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After two dreary years for SF real estate, the market is heating up this spring. Home prices, sales volume, luxury sales, new listings, and overbidding are all on the rise. But not every listing is flying off the shelvesāprice reductions are also up. Strategically pricing and presenting your home is still key.
If you take one thing from the data, itās that San Francisco real estate is in recovery, not a frenzy in 2021. Itās easy to see big jumps in the numbers when compared to recent lows. However, these are all positive signs for a healthier market and greater mobility for both first-time buyers and sellers looking to move within the city.
Meanwhile, the CPI inflation rate ticked up to 3.5% in March, which nudged mortgage rates back above 7%. The Fed has been playing it cool since August, and while there's been a lot of speculation about rate cuts, none have materialized. With rates steady, if not falling, buyers and sellers are rolling with the punches and moving forward with their plans.
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šļø Is this affluent S.F. neighborhood downtown's new epicenter? - SF Chronicle
š Living out its final days in the Presidio, a press forges the worldās most beautiful books - SF Standard
š² Like to bike? Your knees will thank you and you may live longer, too - NPR
š£ļø California Street is a microcosm of SF's new office reality - SF Standard
šŗ Breaking: The new Olympic sport for 2024 explained - BBC
