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Bay Area Counties Diverge
An interesting trend is splitting the Bay Area this spring. The four counties that ring the western, eastern and southern edges of the San Francisco Bay have seen strong employment growth over the past six months. The five northern and … Continue reading
Wild Markets
Check out the latest craziness in Bay Area Median Home prices for March 2015 here. And pix from a drive thru San Francisco here (as in below).
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Photo Challenge: Early Bird
Sunrise? Are you kidding me? Sunrise and night owl do not compute. I have about 1000 sunset shots for every sunrise shot in my portfolio. So, there was this one day in 2013 that I woke up early and saw … Continue reading
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Tagged bay area employment, California, D7000, Economics, employment, graphics, Image, images, Nikon, Pacific Ocean, Photo Challenge, Photo Challenge: Early Bird, Photography, Postaday, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Bay Area, sunrise
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Photo Challenge: Afloat
Whether aloft, floating on air, or floating on a sea of waves… it’s always good to rise above, gain some perspective and see things a little differently. See the weekly photo challenge here.
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A Two-Fer
Find the updated single-family home price trends and employment trends here. It’s a busy time in the good old San Francisco Bay Area. The economies of communities surrounding the bay are in overdrive while things are a little less peachy … Continue reading
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Tagged Economics, employment, employment trends, home prices, Housing, Housing Trends, Image, images, Labor market, labor market information, median home price, median house price, Nikon, Photography, real-estate, San Francisco Bay Area
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Job Growth POPS!
A month ago the Bay Area labor market appeared to have flatlined. Now! To the Moon, Alice! (Alert: Honeymooners reference) See the latest summary here. Top Statistics Statewide – January 2015 Unemployment Rate: 6.9% | -0.2 Labor Force: 18,936,200 | … Continue reading
Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds
Oh, yes, rules ARE meant to be broken! But they do work. This week Jen Hooks has challenged us to recompose relying on the Rule of Thirds. It’s good to be a little off center. 😉 See the Weekly Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Antioch, Brentwood, California, D7000, graphics, Image, images, Landscape, Nikon, Photo Challenge, Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds, Photography, Postaday, Rule of Thirds
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Job Growth Stalls
Employment in the San Francisco Bay Area has stalled at just over 3.7 million over the past four months. There is general optimism for 2015 but housing prices and rents have also slowed. Should be an interesting spring! See the … Continue reading
Two Different Trends as 2014 Comes to Its Final Sunset
Here are employment and housing price data for the Bay Area as of November 2014. Interesting to see that employment and labor force figures continue to trend upward but, outside of San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara (the high-tech … Continue reading
Full Employment? Really?
Job growth in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin Counties (think executive and high-tech) have pushed the unemployment rate for those areas to between 3.9% and 4.4%, or, as it is sometimes called, the level of full employment. Tech and … Continue reading


