News
July 17, 2022
Selected Macroeconomic Factors & Indicators Pertinent to the Bay Area Real Estate Markets
Interest rates, financial markets, inflation, housing affordability, consumer confidence, employment, population change, mortgage debt, and other factors and indicators.
July 15, 2022
Marin County Real Estate Report - July 2022
The impact of this year's severe economic headwinds - soaring inflation and interest rates, stock market declines, fears of recession - on Bay Area area real estate markets are speeding up.
May 24, 2022
Marin County Real Estate Report - Market Dynamics by City, Town & Region
May 22, 2022
Marin County Real Estate Report - May 2022
Amid Dramatic Home-Price Gain New Peaks, Preliminary Signs of Market Shifting Cooler
April 7, 2022
Marin County Real Estate Report: April 2022 - Part I
Soaring Interest Rates & Housing Costs; Continuing Strong Demand, Low Inventory of Listings & High Market Velocity
March 14, 2022
Mortgage Interest Rate Trends, 2016 – Present
Per Freddie Mac (FHLMC),on March 10, 2022, the weekly, average, 30-year interest rate was 3.85%, up from 3.11% on 12/30/21 (with small fluctuations in recent weeks). The low of 2.65% occurred in January 2021. In November 2018, the rate was 4.94%.
March 14, 2022
San Francisco Bay Area Luxury Home Market
Driven by both pandemic-related issues, and surging household wealth among the affluent, Bay Area luxury home sales rose dramatically in the second half of 2020, and then skyrocketed in 2021. This report focuses on sales and values by county, broad Bay Area trends in supply and demand, the effects of seasonality on activity, and a few macroeconomic snapshots. Spring is typically the biggest selling season – or spring/summer in counties with large second-home markets (Napa, Sonoma, Monterey, Santa Cruz). Currently, the usual, early-spring acceleration is well under way in new listings coming on market and the number of homes going into contract.
February 3, 2022
Marin County Real Estate Report - February 2022: Part I
In the Bay Area, real estate market indicators remain very strong: demand for homes still very high, inventory extremely low.
February 3, 2022
Marin County Real Estate Report - February 2022: Part II
As of 2/3/22, mortgage rates have risen 14% in 2022, putting them 34% above the low 1 year ago.