This family-friendly event features prominent local chefs creating chocolate inventions during cooking demonstrations, live musical entertainment, children’s activities and the popular “Earthquake” Ice Cream Sundae Eating Contest. Over 30 different booths from local restaurants, bakeries and chocolate companies will provide … Continue reading →
Case-Shiller June Index Released Today
The June S&P Case-Shiller Index report released today continued to reflect the surge in Bay Area home values. Remember that Case-Shiller measures house values in a 5-county area and generally reflects the heat of the market 4-6 months ago. So … Continue reading →
What Costs How Much Where in San Francisco
San Francisco Home Values By Neighborhood, Property Type & Bedroom Count MLS Sales February 1, 2012 – mid-August 2012 The charts below apply to non-distressed home sales with at least 1 car parking. Distressed home sales — bank-owned property and … Continue reading →
Home Sales by Price Segment
San Francisco Neighborhood Home Prices by Price Segment These charts show the breakdown of San Francisco home sales as reported to the Multiple Listing Service in the first six months of 2012. The analyses are sorted by city district by … Continue reading →
Three Recessions, Two Bubbles and a Baby (Recovery)
30 Years of Housing Market Cycles in San Francisco Below is a look at the past 30 years of real estate boom and bust cycles. Financial-market cycles have been around for hundreds of years, all the way back to the … Continue reading →
With Facebook Not Looking So Good, Is the Bloom Off the Rose in San Francisco’s Residential Home Market
My wife likes to remind me that I always seem to think that the stock market is heading down. Though I don’t generally think of myself as a half empty kind of guy, there may be some truth to the rap.
So, what to make of a recent article in the New York Times that sees echoes of the 2000 dot-com bust in the disappointing performance of Facebook and other new-tech companies like Zynga and Groupon?
May Case-Shiller Shows Dramatic Jump
The May reading for the S&P Case-Shiller Index, released today, substantiated what we’ve known for quite some time: the SF home market (though the Index is for the 5-County Metro Area) is rapidly accelerating. Since the Index is a rolling … Continue reading →
2012 Olympics Event Schedule
The official, interactive, Olympics Event Schedule may be found here: London 2012 Network broadcasting information may be found here: NBC Olympics Forget the world’s troubles for a little while and sit back on a comfortable sofa with your friends, family, … Continue reading →