Posts Tagged ‘total transactions’

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How dead was 2008?

January 5, 2009

Welcome to 2009 everybody!  A new, fresh year lies ahead and we are excited to get started.  Now that 2008 is officially over, we’ll be able to look back at year-end numbers and compare it to years past.  We’ll also look forward at what could be in store, but first, just how dead was 2008?

The 2008 Real Estate Market

The 2008 Real Estate Market

We found out by tallying up all real estate transactions in San Francisco for the year.  These include sales of single family homes, TICs, condominiums, lofts, stock cooperatives, 2-4 unit buildings, 5+ unit buildings, empty lots and acreage.  To find out just how slow 2008 was, we compared the total number to that of the previous 13 years.  Here’s a look at the chart: Read the rest of this entry ?

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Got Cash?

December 19, 2008

Because San Francisco is home to many wealthy people and attracts investors, real estate transactions paid for with all cash are more common here than in say, Wichita, Kansas.  But just how common are they?  And better yet, what sort of trends have all cash transactions seen over time in the City?

How many people are paying all cash these days?

How many people are paying all cash these days?

We queried the MLS for the answers to these questions, and the results were very interesting.  First, we limited the search to the city of San Francisco only (no outlying areas), and tallied up the number of all-cash transactions occurring from January 1, 2008 through December 18, 2008.  We included single family homes, condominiums, tic’s, lofts, and stock cooperatives in our query.  Next, we ran this same query for each year back to 1995 between the exact same dates.  We then compared the total cash transactions of each year to the total number of ALL transactions during that same period of time to give us the percentage of transactions paid for with all cash.  All figures are per the MLS.

Here’s the chart: Read the rest of this entry ?

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