An article/podcast presented by The Atlantic titled “The Truth About NIMBYs” brought together several thoughts and may actually imply increasing demand for condos. Like a podcast, the points made are slowly and casually presented. If you like to read, the long article is quite worth reading. If you like quick bullet points of ideas, you […]
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Does the need for more housing that is affordable mean simply low-income housing? Projects that are being proposed focus on building small condos as the path to creating more affordable housing. That does not address what most residents want. If you look at the price growth of condos vs. houses, you will see that the
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The roughly two-year-long pronounced difference in house price growth between Santa Clara County and cities near San Francisco invites us to examine other trends. The volatility of “days on market (DOM)” makes it a trend that is harder to use when looking for changes in real estate trends. DOM is an important attribute to look
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For some time, we’ve noticed stronger home price growth in Santa Clara County than in San Mateo County. This last summer (2024), growth was even more pronounced in several South Bay cities. We’ve speculated that issues in San Francisco could contribute to the slower growth in San Mateo County. Recently, the San Jose Mercury published
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On May 1, 2024 Federal Reserve officials judged that inflation had not cooled enough to reduce key interest rates. “… expectations for the timing of the first rate cut – which had been concentrated around June in the March surveys – shifted out significantly and became more diffuse.” “Participants observed that while inflation had eased
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