Real Estate Roundup: The Nation’s Hottest Housing Markets Move Eastward

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. BAY AREA FALLS OFF LIST OF HOTTEST HOUSING MARKETS Bay Area housing markets dropped even further on realtor.com’s list of the nation’s hottest real estate markets in June, marking the first time a California metropolitan area was not among the top five markets in six years. The San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area...

Bay Area High on List of Best Beach Towns, Led by … Mill Valley!

Quick: Name the best, most livable oceanfront beach town in California. If you picked Mill Valley, you would  be correct, according to the number-crunchers at the personal finance website WalletHub, who count Marin County’s Mill Valley as the fourth most livable beach town in all the United States — and No. 1 in California. Wait a minute, we hear you protest. Mill Valley a beach...

Happy Independence Day From Pacific Union

All of us at Pacific Union would like to wish you a very happy Fourth of July and wish our great nation a happy 242nd birthday. Whether you took the holiday as an opportunity to squeeze in a vacation or you are simply sticking around the Bay Area to catch the fireworks displays and hit a backyard barbecue, we hope your day off is relaxing...

Real Estate Roundup: San Jose, San Francisco Lead U.S. in Home Renovations

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the home-curious. NO SLOWDOWN IN REMODELING WORK Homeowners in the San Jose metro area reported the highest renovation spending in the nation in 2017, at a median of $30,000, and San Francisco placed second at $25,000, according to a survey released last week of more than 130,000 visitors to the home remodeling...

12 Pacific Union Real Estate Professionals, Teams Named to REAL Trends Top 250 in the U.S.

Twelve real estate professionals and teams at Pacific Union International have been ranked among the most productive in the United States, a testament to the firm’s commitment to recruiting and retaining California’s top real estate performers. REAL Trends’ annual The Thousand list, compiled in partnership with The Wall Street Journal, ranks the top 250 real estate professionals and teams in the nation by 2017 sales...

San Francisco Resale Condominium Prices Climb to a Six-Year High in May

Check out these high-level details about the latest new and resale condominium trends in major California markets from experts at Pacific Union subsidiary The Mark Company, then download the full reports. San Francisco  The San Francisco Condominium Pricing Index was unchanged month over month in May but increased by 2 percent year over year to $1,180 per square foot. New-construction absorption totaled 58 units in...

Pacific Union Leaders Brent Thomson and Pat Heller to Speak at Industry Conference

Pacific Union Chief Operating Officer Brent Thomson and Vice President and Branch Manager Pat Heller will be among the featured speakers at the second California Association of Realtors’ WomanUP! Conference on June 28-29 at the JW Marriott LA Live in Los Angeles. The two-day conference is part of CAR’s women’s outreach program to bring together a community of mentors and leaders to communicate, collaborate, and...

California Mints a Significant Number of the Country’s Millionaire Home Sellers

More than one-third of housing markets where sellers have made $1 million or more from their homes since 2001 are in the Golden State. San Francisco has created 382 millionaire home sellers in the U.S. since the dot-com crash, the most in the U.S. Los Angeles has minted 280 $1 million home sellers over the past 17 years, No. 4. In the country. Anyone who...

U.S. Housing Affordability Falls to Decade Low in the Second Quarter

Americans who earn the average wage cannot afford a home in 75 percent of housing markets as of the second quarter. Nationwide, home prices have outpaced wage growth from the second quarter of 2017. Home prices are growing faster than incomes in eight of nine Bay Area counties. Marin County homebuyers will spend the highest amount of their annual incomes on a mortgage payment in...