Archive for August, 2011
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Continue Reading...Case-Shiller High Tier Index Ticks Up Again in June
The Case-Shiller Index for June 2011 was released today. Below are 2 charts, one for movements in 2011, one for an overall view of trends since 2000.
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Continue Reading...9 Reasons To Buy A House Now
If you’re planning to buy a house right now, the next few months may be the best time to buy. Waiting for both housing prices and interest rates to fall may not be a good strategy for potential homebuyers since analysts don’t expect any significant declines in these two most important home-buying factors. Here’s nine [...]
Continue Reading...Stabilization in the SF market?
click to enlarge San Francisco condos appreciated rapidly between 2000 and the peak value years of 2006-2008. (The spike actually began in 1996.) Then, after the 2008 market meltdown, median prices declined rapidly in these areas by 15–22%. Since 2009, they have either stabilized or fluctuated within a relatively narrow band. Small percentage changes in [...]
Continue Reading...Low, High & Median Sales Prices & Average Dollar per Square Foot by Neighborhood, Property Type & Bedroom Count
8/16/10 – 8/15/11 The charts below track San Francisco MLS home sales by price, average size and average dollar per square foot ($/sq.ft.) for the 12-month period ending August 15, 2011. Only homes listed as having at least one parking space are included. Within the charts, neighborhoods are listed by median sales price. “Avg Sq.Ft.” [...]
Continue Reading...From the IRS: Ten Tax Tips for Individuals Selling Their Home
“IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2011-15, August 8, 2011 The Internal Revenue Service has some important information to share with individuals who have sold or are about to sell their home. If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may qualify to exclude all or part of that gain from your [...]
Continue Reading...Current Housing Supply & Demand
Click to enlarge Months’ Supply of Inventory (MSI) = the number of months it would take to sell the existing inventory of homes for sale at current rates of market activity: The lower the MSI, the stronger the market. Less than 4 months of inventory is usually considered a “Seller’s market”; 4-6 months, a balanced [...]
Continue Reading...Answer: Which historical home, located in Cow Hollow, is an example of a unique house style briefly popular in 1850?
Answer: The McElroy Octagon House AKA the Colonial Dames Octagon House The McElroy Octagon House, also known as the Colonial Dames Octagon House, is a historic octagonal house now located at 2645 Gough Street at Union Street in the Cow Hollow section of San Francisco, California. Octagon houses were a unique house style briefly popular [...]
Continue Reading...Question: Which historical home, located in Cow Hollow, is an example of a unique house style briefly popular in 1850?
High-tech boom brings a sense of déjà vu in San Francisco
“The number of technology jobs in San Francisco will soon surpass the record of 34,000 set in 2000, during the dot-com boom. It’s transforming once-troubled neighborhoods and setting off a scramble for pricey apartments. Reporting from San Francisco— When Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey decided to start a new company last year, he bypassed Silicon Valley [...]
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