The San Francisco Real Estate Market Begins To Bounce Back…Slowly

Market activity begins to tick up after severe shelter-in-place plunge. Median home sales prices are up. Interest rates hit new low.

Shelter-in-place caused steep drops in activity across the board in what is typically the busiest selling season of the year. However, though still far below normal levels, activity has been picking up since bottoming out in late March/early April, and will presumably continue to do so with the easing of both shelter-in-place and property-showing rules.

So far, home prices have increased, but a fair proportion of the sales behind April median sales prices still reflects offers accepted prior to shelter in place. Interest rates hit a new historic low in the last week of April.

Week by Week Supply & Demand Trends

The only way to clearly perceive the recent changes in the market – sudden plunge and the beginning of recovery – is by looking at WEEKLY trends in buyer and seller activity. These are illustrated in this first chart below.

Year-over-Year Monthly Activity Comparisons

Attractive Interest Rates Persist

Per Freddie Mac, on April 30, 2020, the weekly average 30-year interest rate was 3.23%, an all-time low. In November 2018, the rate hit 4.94%. In 2007, the average was 6.3%.

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