Statistical Tables

Median Price for San Francisco Homes Flat in 2006

Trends at a Glance
(Single-family Homes)
  Dec 06 Nov 06 Dec 05
Home Sales: 205 212 227
Median Price: $812,990 $825,000 $815,000
Average Price: $1,018,977 $1,066,261 $1,044,587
Sale/List Price Ratio: 100.9% 100.7% 103.3%
Days on Market: 47 41 42

The median price for single-family homes in San Francisco was flat at $850,000. The average price for homes gained 2.2%. The median price for condos fell 1.4% to $700,000, while the average price also lost 1.4% to $795,394.

Home sales fell for the third year in a row, dropping 15.5% from the year before. Condo sales were down for the second year in a row, losing 13.6% from 2005.

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Median Home Price Near Low End for the Year

The median price for single-family homes in San Francisco ended the year just a step above the yearly low, which was set back in January. The median price fell 1.5% from the month before to $812,990, and was off 0.2% from last December.

Condo prices, on the other hand, ended the year on an upward trend. The median price rose 2.9% to $771,500, a year-over-year gain of 2.2%. The average price surged by 11.2% to $821,852, up 10.9% compared to last December.

Home sales continued to be weak, with year-over-year losses extending their streak to twenty-one months. Although condo sales were down 9.6% from November, they show a year-over-year gain of 7.5%.

Sales price to list price ratios rose in December for single-family homes, up 0.2 of a point to 100.9%. The ratio for condos gained 4.9 points to 101.7%.

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Monthly Statistics

Complete monthly sales statistics for San Francisco are below. Monthly graphs are available for each district in the city by clicking the links to the left.

December Sales Statistics
(Single-family Homes)
  Prices Unit     Change from last year
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales
San Francisco $812,990 $1,018,977 205 47 99.4% -0.2% -2.5% -9.7%
Northwest $875,000 $1,428,477 16 77 94.9% -3.8% 32.3% -11.1%
Central West $780,000 $805,578 33 37 100.9% 2.0% -0.2% -26.7%
Southwest $754,700 $753,392 16 41 99.7% 8.7% -8.6% -15.8%
Twin Peaks $840,000 $1,035,043 36 37 101.1% -2.3% -0.6% 24.1%
Central $749,000 $1,142,620 25 54 99.1% -10.0% -3.8% -24.2%
Central North $750,000 $1,404,333 3 91 89.8% -54.3% -14.3% 50.0%
North $1,237,500 $4,241,000 5 32 98.2% -40.4% 42.8% -37.5%
Northeast $870,000 $2,250,000 1 67 100.0% 12.3% -53.1% -75.0%
Central East $766,000 $903,642 30 48 99.5% 12.6% 10.4% 36.4%
Southeast $634,000 $669,800 40 50 102.1% -7.8% -1.8% -14.9%

 

December Sales Statistics
(Condos/TICs/Co-ops/Lofts)
  Prices Unit     Change from last year
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales
San Francisco $771,500 $821,852 245 63 101.7% 2.2% 10.9% 7.5%
Northwest $875,000 $827,182 22 74 98.6% -3.8% 4.0% 144.4%
Central West - - - - - n/a n/a n/a
Southwest $754,700 $612,500 2 20 98.2% 8.7% 30.3% -33.3%
Twin Peaks $840,000 $544,767 7 77 98.9% -2.3% -4.4% 40.0%
Central $749,000 $705,742 62 61 100.6% -10.0% -9.2% 31.9%
Central North $750,000 $684,500 26 54 98.8% 4.9% -4.4% -3.7%
North $1,237,500 $1,262,400 25 56 117.5% 33.8% 37.3% -10.7%
Northeast $870,000 $1,015,971 34 81 98.8% 12.3% 30.5% 0.0%
Central East $766,000 $799,557 57 55 98.5% 12.6% 16.4% -8.1%
Southeast $634,000 $488,658 10 75 100.0% -7.8% -5.2% 100.0%