Tag Archives: San Francisco

Revised Absorption Chart, but the results are the same, only worse

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Misha

Thanks, Jean-Claude for making me take a second look at my methodology on my Absorption Chart.  I had anticipated your point about the lag between listing dates and sales but had unfortunately gotten the formula backwards in my chart — … Continue reading →

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Maybe it’s time to buy that first house….

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Misha

That’s what New York Times journalist Ron Lieber discusses in Saturday’s Business Section.  You can find a copy of the article here.  Of course, nobody really knows where the real estate market is headed but Lieber suggests that now could … Continue reading →

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Horror Headline (just in time for Halloween): SF home prices down 24.8%!!!

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Misha

Yup, that’s right folks.  According to the well-known and well-respected Case-Shiller Index published by Standard and Poor’s, San Francisco home prices in July 2008 were down a whopping 24.8% from a year previous.  How can this be, when you read … Continue reading →

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What on earth does this chart mean? (Click to make it bigger)

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Misha

I was wondering how prices in various MLS Districts in San Francisco were doing relative to each other and to San Francisco as a whole so I graphed the monthly median prices of single family homes in all but the … Continue reading →

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