Two updated charts for house and condo values by selected district or neighborhood.
A changing market? Have SF home prices reached a plateau?
The market usually does slow down at least a little in mid-summer – a question has come up: is this possible slowdown caused by listing agents continually pushing the envelope on pricing for new listings or pricing to the last, … Continue reading →
Case-Shiller: Different Bubbles, Different Accelerating Recoveries
Note: Case-Shiller Home Price Indices for “San Francisco” are for a 5-county area, of which the city’s housing market is a very small part. Since they are published 2 months after the month of the Index, are 3-month rolling averages, … Continue reading →
The Economist on Bubbles — Neat Interactive Chart Feature
The Economist has a good article (about the US real estate market not being in a bubble) and created a terrific interactive graph that allows you, by metro area (you have to click on San Francisco to add it to … Continue reading →
How Hot is My Valley
Real Data SF: May 2013 Newsletter
How Hot is My Valley
Noe Valley that is. The place I’ve called home since May 1991 when I bought a vacant two unit building with a monumentally dreary exterior, deeply embedded cat-pee stains in the hardwood floors, and rooms with great volume and light.
This month’s newsletter is dedicated to the Noe Valley market, and the nearby areas of Eureka Valley (aka the Castro) and Cole Valley, which have a similar feel and housing stock.
May – San Francisco Market Snapshot
More signs of an extraordinary market: 90% of listings sold in April sold without any price reductions, at an average sales price 7.5% over list price. Huge demand is chasing a too-small supply of homes for sale.
San Francisco & Bay Area Home Values – in Maps
May 2013 Update Below are 3 maps delineating recent median home sales prices and/or average dollar per square foot values for San Francisco neighborhoods and communities around the Bay Area. These statistics are generalities which may fluctuate for a variety … Continue reading →
April Newsletter: A Hot Market Getting Hotter
San Francisco: A Hot Market Getting Hotter 1st Quarter 2013 Market Report In 2012, the market turned with a vengeance and grew very hot very quickly. Now in 2013 it has grown even hotter. Recent deal-making stories almost make the … Continue reading →