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Looking Back at 2009: Condos/TICs

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Misha

Pretty much everything I said about how single family homes fared in 2009 also applies to the condo/TIC market.   (TIC’s, aka Tenancy In Commons are similar to condos.  For more information on TICs, see my three-part series starting here.) Condo/TICs … Continue reading →

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The View From Space: 2010

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Misha

The View from Space – 2010 Ken Rosen is a smart guy.  He’s the co-chair of the Fisher Center of Real Estate and Urban Economics at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and the investment adviser of choice … Continue reading →

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Noe Valley Goes Down

Posted on May 5, 2009 by Misha

Noe Valley’s been my home since 1991 so I’ll admit that I track it with more attention than other neighborhoods.  For quite a few years now it’s also had a reputation for maintaining home values even as the rest of … Continue reading →

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Are San Francisco Home Values Rotten to the “Core”?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Misha

Not long ago I did a guest post at The Front Steps in which I showed that city-wide home prices had fallen back to November 2003 levels. Here’s the chart. That prompted some discussion about whether the results would be … Continue reading →

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SF Home Prices at 2003 Levels

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Misha

Sorry, folks, but it’s that bad — or good, depending on your perspective. I tracked average and median prices going back to 2000 for the ten combined MLS districts that comprise the San Francisco Multiple Listing Service — the big … Continue reading →

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January Data Sings the Blues

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Misha

Here’s the latest sales data broken down by MLS District.  Full reports are available here under the Market Trends Tab and are well worth a look. Median and Average prices are down substantially year over year for single family homes … Continue reading →

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DOM Roll Please

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Misha

A couple of posts ago, we dispensed with Absorption Rate as a good barometer of the market since there appeared to be no correlation between how much inventory was available in relation to sales rates and where median prices were … Continue reading →

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