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Second-Quarter Home Prices Rise in 9 of 10 U.S. Metro Areas

lisasheppard | August 27, 2015

A limited number of homes for sale fueled prices across the country in the second quarter, with more than 90 percent of metro areas posting annual gains. San Jose and San Francisco were the nation's two priciest housing markets, where homes...

Pacific Union’s July 2015 Real Estate Update

lisasheppard | August 19, 2015

SONOMA COUNTY At $545,000, the July median sales price in Sonoma County was essentially unchanged from the previous two months, dropping a mere $500 from June. The MSI shrank to 1.6, which ties one-year lows recorded last December. Th...

Homebuyers Paying Less in Closing Costs in 2015

lisasheppard | August 17, 2015

Good news for home buyers: Average closing costs have dropped 7.1 percent over the past year, according to a nationwide survey. In California, closing costs fall slightly below the national average. To read more, Click Here.

Real Estate Roundup: Returns on Home Flipping Down in Expensive Markets

lisasheppard | August 14, 2015

Recent items of interest to home buyers, home sellers, and the home-curious includes news that even as home-flipping returns rose across the U.S. in the second quarter, they were weakening in expensive places like San Francisco. Also, Chine...

3 Factors Contributing to Bay Area Home Sales Declines

lisasheppard | August 3, 2015

The number of single-family home sales was down in the first half of 2015 compared with the first half of 2013 across the Bay Area. Find out what factors are causing sales volume to drop. To read more, Click Here.

California Job Growth Outpaces National Rate Since Recession’s End

lisasheppard | July 30, 2015

California's economy is firing on all cylinders, with job gains and the gross state product (GSP) both growing faster than the national rates. In fact, the state's prosperity may soon lead it past Brazil on the rankings of the world's large...

Pacific Union Quarterly Report: Q2 2015

lisasheppard | July 24, 2015

SONOMA COUNTY After a slow first quarter, home sales picked up in Pacific Union’s Sonoma County region during the second quarter. The number of available homes rose above first-quarter levels but still lagged behind totals recorded one yea...

Real Estate Roundup: U.S Foreclosures Drop to Decade Low

lisasheppard | July 23, 2015

Recent news of interest to home buyers, home sellers, and the home-curious: U.S. and California foreclosure starts have reached precession lows, Google's stock price has climbed to a record high, and mega-basements are all the rage in Silic...

Real Estate Roundup: Bay Area Buyers Willing to Pay Large Premiums for the Right Neighborhood

lisasheppard | July 16, 2015

Recent news of interest to home buyers, home sellers, and the home-curious includes a report that most Bay Area residents are willing to pay nearly 25 percent extra to live in the best neighborhoods. Also, the five least affordable real est...

Golden State Real Estate Markets Stay Sizzling in June

lisasheppard | July 14, 2015

Demand for homes in California showed no sign of cooling as summer officially began, with three Bay Area cities named among the nation's five most booming real estate markets. To read more, Click Here.

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