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San Francisco Bay Area home prices set to surpass pre-crash record highs
San Francisco Bay Area home prices are a few months away from not only returning to pre-crash levels, but zooming into uncharted price territory, if current market conditions continue in the immediate future.
Silicon Valley real estate listings nearly double, inventories remain low
Encouraged by rising home prices, more sellers are coming to market in Santa Clara County. Santa Clara County has seen its active inventory almost double in the first four
South SF Bay Area market remains short on supply; sales mixed, prices rising
"For sellers, stick with the comparables and don"t be overzealous in pricing your property. For buyers, get yourself pre-approved for a mortgage before you start looking and be
Gen Yers buying homes sooner than expected in Silicon Valley
Generation Y or Gen Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, is poised to be the next big demographic to enter the housing market. Gen Y elders are already
Silicon Valley nonprofit buys, rehabs homes for first-time, moderate-income home buyers
NHSSV - Allen and Erin Johnson were more than a little discouraged in their attempts to buy a home. Time after time, they would make an offer on
SF Bay Area home sales droop with tight supply; median price off the hook, up 24.6%
"The last time the number of homes sold exceeded the historical average for a given month was back in 2006." DATAQUICK - San Francisco Bay Area home sales eased
South SF Bay Area’s low housing supply stifles sales, inflates bubble fears
The South San Francisco Bay Area's tumbling supply of homes for sale is causing prices to skyrocket, sales to crash and some market watchers to, well, see bubble. With
Silicon Valley enjoys increased home sales, price boosts; suffers low inventories, multiple-offer competition
Demand for homes in Silicon Valley's low-inventory housing market, along with easier credit is generating extreme dot-com-boom-like bidding wars. Santa Clara County (Silicon Valley), home to 1.8 million people,
South SF Bay Area hand wringing in the New Year over low inventories, as prices boom
The median home sale price continues to grow by double-digits in the South San Francisco Bay Area, but with such a shortage of inventory and fewer new listings,
Real estate agents to complete free household chores for seniors
SILICON VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS -- For senior homeowners or renters who are physically or financially challenged, tasks like replacing smoke detector batteries, flipping a mattress or washing
High home prices in towns producing Super Bowl teams
There's a strong correlation between high home prices and towns that produce Super Bowl teams. RealEstate.com says among the 10 National Football League (NFL) teams that have appeared in
SF Bay Area leading California’s accelerating housing recovery
They don't call them the Golden State and the Golden Gate for nothing. California is often the mother lode in any national housing recovery and the San Francisco
FitchRatings: Home prices overvalued by 10%
There's growing caution in the optimism about the real estate recovery and rising home prices. A second report reveals home prices aren't what they appear to be. Global ratings
Silicon Valley doubles down on small spaces as market posts gains in condo sector
MLSLISTINGS, INC. - Four years after the crash, housing's "new normal" is anything but. With double-digit price increases and multiple competing offers the talk of the Bay Area
Home price increases mask true, smaller home value increases
Today's home price increases often don't reflect true increases in home values. In fact, today's home price increases may be well off real home value increases in some metropolitan
Silicon Valley home prices reach 5-year high
SANTA CLARA COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS – The Santa Clara County housing market's year-long recovery yielded an average sales price that's as high as it's been since November
South SF Bay Area market thrusts full throttle into recovery
Limited inventories, tight mortgage money and rising prices aren't shutting down the recovery in the South San Francisco Bay area housing market. Prices are soaring as homes sell like
SF Bay Area home prices highest since 2008; sales highest November since 2006
San Francisco Bay Area home prices soared 20 percent in the past year ending in November. Sales were up 15.5 percent, according to San Diego-based DataQuick. The median price
Reason to give thanks: Many Silicon Valley home values have returned to 2005 levels
The wait for the return to "pre-recession home prices" is over in some Silicon Valley neighborhoods. Happy Thanksgiving. However, that pre-recession price has yet to wipe out equity losses homeowners
Infographic: What do new home buyers want?
Quality construction, neighborhood safety and floor plans they can live with are the three most important features buyers want in a newly built home, according to Builder Homesite’s
