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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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Will Housing Prices Wither?
The real estate markets have become fickle beasts. Capital markets bubble and burst taking it out on the little guy. January is a fickle month, too. We saw very few home sales in January in the San Francisco Bay Area … 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
Beautiful Spring
It’s a typical spring here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some days are cool with a little extra moisture in the air and others are warm, sunny or even just plain hot. The residential real estate market is following … Continue reading
Wow! Job Growth!
Employment growth in March followed up the strong showing in February. The statewide figures are improving but the growth in employment was matched by growth in the labor force so the unemployment rate remains the same. (See the Bay Area … Continue reading
Spring Breakout?
A while ago I asked if employment was going to jump this spring… now median home prices appear to want to jump for joy at the sight of spring flowers and warmth from the Sun. DataQuick News reported Bay Area … Continue reading
What’s At The End Of The Tunnel?
Home prices in the San Francisco Bay Area remain stuck in a narrow range. The past nine months has seen the stabilization of the market in price but based on unusually low sales volume. The all-homes median price was $540,000 … Continue reading
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The Wan Year End
Wan as is pallid and sickly… or so ends the Year 2013 on the employment front. Employment in the Bay Area peaked in September and the labor force reached its zenith in July. The labor force trendline is sloping downward … Continue reading
What Gives?
Between January of 2011 and January of 2013 the Bay Area population increased by 1.9%. So, let’s say population growth is around 1% per year. You would, by inference, expect the labor force to grow by a similar percentage. Over … Continue reading
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