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Blog Posts Archive
SF Overrun by Godless Gladiators
The Return of Normal Seasonality for Home Price Appreciation
RATES AND GRAINS OF SALT
The Fall in Home Prices May Already Be over
What Experts Project for Home Prices Over the Next 5 Years
EVERYBODY GOT HOME PRICES WRONG THIS YEAR
MARKET WATCH SEPTEMBER 2023 - WHEN ARE INTEREST RATES FALLING?
REASONS YOU STILL MAY WANT TO SELL
HOMEBUYERS ARE STILL MORE ACTIVE THAN NORMAL YEARS
HUNT FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES SPURS BUILDER ACTION
ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGES ARE BACK
THE MYTH OF THE MEDIAN PRICE
MORE JOBS AND BETTER PAY LEAD TO MORE BUYER DEMAND
MORTGAGE RATES OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR
WHY YOU DON' T NEED TO FEAR THE RETURN OF ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGES
PEOPLE WANT LESS EXPENSIVE HOMES - AND BUILDERS ARE RESPONDING
BUY NOW OR BUY LATER (AND I SUPPOSE SELL AS WELL)
FED LIKELY DONE RAISING RATES
INFLATION CONTINUES TO SUBSIDE
Where are Mortgage Rates Headed?
US house prices to jump nearly 6% this year: award-winning forecaster
Foreclosure Numbers Today Aren’t Like 2008
Home Prices Begin the Rebound
Home Prices are Rebounding
Explaining Today's Mortgage Rates
Mortgage Rates Won't Go Back Down to 3% in My Lifetime
More Good Inflation News
Going Up
Index for Bay Area Home Values Ticks Up Erasing Part of the YOY 11% Drop
Why the Median Price is Meaningless
Are Home Prices Going Up or Down? That Depends…
What it Means When Market Indicators are Moving in Random & Unpredictable Ways
This Kind of Stuff Makes it All Worth It
The Main Reason Mortgage Rates are So High
Check Home Insurance Before You Buy
Keys to Success for First-Time Homebuyers
THE UNICORNS HAVE ALL GALLOPED OFF
Bay Area Residents Pay Highest Premium to Own vs Rent
THE WORST HOME PRICE DECLINES ARE BEHIND US
30 SECONDS: INFLATION TO HIT 3.5% IN A FEW MONTHS
The Best Time To Sell Your House Is When Others Aren’t Selling
INFLATION CONTINUES DECLINE
30 SECONDS ON FED RATE RISES MEANINGLESS
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A HOUSING SHORTAGE
Sweden to Create First EV-Charging Highway
Parrots Learn to Call Each Other on iPads
PROFIT DRIVEN INFLATION
CEO PAY
INFLATION RECEDES
The Last of the Rate Rises - Market Watch May 2023
We Buy Ugly Damaged Houses
INFLATION DROPS AGAIN
DREAM FOR ALL PROGRAM PAUSED
BUY NOW OR WAIT
THE STATS APRIL 2023
CALHFA DREAM FOR ALL PROGRAM - 20% DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE
Why Aren't Home Prices Crashing
Get Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here
Sea Bowl to Close in Pacifica After 60 Years
FED FUNDS RATE HIKES NEARLY OVER
PRICES DOWN, 3.75% LOANS STILL AVAILABLE - WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
NO CRASHING, ALTHOUGH THERE IS A DISCOUNT
MORTGAGE APPLICATIONS TICK UP 9%
AVERAGE MORTGAGE RATE TICKS DOWN
THE FRIDAY 230310
Sausalito's Housing Plan Includes Building Homes on Lots Underwater
Fed Funds Increases May Be Bigger and Go Higher
Home Listings Increase Across the US
Pending Home Sales Rise
Home Builder Confidence Index Moves Up
The Two Big Issues the Housing Market’s Facing Right Now
THE TRAIN TO TAHOE/SUGAR BOWL
NUMBER OF HOME LISTINGS TO GO UP
INDEX FOR BAY AREA HOMES HAS DROPPED OVER 14%, DOWN YOY
SELLERS ENTER THE MARKET
Inflation Falling Rapidly
Experts Forecast a Turnaround in the Housing Market in 2023
Bay Area Population Revised Downward
iBuyer Companies Head for the Exits
Gas Furnaces and Water Heaters to be Outlawed
SF Supervisor Proposes to Streamline Single Family Homes Conversion to Multi-Family Homes
THE FRIDAY 1/13/23
Mortgage Rates Decline Again
Maximum Seller Concessions & Rate Buydowns
Save $84,000 on a Home Purchase. Seriously. $84k.
2023 Home and Design Trends to Watch
Annual Mortgage Delinquency Rate Falls for 19th Straight Month in October
If You Paused Buying Due to Competition....
AMAZON AIR DRONE DELIVERY STARTS SERVICE
WARFIELD OFFICES MAY BECOME HOUSING
LAND BRIDGE IN BERING SEA FORMED LATER THAN THOUGHT
CASE SHILLER HOME INDEX TICKS DOWN IN SF METRO
MORTGAGE RATES TICK DOWN AGAIN, DESPITE FED ACTION
THE PARTY IS OVER
They Had Me at Indoor Ice Hockey....
SF SQUARE FOOT PRICES DIP
SF FORECAST TO DECLINE BY 3.6% IN 2023
What Does Months of Inventory Mean
INFLATION CONTINUES TO EASE
YOUR HOME VALUE: PREDICTIONS 2023
WHOLESALE PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL
SPREAD DICTATES MORTGAGE RATES TO CONTINUE TO FALL
MORTGAGE RATES DOWN FOR FOURTH WEEK
FOR BLACK FAMILIES - SOMETIMES THE NUMBERS JUST DON'T ADD UP
PRICE PER FOOT INCREASE/DECLINE SINCE 2021 BY COUNTY
Existing Home Sales and Median Price Continue to Drop
2023 Home Price Predictions
Why Inflation Has Lasted So Long
Recessions and interest rates
AVERAGE SQUARE FOOT PRICE CHARTS - BAY AREA
Builder's Remedy to Increase Statewide Construction
MORTGAGE RATES SET TO FALL
3 TRENDS THAT ARE GOOD NEWS FOR BUYERS
THE MONDAY DEEP DIVE
The Friday
What Happens to Housing When There's a Recession
THE MARKET IS NOT CRASHING...YET
Should You Still Buy a Home with the Latest News About Inflation?
Should You Rent or Buy Now?
CORE-LOGIC APPRECIATION ESTIMATES THIS YEAR
EXPERT FORECASTS ON MORTGAGE RATES
THE MARKET SHIFTS FOR BUYERS
PRICE YOUR HOME RIGHT
IT'S NOT A BUBBLE
HOME EQUITY FUELS YOUR NEXT HOME
Home Price Deceleration Doesn’t Mean Home Price Depreciation
HOME APPRECIATION OUTPACES INFLATION
2022 Sales Volume Crashes - No I Mean Goes Back to Normal
Is the Housing Market Correcting?
Why the Growing Number of Homes for Sale Is Good for Your Move Up
Home Prices Forecast 2022
MARKET WATCH JUNE 2022
Work From Home Responsible for Home Price Appreciation
Not a Bubble
With Higher Interest Rates - Now is the Time to Buy - WHAAAATTT???!!!!
Things That Could Help You Win a Bidding War on a Home
How To Approach Rising Mortgage Rates as a Buyer
What’s Happening with Mortgage Rates, and Where Will They Go from Here?
Good News and Bad News for the Castro
I've Never Been Asked This
Waiting for Interest and Prices to Decline
Listed Inventory Levels in SF Tick Up, Nearing a 10-year High
Down Payment Assistance Programs Can Help You Achieve Homeownership
Millennials: Do You Need a Home with More Space?
4 Simple Graphs Showing Why This Is Not a Housing Bubble
Permits for Major NoPa Development Close to Being Secured
How to Win as a Buyer in a Seller's Market
Millions of Americans Have Discovered the Benefits of Multigenerational Households
The Top Indicator if You Want To Know Where Mortgage Rates Are Heading
One-third of Houses For Sale are New Construction, An All-Time High
Index for Bay Area House Value Decelerates
Why Inflation Shouldn’t Stop You from Buying a Home in 2022
There Won’t Be a Wave of Foreclosures in the Housing Market
Expert Insights on the Real Estate Market for 2022
US home prices surge 18.4% in October
The Perks of Putting 20% Down on a Home
Unknown Lenders Make Your Offer Hit the Trash
Homebuyers Be Ready to Act
SF Tenants Win Millions Over Bogus Evictions
Fed Decision: Officials Project Three Interest Rate Rises in 2022 and Accelerate Stimulus Wind Down
Where the housing market is going in 2022 as told by 7 leading forecast models
Why It Just Became Much Easier To Buy a Home
If the Current Real Estate Market was an Apple
Top 5 Remodeling Projects to Boost Resale Value
Home Is Where the Heart Is More than Ever This Year
Don’t Believe Everything You Read: The Truth Many Headlines Overlook
Mortgage Loan Application Volume Drops
Experts Project Mortgage Rates Will Continue To Rise in 2022
Does Everything Go for Over the Asking Price
The iBuyer Game
Your Home Equity is Growing
Build, Buy, or Sell?
3.5% JUMBO LOANS
What's Causing Today's Competitive Real Estate Market
The Main Key to Understanding the Rise in Mortgage Rates
Two Reasons Why Waiting a Year Could Cost You
Is a 20% Down Payment Really Necessary To Purchase a Home?
Number of Homes for Sale Continues to Grow
Is the Number of Homes for Sale Finally Growing?
The Truth About Today’s Buyer Demand
Home Price Appreciation Is Skyrocketing in 2021. What About 2022?
5 Reasons Today’s Housing Market Is Anything but Normal
Stopping and Staring
248,000 Jobs to Go
El Rey Theater to be Restored
Real Estate: It's Still a Lack of Supply, Not a Lack of Demand
Index for Bay Are House Values Up 18.2%
$475,000 Tenant Buyout in SF
Employment in Bay Area Still 300k Short
Not About Real Estate - Great Dogs are Better Than People
Buyers: It's All So Overwhelming
Today's Market
A Look at Home Price Appreciation Through 2025
Are We in a Housing Bubble
What Do Experts See on the Horizon for the Second Half of the Year?
What to Expect as Appraisal Gaps Grow
5 Things Homebuyers Need to Know When Making an Offer
Why This is Not Like 2008 Again
Experts Say Home Prices Will Continue to Appreciate
Are Interest Rates Expected to Rise Over the Next Year?
Is Home Price Appreciation Accelerating Again?
How Much Time Do You Need to Save for a Down Payment
10 Questions Everyone Selling a Home Should be Asking
Top 4 Reasons to Own a Home
There's No Reason to Panic Over Today's Lending Standards
How a Change in Mortgage Rates Affects Buying Power
To Renovate or Not to Renovate
How Smart is it to Buy a Home Today?
Home Prices: What Happened in 2020
The Reason Mortgage Rates Are Expected to Rise
Home Mortgage Rates By Decade
Will Low Mortgage Rates Continue
Do I Really Need 20% Down?
Owning a Home is Still More Affordable than Renting One
Things to Avoid After Applying for a Mortgage
Will Forbearance Plans Lead to a Tsunami of Foreclosures?
The Importance of Home Equity in Building Wealth
More Generations are Living Under One Roof
Why It's Important to Price Your Home Right Today
Turning a House into a Happy Home
Did You Outgrow Your Home in 2020?
2021 Housing Forecast
Homeowner Equity Increases an Astonishing $1 Trillion
10 Over $10m
3 Reasons to be Optimistic
5 Steps to Follow When Applying for Forebearance
Prop 19 - Keeping Your Property Tax Basis
An Honest Look at the Unemployment Numbers
Knowledge is Power on the Path to Homeownership
Winter Will Bring Flurry of Activity
Why the 2021 Forecast Doesn't Call for a Foreclosure Crisis
Two Important Aspects of Home Equity
Degeneres Sells Flip House
Why Today's Options Will Save Homeowners from Foreclosure
Should You Buy a Retirement Home Sooner
Where Are Home Values Headed over the Next 12 Months
Home Builder Confidence Hits All-Time High
Is the Economic Recovery Beating All Projections
Unemployment Rate Falls
How Will the Presidential Election Impact Real Estate
Median Prices Rise HPSI Drops
How Is Remote Work Changing Homebuyer Needs
Homeownership Rate Continues to Rise
Two Reasons We Won't See Foreclosures
Cottage Industry Booming - Parents Move to the Backyard
Is The Health Crisis Driving Buyers Our of Urban Areas
Should We Be Looking at Unemployment Numbers Differently?
What Are the Experts Saying About Home Prices
Is The Economic Recovery Already Underway?
$68 Million Starter Home
The Shocking News in the Unemployment Report
30 Year Loans at 50 Year Low
Three Things to Understand About Unemployment Statistics
Yes Virginia, There is Real Estate More Expensive than San Francisco
Home Prices It's All About Supply & Demand
Some Bay Area Rents Plunge
Elon Musk - House for Sale Cheap!
Recovery Late 2020
Why this Summer is the 2020 Real Estate Season
Experts Predict Economic Recovery
Housing Market Poised to Lead Recovery
Financial Benefit of Owning a Home
Will the Housing Market Turn Around This Year
Will Home Values Appreciate in the Wake of CoronaVirus
Unemployment Hope on the Horizon
16 in Bay Area make the cut as James Beard Award finalists
New Real Estate Rule Encourages Fair Treatment
Pocket Listings Reduced
Buying a Home Right Now
Covid 19 and Home Values
Uncertainty Abounds in the Search for Economic Recovery Timetable
Belvedere Queen Anne
Will This Economic Crisis Have a V, U, or L-Shaped Recovery?
The Pain of Unemployment: It will be deep, but not for long
SF Pending Sales Down 40%
Today's Homebuyers Want Lower Prices. Sellers Disagree
Potrero Power Station Redevelopment Headed for Final Approval
What You Can Do to Get Your House Ready to Sell
Will Surging Unemployment Crush Home Sales
Looking to the Future: What the Experts Are Saying
What You Can Do to Keep Your Dream of Homeownership Moving Forward
IT'S NOT LIKE LAST TIME...
Don't Let Frightening Headlines Scare You
Gates Notes on Corona Virus
That Discomfort You're Feeling is Grief
How Homes are Selling During Pandemic
Why the Stock Market Correction Probably Won't Impact Home Values
Economic Slowdown, Experts Predict
Recessions Are Not Housing Crises
No Foreclosure Wave
Healed Femur
Three Reasons Why...
Berkeley Classic Mid-Century
Seriously. Stay In.
This time is not like last time...
Strength of Economy Surprising
Where Have All the Houses Disappeared To?
More Affordable
Buyers in Line
The New Spring Market!
The 2020 Real Estate Projections That May Surprise You
Selling a first-time homebuyer home? Pitch to the early 30s
Will Increasing Mortgage Rates Impact Home Prices?
Common Things to Look Out for Before Buying Your Dream Home
Why You Should Consider Selling in the Winter
Is Getting a Home Mortgage Still Too Difficult?
SF does not have the highest rents in the Bay Area
SF home prices drop, still unaffordable for all
How healthy is the U.S. economy Here’s what 7 key indicators reveal.
Weekly Market Update
20 Tips for Preparing Your House for Sale This Spring
3 Reasons Why We Are Not Heading Toward Another Housing Crash
How To List Your Home for the Best Price
UNEXPECTED DIP IN MORTGAGE RATES OPENS HOMEBUYING AFFORDABILITY WINDOW
One More Time… You Do Not Need 20% Down to Buy a Home
The Cost Across Time
Is the Recent Dip in Interest Rates Here to Stay?
TIDBITS WEEK OF 1/7/19
Top Renovations to Complete Before You Sell Your House
4 Quick Reasons NOT to Fear a Housing Crash
No Bubble Here! How New Mortgage Standards Are Helping
Don't Get Caught in the Rental Trap
Buyers: Don’t Be Surprised by Closing Costs!
The Cost of Renting vs. Buying a Home
Why Has Housing Supply Increased as Sales Have Slowed Down?
Robert Redford lists St. Helena home for $7.5 million
Where are Home Values Headed over the Next Few Years?
Housing Is Still (relatively) Affordable in the United States!
20 Tips for Preparing Your House for Sale This Fall
Is the Increase in Inventory a Bullish or Bearish Sign for Real Estate?
Are We About to Enter a Buyers’ Market?
2 Factors to Watch in Today’s Real Estate Market Whether Buying or Selling
Are Home Prices Softening or Are They Falling?
The Cost of NOT Paying PMI
THE EFFECT OF SAVING UP MORE DOWN PAYMENT
Where Are Mortgage Interest Rates Headed In 2019?
Is the Real Estate Market Finally Getting Back to Normal?
Are Homebuyers Starting to Hit the ‘Pause’ Button?
Prep Your Home for Sale
Why are Existing Home Sales Down?
Rent or Buy: Either Way You’re Paying A Mortgage!
What Does the Recent Rash of Price Reductions Mean to the Real Estate Market?
Millionaire to Millennials: Owning Your Home Can Help You Retire Sooner!
Home Buying Myths Slayed
4 Reasons Why We Are Not Heading Toward Another Housing Bubble
Existing-Home Sales Slip, but Inventory Stirs
Housing Will Not Fall Victim to Next Economic Storm
Homes More Affordable Today than 1985-2000
Buying This Summer? Be Prepared for Bidding Wars
New Prop 13 Tweak Could Save Homeowners Thousands
Tax Businesses to Ease Housing Crisis
Top 4 Home Renovations for Max ROI [INFOGRAPHIC]
Are Lending Standards Too Loose…or Too Tight?
Will Home Prices Fall as Mortgage Rates Rise?
Selling Your House on Your Own Could Cost You
Why Have Interest Rates Jumped to a 7-Year High?
How Current Interest Rates Can Have a High Impact on Your Purchasing Power
Oil Prices continue to move higher after Trump calls off Iran deal
Banks are Great at Checking Accounts. They aren't so good at loans...
What If I Wait Until Next Year to Buy a Home?
4 Reasons Why Today’s Housing Market is NOT 2006 All Over Again
How Much Has Your Home Increased in Value Over the Last Year?
Why Home Prices Are Increasing
“Short of a war or stock market crash…”
What Is Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)?
Boomerang Buyers: Most Qualify for Financing in 2-3 Years
The Cost of Renting vs. Buying Today
Be Thankful You Don’t Have to Pay Your Parents’ Interest Rate!
Freddie Mac: Rising Mortgage Rates DO NOT Lead to Falling Home Prices
The Cost of Waiting: Interest Rates Edition
The COST of Your Next Home Will Be LESS Than Your Parents’ Home Was
STATEWIDE RENT CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA
A New Housing Bubble Forming…Not Before 2024!
Home Prices: The Difference 5 Years Makes
Competition is Coming, Are You Thinking of Selling Your Home?
News Tidbits
Are Home Values Really Overinflated?
Is Now a Good Time to Rent?
Potential Growth
Mortgage Rates on FIRE! Home Prices Up in Smoke?
2 Ways to Get the Most Money from The Sale of Your Home
Should I Wait Until Next Year to Buy? Or Buy Now?
Calm Down! The Real Estate Market is NOT Falling Apart
Where Are Mortgage Interest Rates Headed in 2018?
Whether You Rent or Buy, Either Way You’re Paying a Mortgage!
Thinking of Buying at the Shipyard...wait a sec
Two Minute Tidbit January 18
Bidding Wars Abound… How Long Will They Continue?
2 Major Myths Holding Back Home Buyers
Where Did Americans Move in 2017?
61% of First-Time Buyers Put Down Less than 6%
Get ahead....by getting ahead.
The Impact of Tight Inventory on the Housing Market
712,000 Homes in the US Regained Equity in the Past 12 Months!
The Benefits of Homeownership Go Beyond the Financial
There’s More to a Bubble Than Rising Home Prices
The Future of Interest Rates
The Future of SF Housing Prices
Housing Prices are NOT Heading for Another Crash
Home Prices Up 6.54% Across the Country!
Access is an Important Factor in Getting Your House SOLD!
Bubble Alert! Is it Getting Too Easy to Get a Mortgage?
2 Charts That Show the Truth about Home Affordability
5 Reasons to Sell This Winter!
7 Reasons to List Your Home This Holiday Season
Top 4 Home Renovations for Maximum ROI
The Real Reason Home Prices are Increasing
Homeowners: Your House Must Be Sold TWICEHomeowners: Your House Must Be Sold TWICE
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