Monthly Archives: November 2017

Pending home sales declined across the state in September, but they  tumbled in the Bay Area as the region’s super-tight home supply and climbing prices apparently proved a turnoff to some potential buyers. Down 2.6 percent statewide from a year … Continue reading →

BERKELEY — As Bay Area residents and others flock to Sacramento to escape the housing crisis, low-income renters in the capital find themselves on shaky ground. In its first-ever analysis of gentrification in the city, UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project found that … Continue reading →

A $216,181 household income is required to buy a median-priced house in the San Jose metro area, while $171,330 is needed to buy a typical home in the San Francisco metro, according to a new report from the HSH.com mortgage … Continue reading →

Here’s one more dubious distinction for San Jose and San Francisco: The two metro areas are the runaway national leaders in the amount of household income needed to buy a house. According to a study from the HSH.com mortgage information website, a $216,181 … Continue reading →

The number of homes for sale statewide — and particularly in the Bay Area — remains stubbornly low, according to a new report from the California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) In October, all nine Bay Area counties saw double-digit declines … Continue reading →