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 →
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 →
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 →
July 2012 Market Update If you wish, you may jump straight to the market charts. The SF real estate market is stuck. Stuck in high gear: huge buyer demand + the lowest interest rates in history + extremely low inventory … Continue reading →
June 2012 Market Update There is so much drama in the San Francisco homes market right now that it is difficult to decide which statistics to present in our current newsletter. The supply and demand situation – huge buyer demand … Continue reading →
April 2012 San Francisco Update Several times in the past 30 years, the San Francisco real estate market has turned up or down very quickly and very dramatically: in the mid-eighties – up; early nineties – down; 1996 – up … Continue reading →
“If I knew where I was going to live for the next five years or 10 years, I’d buy a home and I’d finance it with a 30-year mortgage. It’s a terrific deal — If I had a way of … Continue reading →
How many San Franciscans: Trace their ancestry from China, Ireland, Mexico or the Philippines? Are children under 5? Speak Spanish at home? Have their cars stolen? Are heterosexual or gay? Divorced? Live alone? Give birth each year? Vote Libertarian? Earn … Continue reading →
Of all the homes bought and sold in San Francisco in 2011: How many had Golden Gate, Bay Bridge, downtown or ocean views? How many were Victorian, Edwardian, Art Deco, Spanish Mediterranean or brand spanking new? How many had elevators or pools, wine cellars, doorpersons or in-law apartments? How many were probate sales, bank sales [...]
It seems to be part of the human condition that financial and real estate markets go in cycles. What’s interesting is that when the cycle is on the upswing or a bubble is inflating, how vociferous the opinions are that the upswing will never end; and how after the crash, how many then insist, often [...]