SF Real Estate Heats Up as the Weather Cools Down

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In my last post, I wrote that San Francisco’s residential market, fueled by the booming economics of local AI companies, was bucking the trend of most Bay Area counties by showing clear signs of strength while other counties stayed flat or faltered.  Recent data suggests that this trend could be accelerating.

In Contract, Pendings, Sales Volume All Up

First, let’s recall that the music stopped in Spring, 2022, when the Fed started aggressively raising the Fed funds rate to cool economic activity and accelerating inflation after having kept interest rates near zero during the Covid Pandemic. ...  Additional Details

The San Francisco Residential Real Estate Update: An Ai Generated Glimmer of Hope?

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An AI Generated Glimmer of Hope

Back in May 2018, when pundits everywhere delighted in sounding the death-knell for SF’s residential market due to a host of local challenges including lack of affordability and rampant homelessness, I suggested they might be a bit premature. In the summer of 2020, months into the Covid pandemic, Zillow published data suggesting that SF was again on the skids.  Again, I suggested that “this too shall pass.”  Condo and home prices proceeded to hit record highs until 2022 when higher interest rates brought the real estate party to a stop, leaving a hangover from which much of the Bay Area — indeed the country as a whole — has yet to recover. ...  Additional Details