The Market
Marin Median Home Prices Hit New Highs
Consumer confidence is still soaring, and buyers continue to push aside concerns regarding recent financial market volatility, federal tax law changes affecting Bay Area homeowners, and interest rate increases, to fuel heated markets throughout Marin. In Q1 2018, the Marin median house sales price of $1,325,000 was 10% above the Q1 2017 price of $1,200,000, …
Sonoma County Home Prices & Market Trends
It is not unusual for monthly median sales prices to drop during what is often described as the mid-winter market doldrums, but, as seen in the first chart above, not this year in Sonoma: Median prices have been consistently climbing since autumn began, with the fire clearly increasing demand since it occurred, and overriding typical [ More ]
Very Strong Market Dynamics Continue into Early 2018
It is not unusual for monthly median sales prices to drop during what is often described as the mid-winter market doldrums, but, as seen in the first chart above, not this year in Sonoma: Median prices have been consistently climbing since autumn began, with the fire clearly increasing demand since it occurred, and overriding typical [ More ]
Marin Real Estate Market – A Strong Start to 2018
So far in 2018, the market seems to have mostly brushed aside concerns about increasing home prices, rising interest rates, stock market volatility and new federal tax law changes. It is still too early to come to definitive conclusions about where the year is going, but right now, in most market segments, buyer demand remains …
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A Survey of Bay Area Real Estate Markets
Our newly updated median home price maps for Marin, Diablo Valley & Lamorinda, and Wine Country markets in addition to San Francisco by neighborhood. To access them, click on the map image below and then roll your cursor over the maps on the webpage. Bay Area Q4 2017 Median House Sales Prices Bay Area 2017 [ More ]
Positive & Negative Factors in Bay Area Real Estate Markets
I am often asked how one development or another might affect SF and Bay Area real estate markets – tax law changes, interest rates, soaring stock markets, foreign buyers, migration trends, housing affordability, climate change, new home construction, and so on – but trying to evaluate one factor in isolation is often misleading because multiple [ More ]
Sonoma County Real Estate – New Year Report
There was continued median home price appreciation throughout the Bay Area in 2017, with Sonoma County seeing a noteworthy jump in the fourth quarter due to heightened demand after the tragic fires. From the 3rd to 4th quarters, the house median sales price increased 5%, and condos saw a particularly large percentage increase of 11%. [ More ]
Marin Real Estate – New Year Report
Another strong year in real estate, with continued median home price appreciation in Marin, and indeed throughout the Bay Area. Additional chart: Bay Area Median Home Price Trends by County The chart below, based on CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index data, tracks general price appreciation trends of house in the upper third of prices in the …
What You May Not Know about Marin & the San Francisco Metropolitan Area
While waiting for final data on the feverish 2017 real estate market to arrive, we thought to step back from homes and, instead, look at the people who live in them. Compiled solely for your entertainment and, perhaps, mild edification. Depending on data source, these analyses pertain to either Marin County alone, or to a multi-county …
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