While we wait for the autumn selling season to begin in September, this report will take a look at Marin and Bay Area market trends from a variety of angles, starting with home prices. Paragon & Compass Merge We are pleased to announce that Paragon Real Estate has joined forces with Compass in order to …
Before diving into prices and trends in individual city markets in this month’s report, these four charts are overviews for Marin County market. In April 2018, the median house sales price hit a new peak price, slightly above the previous high achieved in May of 2017. Since median home sales prices often hit their annual …
So far in 2018, the market seems to have mostly brushed aside concerns about increasing home prices, rising interest rates, stock market volatility and new federal tax law changes. It is still too early to come to definitive conclusions about where the year is going, but right now, in most market segments, buyer demand remains …
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Another strong year in real estate, with continued median home price appreciation in Marin, and indeed throughout the Bay Area. Additional chart: Bay Area Median Home Price Trends by County The chart below, based on CoreLogic S&P Case-Shiller Index data, tracks general price appreciation trends of house in the upper third of prices in the …
While waiting for final data on the feverish 2017 real estate market to arrive, we thought to step back from homes and, instead, look at the people who live in them. Compiled solely for your entertainment and, perhaps, mild edification. Depending on data source, these analyses pertain to either Marin County alone, or to a multi-county …
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2017 has been a high demand, low supply market in Marin and throughout the Bay Area, with median sales price increases pretty much across the board. As mentioned in earlier reports, the greatest pressure of buyer demand has generally been focused on the more affordable market segments, as defined within each overall county market. The …
Before talking about real estate, which does not seem very important in light of the terrible fires in the wine country, here are a number of ways to help, if you wish to do so. It is not a complete list. Donate to Red Cross Airbnb Open Homes Program Napa County Disaster Relief Go Fund …
After the usual late summer slowdown, the typically very active autumn selling season is relatively short, running from mid-September until mid-November, when activity begins to plunge for the mid-winter holidays. The coming two months will be the next major indicator: Will the Marin homes market continue to maintain the intense high-demand, low-supply heat of this …
After another feverish spring market, the Marin County median house price hit a new quarterly peak in Q2 2017, $82,000 above the high hit in Q2 2016. This dynamic was prevalent around the Bay Area. And as illustrated in the chart below, luxury home sales also hit a new peak, rising 17% above the number …
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This chart below compares median house sales prices since 2012 for March through May sales, year-over-year, for Marin, San Francisco and Sonoma Counties. Marin median prices are illustrated by the dark gray columns. Like Marin, most Bay Area Counties hit new peaks in median sales prices this spring, often by significant margins. Year-over-Year 3-Month Median Sales …
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