passes for) journalism over at the 'Standard'": consider this remarkable -…
Brahma (incensed renter) on Coveted LEED Condo Listed Below its 2015 Price
Wound up closing at asking 39 days after the above post. Then something happened which appeared on the MLS like…

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

Inventory Ticks Up in San Francisco as Home Sales Decline

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops, Poised to Tick Down

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

Bay Area Employment Drops, Trending Back Down

Pending Home Sales in San Francisco Down Nearly 45 Percent

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

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Pace of New Home Sales Slips Despite More Activity/Discounts

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