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Trends at a Glance
(Single-family Homes)
  Aug 23 Jul 23 Aug 22
Home Sales: 137 151 183
Median Price:  $   1,575,000  $   1,450,000  $   1,600,000
Average Price:  $   1,951,150  $   1,830,962  $   1,938,756
SP/LP: 105.0% 105.2% 106.5%
Days on Market: 31 25 25
(Lofts/Townhomes/TIC)
  Aug 23 Jul 23 Aug 22
Condo Sales: 144 160 231
Median Price:  $   1,105,750  $   1,145,000  $   1,010,000
Average Price:  $   1,229,808  $   1,222,515  $   1,128,539
SP/LP: 98.6% 99.4% 100.4%
Days on Market: 59 53 51

Prices Mixed, Sales Continue to Drop

The median sales price for single-family, re-sale was up 8.6% in August from July. It was down 1.6% year-over-year.

The average sales price for single-family, re-sale homes was up 6.6% month-over-month. Year-over-year, it was up 0.6%.

Sales of single-family, re-sale homes fell 25.1% year-over-year. There were 137 homes sold in San Francisco last month. The average since 2000 is 214.

The median sales price for condos/lofts was up 9.5% year-over-year.

The average sales price was up 9% year-over-year.

Sales of condos/lofts fell 37.7% year-over-year. There were 144 condos/lofts sold last month. The average since 2000 is 230.

The sales price to list price ratio, or what buyers are paying over what sellers are asking, fell from 105.2% to 105% for homes. The ratio for condos/townhomes fell from 99.4% to 98.6%.

Average days on market, or the time from when a property is listed to when it goes into contract, was 31 for homes and 59 for condos/lofts.

Momentum Statistics

Sales momentum…
for homes fell from –42.2 to –42.4. Sales momentum for condos/lofts was down 2.5 points to –68.2.

Pricing momentum…
for single-family homes rose 1.2 points to –16.8. Pricing momentum for condos/lofts rose 1.9 points to –8.

Our momentum statistics are based on 12-month moving averages to eliminate monthly and seasonal variations.

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We calculate…

momentum by using a 12-month moving average to eliminate seasonality. By comparing this year's 12-month moving average to last year's, we get a percentage showing market momentum.  

In the chart below…

the blue area shows momentum for home sales while the red line shows momentum for pending sales of single-family, re-sale homes. The purple line shows momentum for the average price.

As you can see, pricing momentum has an inverse relationship to sales momentum.

The graph below shows the median and average prices plus unit sales for homes.

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The graph below shows the median and average prices plus unit sales for condos/lofts.

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Monthly Statistics

Complete monthly sales statistics for San Francisco are below. Monthly graphs are available for each area in the city.

August Sales Statistics
(Single-family Homes)
  Prices Unit     Yearly Change Monthly Change
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales Median Average Sales
San Francisco $1,575,000 $1,951,150 137 31 105.0% -1.6% 0.6% -25.1% 8.6% 6.6% -9.3%
D1: Northwest $2,000,000 $2,410,818 11 13 100.7% 3.5% -3.8% 10.0% 0.0% 23.6% 0.0%
D2: Central West $1,556,500 $1,640,085 34 29 109.3% -1.0% -1.7% -5.6% 4.4% 6.6% 0.0%
D3: Southwest $1,104,000 $1,207,714 7 23 110.4% -20.5% -14.7% -61.1% -12.7% -8.2% -41.7%
D4: Twin Peaks $1,700,000 $1,849,471 17 30 103.7% -9.3% -7.6% -34.6% -11.7% -12.5% -15.0%
D5: Central $2,250,000 $2,421,833 15 55 101.2% -25.6% -21.0% -44.4% -16.1% -6.0% -16.7%
D6: Central North $3,250,000 $3,225,000 4 41 102.0% 66.5% 41.4% 0.0% n/a n/a n/a
D7: North $5,250,000 $5,107,286 7 58 101.8% 56.7% 46.2% 16.7% 0.0% -22.3% 75.0%
D8: Northeast $0 $0 0 0 0.0% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
D9: Central East $1,575,000 $1,842,767 15 23 107.9% -5.1% 0.7% -11.8% 6.8% 11.4% 7.1%
D10: Southeast $1,200,600 $1,182,424 25 20 108.8% 6.7% 1.4% -39.0% 4.2% 1.4% -30.6%

 

August Sales Statistics
(Condos/TICs/Co-ops/Lofts)
  Prices Unit     Yearly Change Monthly Change
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales Median Average Sales
San Francisco $1,105,750 $1,229,808 144 59 98.6% 9.5% 9.0% -37.7% -3.4% 0.6% -10.0%
D1: Northwest $1,390,000 $1,528,125 8 25 103.7% 14.4% 22.0% -27.3% -0.7% 6.7% -11.1%
D2: Central West $687,896 $687,896 2 51 99.3% -14.5% -21.2% -33.3% n/a n/a n/a
D3: Southwest $1,465,000 $1,465,000 1 16 97.7% 14.0% 14.0% -50.0% 139.9% 139.9% -50.0%
D4: Twin Peaks $535,000 $580,689 4 38 99.1% -33.1% -27.4% 300.0% -23.8% -17.3% 100.0%
D5: Central $1,475,000 $1,388,163 25 43 100.0% 8.1% 6.1% -26.5% 18.2% 10.5% -10.7%
D6: Central North $1,300,000 $1,217,038 17 50 100.0% 14.8% 2.4% -50.0% 36.8% 24.1% 0.0%
D7: North $1,400,000 $1,817,333 12 54 96.7% 16.7% 35.4% -47.8% -11.4% 3.8% -33.3%
D8: Northeast $1,032,500 $1,106,391 24 66 99.6% 22.9% 11.3% -38.5% -13.8% -16.0% -33.3%
D9: Central East $850,444 $1,131,305 46 75 96.2% -8.6% 3.0% -33.3% -6.0% 8.9% 0.0%
D10: Southeast $818,000 $781,724 5 79 99.2% 31.9% 13.6% -54.5% 7.7% 2.9% 150.0%

The Unofficial End?

Sep 1, 2023 -- Just as Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer, Labor Day is its unofficial end. Technically, summer doesn't start for about three weeks after the last Monday in May and doesn't end until about three weeks until after the first Monday in September, but regardless of hard dates or definitions, it's generally agreed that the end is somewhere around now.

After investor concerns and disagreements over the summer as to whether the Federal Reserve is or isn't done raising interest rates, the most recent sets of inflation and labor market data are starting to suggest that we may be at least at an unofficial end of rate hikes. Now, that's not to say that interest rates will soon be lowered, or that there's a zero chance of another quarter-point hike yet to come. Even in September, it's not uncommon to have a heat wave as the season shifts, but no one would suggest that the inevitable end of summer was somehow suspended. In the same way, we may yet see less favorable readings on inflation or an unexpected bump in hiring, but it's starting to feel as though a slowing trend for the economy may be sufficient to see the Fed turn to a more sustained pause.

Outlays for construction projects expanded smartly in July, rising 0.7%. With housing starts powering higher, spending on residential projects rose by 1.4% for the period, a third consecutive solid gain. This was joined by a 0.5% increase in spending on non-residential projects, rebounding after a like-sized decline in June, but not by public-works projects, which retreated by 0.4%, the first decline in government-backed spending since May 2022. With plenty of infrastructure repairs and improvements needed, the dip in spending for this segment is probably just a one-time downward blip.

We know that new residential construction has been supported by a lack of houses available to buy in the existing home market. That perhaps makes it a little surprising that the Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors managed a positive mark for July, rising by 0.9%, a second consecutive monthly increase. That said, the PHSI is still 14% below year-ago levels. although that's a bit better than it was in June. If they make it to closing, this measure of contracts signed to purchase should provide a little support for existing home sales for August or perhaps September, but conditions for buyers certainly didn't improve much in August, what with mortgage rates kicking to 22-year highs. Such an increase in cost likely means that somewhat more buyers had no choice buy to rescind offers as affordability declined further during the month.

Despite rates at multi-decade highs, at least some folks came out to seek mortgage credit. In the week ending August 25, applications for mortgages rose by 2.3%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Requests for funds to buy homes rose by 2%; those to refinance existing loans rose by 2.5%. Of course, with market activity very subdued overall, it doesn't take much to move the needle by percentage points, as relatively few additional applications can have an outsized impact. Still, it's good to see that consumers can and will respond despite high-rate conditions.