Statistical Tables

Median Price for Homes Goes Over $800,000

Trends at a Glance
(Single-family Homes)
  Nov 09 Oct 09 Nov 08
Home Sales: 187 221 139
Median Price: $820,000 $765,000 $751,000
Average Price: $1,027,036 $1,003,773 $1,013,688
Sale/List Price Ratio: 100.5% 100.3% 99.2%
Days on Market: 50 55 55
(Lofts/Townhomes/TIC)
  Nov 09 Oct 09 Nov 08
Condo Sales: 208 214 102
Median Price: $639,000 $642,250 $680,000
Average Price: $749,389 $701,268 $813,380
Sale/List Price Ratio: 97.8% 98.1% 98.8%
Days on Market: 71 79 62

The median price of single-family, re-sale homes in San Francisco saw prices up, year-over-year, for the second month in a row. The median price also went over $800,000 for the first time since August 2008.

The median price rose 7.2% from October, and it was up 9.2% compared to last November.

Sales of single-family, re-sale homes fell 15.4% last month compared to October, but were up 34.5% year-over-year. That's the fifth month in a row year-over-year sales have been higher than the year before. Year-to-date, home sales are up 1.4%.

Condo/loft sales were off 2.8% month-over-month, but up 103.9% compared to November 2008. This is the fourth month in a row condo/loft sales have been up year-over-year. Year-to-date, condo sales are off 5.1%.

The median price for lofts/condos in San Francisco dropped 0.5% from October, and was down 6% year-over-year. The average price gained 6.9% month-over-month, and was off 7.9% compared to November 2008.

 

Sales price to list price ratios for single-family homes rose 0.2 points to 100.5%. This is the third month in a row the sp/lp ratio has been over 100%. The ratio for condos/lofts fell 0.3 of a point to 97.8%.

The graph below shows the sales price to list price ratio as reported at sale compared to the sales price to original list price ratio.

The following chart shows the median price difference compared to the year before.

Days on market for homes fell five to 50 days. For condo/lofts, days on market dropped eight days to 71 days.

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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.

November Sales Statistics
(Single-family Homes)
  Prices Unit     Change from last year Change from last month
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales Median Average Sales
San Francisco $820,000 $1,027,036 187 50 97.9% 9.2% 1.3% 34.5% 2.3% 7.2% -15.4%
D1: Northwest $1,200,000 $1,670,800 15 52 96.3% 2.9% 28.1% 25.0% 32.3% 11.6% 36.4%
D2: Central West $770,000 $810,482 33 47 99.2% -1.9% -1.0% 17.9% 3.2% 2.4% -23.3%
D3: Southwest $626,500 $675,667 6 45 100.6% 1.1% 1.8% -57.1% 3.3% 13.9% -73.9%
D4: Twin Peaks $890,000 $974,074 27 55 96.9% -16.0% -32.8% 35.0% -9.6% -6.8% 8.0%
D5: Central $1,025,000 $1,240,265 35 42 99.9% -26.9% -34.9% 169.2% 9.6% -7.9% 75.0%
D6: Central North $1,050,000 $1,060,857 7 84 95.0% 110.0% 112.2% 600.0% -26.8% -35.6% -12.5%
D7: North $3,500,000 $3,916,300 5 79 91.6% 25.0% 35.3% 25.0% 20.3% 39.7% -64.3%
D8: Northeast $1,850,000 $2,116,667 3 32 100.1% n/a n/a n/a -14.9% -25.6% 50.0%
D9: Central East $850,000 $832,368 19 55 99.5% 6.6% -3.2% 111.1% -1.8% 6.3% -20.8%
D10: Southeast $480,000 $467,893 37 48 100.9% -7.2% -8.6% -2.6% -11.8% -10.8% -27.5%

 

November Sales Statistics
(Condos/TICs/Co-ops/Lofts)
  Prices Unit     Change from last year Change from last month
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales Median Average Sales
San Francisco $639,000 $749,389 208 71 97.8% -6.0% -7.9% 103.9% 6.9% -0.5% -2.8%
D1: Northwest $697,500 $663,500 4 49 98.6% -13.9% -31.0% -20.0% 3.3% 16.3% -60.0%
D2: Central West $795,000 $795,000 1 6 102.0% 19.5% 22.4% -80.0% 96.3% 96.3% -50.0%
D3: Southwest $490,000 $461,667 3 69 97.7% 50.8% 42.1% 50.0% 34.4% 63.3% -40.0%
D4: Twin Peaks $549,000 $547,762 13 61 99.2% -27.7% -27.8% 1200.0% 32.2% 51.4% 225.0%
D5: Central $750,000 $782,705 44 56 99.6% 0.4% 6.9% 100.0% 14.8% 13.5% -4.3%
D6: Central North $572,500 $566,638 20 37 97.4% -12.3% -15.9% 81.8% -9.5% -10.5% -20.0%
D7: North $802,000 $877,550 20 63 95.6% -17.7% -24.2% 122.2% -9.0% -5.3% -20.0%
D8: Northeast $635,000 $856,406 44 85 99.2% -0.4% -25.1% 120.0% 1.3% -6.4% 29.4%
D9: Central East $634,000 $767,966 52 92 96.0% 0.4% 22.4% 100.0% 15.3% -1.6% -5.5%
D10: Southeast $435,000 $425,588 7 73 95.5% 15.7% 13.2% 600.0% 14.3% 7.5% -12.5%