The San Francisco Homes Market Paragon’s May 2013 Snapshot April’s market was basically more of the same of what we’ve been seeing for the last 12-16 months in San Francisco. Virtually all of our statistics are at historic or near-historic … 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 →
Forget Statistics: 714 Duncan Loses 23% in 18 months
Catching up on the endless paper-work the other night, I came across that rare thing: a property that sells twice in a relatively short time with no major renovations performed in the interim.
This “sales matching” technique is what the folks at Case-Shiller use to create their Indexes of property values across the country. Part of the reason they can is that their indexes are generated for large Metropolitan Statistical Areas with lots of house sales. And even so, they use a lot of fancy foot-work to “match up” properties. ...
January Data Sings the Blues
Here’s the latest sales data broken down by MLS District. Full reports are available here under the Market Trends Tab and are well worth a look.
Median and Average prices are down substantially year over year for single family homes in all districts except District 7 (“North”, which includes top-shelf enclaves like Pacific Heights and the Marina), but with only 2 sales for the month in that area, it’s not a meaningful statistic. Indeed, as I’ve pointed out in previous blogs, sales drop off so dramatically every year during December/January that I’d be cautious reading too much into the statistics for those particular months. ...