It’s been nearly two years since the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate began climbing from the low 3% range, and there is a growing consensus that relief is on the way — finally. In fact, rates have declined each of the last three weeks according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey, dipping to 7.44% as of last measure....
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20 Over $20 Million: San Francisco’s Most Expensive Homes Ever
We've scoured decades of broker-reported listings and known private transactions to create the most accurate record of San Francisco's highest-price homes. Our ranking below represents only the top amount paid for a given property, irrespective of prior or subsequent sales. In cases where legally distinct units in a single structure were...
Home Prices Are Up 13.5% From January, Here’s What Happens Next
San Francisco seems to be grabbing all the headlines recently — for homelessness and crime (nothing new), for whatever societal ill du jour that talking heads fancy, and for its less-than-thriving...
SF Home Prices Rising, Purchase Incentives Vanishing
As the one year anniversary of the first aggressive inflation-fighting interest rate hike approaches, local and national media alike have taken to sensationalizing San Francisco's real estate woes....
As Selling Season Begins, Has The Market Reached Bottom?
Now that Super Bowl Sunday has come and gone, San Francisco's springtime home selling season is officially here — assuming that traditional start date means anything in these unusual times. Word on...
These Neighborhoods Gained, Lost The Most Value In 2022
Without going too deep into the trends that defined San Francisco's real estate market in 2022, it suffices to say the year was a pivotal one. Despite major increases in the number of listings...
Market Trends: Looking Back On 2022, Ahead In 2023
No event defined the real estate market in 2022 more than skyrocketing mortgage interest rates. Following the Fed's rate hike in March — the first in more than three years — an unprecedented four...
Trending: Non-Distressed Real Estate Auctions
Desperate times call for desperate measures. It has been a tough year for just about anyone trying to unload property in San Francisco, especially these past six months with the doubling of interest...
Home Buyer Tips: Navigating High Prices & Borrowing Costs
Having begun the year at 3.22 percent, Freddie Mac's benchmark 30-year fixed interest rate has more than doubled — and the anguish of home buyers is palpable. Those who attempted to time their...
Sellers Not Budging On Price, Buy-Down Interest Rate To Attract Buyers
Next month marks one year since the spacious townhome at 1360 Stevenson Street was making its rounds on the market with a $1,499,000 transparent price. It would take an investment in new interior...
Property Flippers Behaving Badly: Unpermitted Improvements
In this era of property flipping, investors are well served upon resale to bring any legally uninhabitable or questionable expanded living space up to code in the course of renovation. When houses...
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