San Mateo County September 2026 Housing Market ReportAugust marked a broad seasonal cooling across the Bay Area. Closings declined year over year in 13 of 14 counties and month over month in 12, while months of supply increased from July in 13… Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions & Trends April 2026Despite significant negative economic effects from the Iran war – rising interest rates; volatile financial markets; soaring oil and gas prices; and fears of increased inflation – Bay Area real estate markets saw relatively little… Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions March 2026As was the case last year, houses are seeing much stronger market conditions than condos, and more affluent buyers continue to play an outsized role in demand and home-price appreciation. The wild card in coming… Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions February 2026The new year’s market just begins to wake up in January, but buyers typically jump in much faster than new listings arrive on the market. Though new listing activity begins to rise quickly in the… Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions January 2026Generally speaking, more expensive markets, powered by rising demand from affluent buyers seeing substantial increases in household wealth from stock market gains, performed better than more affordable markets, which tended to be more impacted by… Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions December 2025Although the inventory of new listings shrinks, December presents the period when motivated buyers can typically negotiate most aggressively, particularly on properties with extended days-on-market. As is virtually always the case, well-priced and prepared, and… Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions November 202580% of house sales and 44% of condo sales sold for over list price. Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions October 2025As of early October, 30-year mortgage rates, at about 6.3%, were essentially unchanged from early September (but well down from 7% in early 2025): The Fed’s first 2025 reduction of its benchmark rate, of .25%,… Read More
San Mateo County Home Prices, Market Conditions September 2025But interest rates have been extremely volatile in recent years, with big, sudden changes in direction common – as occurred last year in late summer/early autumn. Read More
