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Marin County Market Prices & Trends
Before diving into prices and trends in individual city markets in this month’s report, these four charts are overviews for Marin County market. In April 2018, the median house sales price hit a new peak price, slightly above the previous high achieved in May of 2017. Since median home
Read → June 07, 2018Bay Area Market Survey: From Billionaires in Mansions to Flippers & Fixer-Uppers
The county and city appreciation percentages in the chart above were calculated by averaging changes in both median sales prices and average dollar per square foot values. We also incorporated S&P Case-Shiller SF metro area calculations based upon its algorithm breaking the market into thirds by price segment. Each city
Read → June 05, 2018Affordability & the Cost of Housing in the SF Bay Area
The California Association of Realtors recently released its Housing Affordability Index (HAI) for the 1st quarter of 2018, which measures the percentage of households that can afford to buy the median priced single family dwelling (house). In this analysis, affordability is affected by 3 major factors: county median house price,
Read → May 31, 2018San Francisco Luxury House, Luxury Condo, Co-op and TIC Markets
As seen in the chart below, so far in 2018, SF luxury home sales have been very strong, higher than in any previous year since the recovery began in 2012. The recent stock market volatility notwithstanding, the economic confidence that has been sweeping the nation is also showing up in
Read → May 24, 2018Marin Market Report: What City’s Median Home Price Appreciated by $1 Million since 2011?
Before diving into prices and trends in individual city markets, these three charts are overviews for Marin County. In April 2018, the median house sales price hit a new peak price, slightly above the previous high achieved in May of 2017. Since median prices often hit their annual high
Read → May 09, 2018SF Residential Newsletter: Hottest SF Neighborhood Markets
Before discussing neighborhood values, appreciation rates and market cycles, here are 3 overview charts on the entire city market. Citywide Home Values & Trends On a 3-month-rolling basis, median home sales prices in San Francisco yet again hit new highs in April 2018: The median house sales price jumped $55,000
Read → May 04, 2018San Francisco Bay Area S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Updates
Since Case-Shiller Indices cover large areas – 5 counties in the SF Metro Area – which themselves contain communities and neighborhoods of widely varying home prices, the C-S chart numbers do not refer to specific prices, but instead reflect home prices as compared to those prevailing in January 2000, which have been designated
Read → April 26, 2018Marin Median Home Prices Hit New Highs
Consumer confidence is still soaring, and buyers continue to push aside concerns regarding recent financial market volatility, federal tax law changes affecting Bay Area homeowners, and interest rate increases, to fuel heated markets throughout Marin. In Q1 2018, the Marin median house sales price of $1,325,000 was 10% above
Read → April 11, 2018Yet Another Dramatic Jump in San Francisco Median House Price to over $1,600,000
Consumer confidence is still soaring, and buyers continue to push aside concerns about recent financial market volatility, federal tax law changes affecting Bay Area homeowners, and interest rate increases, to fuel heated neighborhood markets throughout San Francisco. Houses have become the scarce commodity in San Francisco: Few new houses are
Read → April 10, 2018
