2024 Housing Market Recap and 2025 Outlook
Looking back, 2024 was certainly an improvement over 2023. As the chart shows, both total sales and selling prices for single family homes increased in 2024....
Author: Margaret Barton
Winter HVAC Tips
I know we’re in October and experiencing a heat wave, yet it’s not too early to plan for winter and cooler weather. I was talking...
Snapshot of the Bay Area Real Estate Market
Working with a new buyer is always rewarding, it's part educating them and part going on a treasure hunt together, the reward being their new home!...
Bay Area Home prices rising since year 2000
As you all know by now, I enjoy looking up real estate data, so I thought I'd look up how much houses have appreciated since the year 2,000...
Areas Average DOM Sold
Unlike other cities on the Peninsula, parts of San Jose are still affordable. While West San Jose (with it’s excellent schools), Almaden Valley (visualize larger lots, views, and cleaner air), and...
Real Estate Trends: Los Altos Leads with High Prices, Santa Clara Surges
Once again Los Altos, at $4,413,101, is the highest average sale price for houses in the 10 cities I track...
San Jose Area Real Estate Breakdown
San Jose is such a big city that it's not fair to compare it to other cities that make up the Peninsula,...
1st Quarter Trends 2023 Compared to 2024 – Condos and Townhomes
Last week I posted information on how houses have appreciated year-to-date in the cities I track, this week I thought I'd do the same for condos and...
1st Quarter Trends – 2023 Compared to 2024
With the year's first quarter behind us, I thought I'd do a comparison with year-to-date 2024, and same time 2023...
Increasing number of retirees are looking for properties in Nevada
More than 338,000 Americans moved to retire in 2023, an increase of 44% compared to 2022 California has the highest share of retirees moving to...