November California Jobs Report

Wage Growth Is Outpacing Home Price Growth in Major Bay Area Job Centers

• Wages are growing faster than home prices on an annual basis in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties.

Although major California housing markets remain far less affordable than the U.S. average, incomes are finally growing faster than housing prices in the Bay Area’s biggest job markets. Read full analysis @bethanywpatten



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San Francisco: America’s Best City for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s resolutions are easy to set but not always so easy to keep, but if you live in San Francisco, you stand a better shot than you do anywhere else in the country.


San Franciscans are also adept at keeping their health-related resolutions, ranking third in the country in that respect and among the top five cities with the lowest percentage of obese adults. And while San Francisco places much lower in the overall finance-resolutions category, residents have the third-highest median credit scores in the country. Read more @bethanywpatten




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The Best Restaurants around Union Square for the Holidays

As the holiday shopping frenzy approaches peak levels, here are our dining picks if you’re planning to brave the crowds in and around Union Square.


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Need money for a down payment on a house? There’s an app for that

Saving for a down payment is one of the biggest impediments to homeownership, and while some lenders will extend a mortgage with a down payment as low as three percent, many low-income renters simply don’t have the means to come up with thousands of dollars to put down on a mortgage.


HomeFundIt combines crowdfunding and a new cash-back shopping program to help you raise money for a down payment. Read more on the @bethanywpatten




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What Are Silicon Valley’s Highest-Paying and Most In-Demand Tech Jobs?

For the second year in a row, Apple is Silicon Valley’s most active hirer of tech talent in 2018, with jobs at the firm accounting for 4.2 percent of all postings in the industry.


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Bay Area Housing Inventory Again Posted a Solid Increase in November

• Most of the inventory increases and price reductions were in areas that lack access to employment centers and transit corridors.
• Inventory jumped by 27 percent year over year in November, with homes priced below $1 million up by 27 percent, homes priced between $1 million and $2 million up by 39 percent, and homes priced above $2 million up by 9 percent.
• Buyers of affordable homes responded the most to changing market dynamics. Price reductions increased by 16 percentage points, from 16 percent last year to 32 percent this year, mostly for homes priced below $1 million in Santa Clara and Sonoma counties.

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Compass November 2018 Bay Area Market Analysis

Check out this short animation, which offers highlights from an in-depth report on November Bay Area housing market activity. Read the full analysis @bethanywpatten



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Compass’ November 2018 Real Estate Update

SAN FRANCISCO — SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES

The inventory of single-family homes in San Francisco improved from the previous November, rising by 12.9 percent. The median sales price ended the month at $1,442,500, down by 3.5 percent year over year and the lowest since January.

Click the image to the right to see these and other San Francisco single-family home market statistics for November.

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SAN FRANCISCO — CONDOMINIUMS

As with single-family homes, San Francisco condominium prices relaxed on an annual basis, falling by 4.2 percent to $1,200,000. Units sold in an average of 36 days, similar to the pace of sales recorded at the same time last year.

Click the image to the right to see these and other San Francisco condominium market statistics for November.

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Wine Country Housing Markets: One Year After the Wildfires

Check out this short animation, which offers highlights from an in-depth report on Wine Country housing market activity a year after the wildfires. To read the full analysis @bethanywpatten



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San Francisco Real Estate and Local Events Newsletter

Your Weekend Getaway Guide and Your Real Estate Update. Read it @bethanywpatten

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