No, SF Home Prices Did Not Really Skyrocket 20 Percent


The headlines at some other outlets last week (ostensibly based on some Zillow numbers) had it that home prices in SF are up 20 percent just since January. We’ll admit, that does sound dramatic; problem is, it’s just not true, although the actual statistic is kind of within that ballpark. We’ll just look at the … Continue reading No, SF Home Prices Did Not Really Skyrocket 20 Percent

San Francisco Real Estate Market Mid-Year Report


Home Price Appreciation Rates; Prices, Cost & Affordability; Dollar per Square Foot; Interest Rates; Sales Price to List Price Ratio Bay Area Appreciation Rates since 2011 Combined House & Condo Median Sales Prices Besides the general economic recovery, there are other factors in different counties affecting home price increases over the past 4 years: 1) … Continue reading San Francisco Real Estate Market Mid-Year Report

S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index – San Francisco


Updated S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index for San Francisco Metro Area (Illustrative charts can be found further down within this report.) The Case-Shiller Index for the San Francisco Metro Area covers the house markets of 5 Bay Area counties, divided into 3 price tiers, each constituting one third of unit sales. Most of the San … Continue reading S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index – San Francisco

San Francisco Real Estate Price Declines From All Time High (In A Graph)


We recently did a post on San Francisco’s core districts vs. San Francisco as a whole, and there were some questions that came up. Good thing our source is a data crunching junky and has sent us a new graph. Those are some pretty hefty declines in all areas of the city and this chart … Continue reading San Francisco Real Estate Price Declines From All Time High (In A Graph)

Reader Reports: San Francisco Median & Average Home Prices 2000 versus 2008


We asked, and Misha delivered: It is important to note, as Misha does: This chart, while it does illustrate something meaningful about the overall SF market, doesn’t tell you anything about values in any particular neighborhood. It lumps together data from neighborhoods as diverse as Hunter’s Point and Visitacion Valley in District 10, which has … Continue reading Reader Reports: San Francisco Median & Average Home Prices 2000 versus 2008