Ting says SF Has “The Strongest Real Estate Market in CA”
August 16, 2011 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
“San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting announced August 4th that the value of the city’s real estate grew by nearly $2 billion in the past fiscal year, a contrast to decreasing property values in most other parts of California. The total roll assessment value, a combination of residential and commercial property values, grew by 1.3 percent [...]
Trulia designating SF #1 of best American cities to invest in real estate in 2011
December 18, 2010 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
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Broad Improvement in Home Prices
September 30, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Broad Improvement in Home Price According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices New York, September 29, 2009 – Data through July 2009, released today by Standard & Poor’s for its S&P/Case-Shiller1 Home Price Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices, show that, although still negative, the annual rate of decline of the 10-City and [...]
WSJ Article: Yes, the Housing Market Has Rarely Looked Better
September 12, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
By JAMES B. STEWART Passing through the Fort Myers, Fla., airport a few weeks ago, I noticed people eagerly signing up for a free bus tour of foreclosed real estate—with all properties offering water views. During the ride to my hotel, the young driver volunteered that he had just bought his first house, paying $65,000 [...]
Bay Area Home Prices? Gains or declines?
July 29, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Yesterday, the Case-Shiller Index — considered the most objective index of US home prices — reported, as pertaining to April to May prices: “10-city and 20-city composites reported positive returns for the first time since the summer of 2006…the first time we have seen broad increases in home prices in 34 months. This could be [...]
Where the SF Market is Trending: Summer Slowdown?
July 14, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
San Francisco home market trends as of June 30, 2009. The market continues to strengthen, though the typical summer slowdown is starting to take place and will probably be reflected in July’s numbers. Tags: san+francisco+market+trends+slowdown+summer
Paragon July Newsletter: What costs how much where
June 30, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
The attached PDF has charts that track year to date sales by property type and neighborhood by number of sales; low, high and median sales price; average days on market (how long it took the home to be designated “pending sale”); and average sales price to original list price (that percentage of original list price [...]
California housing market shows pockets of recovery
June 26, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
A surge in home sales that started in some of California’s more affordable inland areas has begun to spread to several more expensive coastal areas, another indicator that the state’s real estate market may be in recovery mode. MAKING SENSE OF THE STORY FOR CONSUMERSMany homes in the lower end of the market are receiving multiple [...]
Signs of a Strengthening Market: Charts
June 10, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
The number of homes (SFD, condo, TIC) going Under Contract (accepting offers) – Increasing: (Not adjusted for deals which fall through after offer acceptance)
Market Update 6/5/09
June 8, 2009 by Doors Of Your Life · Leave a Comment
Market Update, June 5, 2009 · Market activity has continued to get stronger over the past month continuing a trend that began in March/April. · Median prices of those properties that have accepted offers have increased, which signifies stabilizing values. · The number of properties that have accepted offers but not yet closed is up in every [...]
