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Trends at a Glance
(Single-family Homes)
  Jun 25 May 25 Jun 24
Home Sales: 217 213 191
Median Price: $1,706,000 $1,800,000 $1,631,000
Average Price: $2,131,390 $2,419,057 $2,120,119
SP/LP: 108.8% 106.9% 109.1%
Days on Market: 20 21 29
(Lofts/Townhomes/TIC)
  Jun 25 May 25 Jun 24
Condo Sales: 231 223 169
Median Price: $1,150,000 $1,249,000 $1,098,000
Average Price: $1,255,290 $1,365,698 $1,282,903
SP/LP: 98.2% 98.2% 99.2%
Days on Market: 56 44 43

Home Prices & Sales Up in June

The median sales price for single-family, re-sale homes was up 4.6% year-over-year.

The average sales price for single-family, re-sale homes was down 11.9% month-over-month. Year-over-year, it was up 0.5%.

Sales of single-family, re-sale homes rose 13.6% year-over-year. There were 217 homes sold in San Francisco last month. The average since 2000 is 214.

The median sales price for condos/lofts was up 4.7% year-over-year.

The average sales price was down 2.2% year-over-year.

Sales of condos/lofts rose 36.7% year-over-year. There were 231 condos/lofts sold last month. The average since 2000 is 230.

The sales price to list price ratio, or what buyers are paying over what sellers are asking, rose from 106.9% to 108.8% for homes. The ratio for condos/townhomes stayed at 98.2%.

Average days on market, or the time from when a property is listed to when it goes into contract, was 20 for homes and 56 for condos/lofts. 

Momentum Statistics

Sales momentum…
for homes rose from +8.3 to +10. Sales momentum for condos/lofts was up 3.7 points to +14.

Pricing momentum…
for single-family homes rose 0.2 of a point to +2.5. Pricing momentum for condos/lofts rose 0.4 of a point to 0.

Our momentum statistics are based on 12-month moving averages to eliminate monthly and seasonal variations.

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We calculate…

momentum by using a 12-month moving average to eliminate seasonality. By comparing this year's 12-month moving average to last year's, we get a percentage showing market momentum.  

In the chart below…

the blue area shows momentum for home sales while the red line shows momentum for pending sales of single-family, re-sale homes. The purple line shows momentum for the average price.

As you can see, pricing momentum has an inverse relationship to sales momentum.

The graph below shows the median and average prices plus unit sales for homes.

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The graph below shows the median and average prices plus unit sales for condos/lofts.

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Monthly Statistics

Complete monthly sales statistics for San Francisco are below. Monthly graphs are available for each area in the city.

June Sales Statistics
(Single-family Homes)
  Prices Unit     Yearly Change Monthly Change
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales Median Average Sales
San Francisco $1,706,000 $2,131,390 217 20 108.8% 4.6% 0.5% 13.6% -5.2% -11.9% 1.9%
D1: Northwest $2,579,750 $2,624,128 20 7 114.0% 20.1% 0.4% 66.7% 12.9% 2.4% 25.0%
D2: Central West $1,677,500 $1,935,074 38 14 110.8% 6.2% 13.2% -9.5% 4.8% 6.8% 8.6%
D3: Southwest $1,500,000 $1,528,183 15 17 116.2% 39.5% 24.6% 150.0% 25.0% 10.7% 66.7%
D4: Twin Peaks $2,200,000 $2,362,414 33 19 113.2% 5.3% 6.4% 22.2% 10.0% 14.5% 32.0%
D5: Central $2,700,000 $2,835,434 33 22 106.5% 8.0% -0.4% 6.5% -9.1% -6.3% 22.2%
D6: Central North $2,970,000 $2,970,000 1 32 99.1% 38.7% 33.1% -83.3% -15.1% -18.2% -66.7%
D7: North $4,995,000 $5,499,286 7 20 96.3% -3.9% 7.0% -30.0% -16.8% -39.1% -22.2%
D8: Northeast $1,895,000 $1,895,000 1 59 95.0% 26.3% 8.3% -66.7% -60.2% -62.3% -75.0%
D9: Central East $1,680,000 $2,016,068 29 21 110.7% 5.0% 11.9% 31.8% -1.2% 9.8% 81.3%
D10: Southeast $1,080,000 $1,089,463 36 26 114.3% -5.1% -4.6% 12.5% -10.0% -9.2% 16.1%

June Sales Statistics
(Condos/TICs/Co-ops/Lofts)
  Prices Unit     Yearly Change Monthly Change
  Median Average Sales DOM SP/LP Median Average Sales Median Average Sales
San Francisco $1,150,000 $1,255,290 231 56 98.2% 4.7% -2.2% 36.7% -7.9% -8.1% 3.6%
D1: Northwest $1,532,500 $1,602,500 8 43 107.9% 5.7% -1.9% -11.1% -12.9% -16.9% -11.1%
D2: Central West $1,041,720 $1,101,720 4 32 102.0% 10.1% 16.4% 100.0% -26.9% -22.7% 300.0%
D3: Southwest $880,000 $880,000 2 12 125.8% 16.2% 5.3% -33.3% -20.7% -20.7% 0.0%
D4: Twin Peaks $641,000 $713,875 8 107 99.4% -24.4% -11.0% 100.0% -8.1% -7.7% 100.0%
D5: Central $1,566,000 $1,559,914 35 29 105.2% 23.2% 18.3% 25.0% -0.9% -0.9% 0.0%
D6: Central North $1,190,000 $1,258,959 29 40 102.3% 3.5% 6.1% 93.3% -6.3% 8.5% 26.1%
D7: North $1,752,500 $1,796,176 32 42 102.8% 28.6% -3.0% 23.1% 18.8% -12.9% 18.5%
D8: Northeast $949,000 $1,134,863 35 65 98.2% -11.7% -17.2% 52.2% 7.5% -6.2% -7.9%
D9: Central East $1,025,000 $1,166,209 59 85 99.0% 24.2% 14.2% 31.1% -6.8% 1.4% -21.3%
D10: Southeast $577,500 $570,700 5 85 108.3% -30.0% -39.0% -44.4% 19.1% 17.7% 400.0%

It's All About Patience

June 27, 2025 -- Is May's mild uptick in inflation the beginning of things to come, bearing out the Fed's stance of holding short-term rates steady for a while longer yet? There's no simple way to know, and little to do but watch and wait to see the outcome of the changes to trade and tariff policy. In his prepared remarks at the semiannual monetary report to the Congress, Fed Chair Powell reiterated: "For the time being, we are well positioned to wait to learn more about the likely course of the economy before considering any adjustments to our policy stance."

In his testimony, he suggested that if not for the injection of tariff and trade uncertainty that Fed might have already been in a place where rate cuts were possible. The Fed expects to see price pressures increasing as the summer moves along, but "If it turns out that inflation pressures do remain contained, we will get to a place where we cut rates sooner rather than later." Odds still strongly favor a quarter-point cut in rates come September.

Nearly regardless of whatever the Fed may or may not do anytime soon, mortgage rates remain at an elevated level, one they attained just a few weeks after the Fed first began cutting rates for this cycle, and high mortgage rates continue to stymie the housing market, keeping a lid on home sales.

Existing home sales did manage a slight increase in May, posting a 0.8% rise to a 4.03 million annualized rate of sale, although this is virtually unchanged from the last two months. A lack of affordability rather than a lack of inventory is throttling sales, as the number of homes for sale continues to rise. Currently, the 1.54 million units available -- 4.6 months of supply at the present rate of sale -- is the highest inventory-to-sales ratio since August 2016 (leaving out May 2020, the first full "closure" month of the pandemic). Despite more inventory, selling prices continue to press higher, with the median sales price of $422,800 just a stone's throw from a record high. Given the trend, it's a good possibility that we'll see a new record high price next month, but increasing inventory and seasonal effects will likely see home price declines start to show shortly thereafter.

The souring homebuilder moods we saw in last week's release of the NAHB's Housing Market Index were given context this week. Sales of new homes slumped by 13.7% in May to a 623,000 annual pace, and that from a downwardly-revised 721K sales pace in April. It may be that the whipsawing in stock markets in April and continued uncertainty about the outlook into May kept folks from buying newly-built homes, as other factors such as mortgage rates or builder incentives really didn't change much. The drop in sales saw the new home inventory-to-sales ratio balloon to 9.8 months of inventory available at the present rate of sale, with the 507,000 actual units coming on line the highest number since October 2007. Housing starts declined by about 10% in May and if new home sales don't rebound over the coming months, construction might need to be curtailed further to allow some inventory drawdown. Median sales prices of new homes kicked higher last month, with the $426,600 sticker roughly keeping pace with increases in the existing home market.

The existing home market may yet see a little sales bump to start the summer, provided the 1.8% increase in the National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) for May bears out. This measure of signed contracts typically leads the sales tally by a month or two, so June's increase might be reflected in July or August's sales figures. To the extent that this lag is two months, we might yet have to get past a decline in sales for June, given April's considerable decline from a stronger March pace. We'll just have to wait and see.