By all accounts, 2023 was a difficult year for San Francisco real estate. Mortgage rates were incredibly high, and inventory was terribly low. Buyer interest seemed to evaporate. ... Read More
Traditionally residential real estate sales slow down over the winter months, and the market doesn’t really come to life until well after the Super Bowl. This year, the rebound ... Read More
In mid-December the real estate market received an early Christmas gift. The Fed held interest rates steady at its Dec. 13 meeting. What’s more, the Fed also forecast that it’... Read More
Winter has finally arrived, and it’s almost time to put 2023 to bed. Couldn’t happen soon enough in the minds of many San Francisco real estate agents. “Stop me if you’... Read More
San Francisco’s real estate market has remained much the same throughout the fall. Rising interest rates continued to discourage sellers from selling, and buyers from buying. In... Read More
The book just closed on September — perhaps the most critical month of the year for residential real estate. The numbers aren’t available just yet, and so it will be a short w... Read More
As if the real estate market wasn’t challenging enough, on Aug. 9 there was a cyberattack on Rapottoni, a software and services provider that supplies multiple listing services ... Read More
It’s been exhausting. You look at the numbers for San Francisco’s residential real estate, and it’s not that bad. Prices are down from last year, but not enough to suggest t... Read More
Many would-be sellers are staying put rather than listing their homes for sale to avoid taking on a much higher mortgage rate when they purchase their next house. According to Red... Read More
San Francisco’s real estate market peaked last year in March, April, and May — so year-over-year price comparisons will remain eye-popping at least until the end of this month... Read More
Median home sale prices in the city dropped again in the first quarter of 2023, according to Ted Andersen with the San Francisco Business Times. The median price for a home went f... Read More
Despite a relatively slow start to the year, San Francisco’s real estate market improved in February. A number of indicators hit low points in January, but then rebounded the ne... Read More
Real estate article after real estate article talks about how unaffordable homes are in San Francisco. A quick look at home prices will tell you that’s the case. What’s more, ... Read More
Typically the real estate market takes a breath in January and February. Very little takes place until after the Super Bowl. It might be because historically we’ve been a footba... Read More
Last January we predicted a relatively hot real estate market for San Francisco, with prices continuing to climb during the year ahead — though we noted at the time some early s... Read More