San Francisco / Marin County Real Estate Blog

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Apr. 2, 2010 -- Mortgage rates skyrocketed this week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage soared 12 basis points this week, to 5.23%, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. A year ago, the mortgage index was 5.13%; four weeks ago, it was 5.12%. The benchmark 15-year fixed-rat...

A new state tax credit goes into effect on May 1, 2010 for first-time home buyers and buyers of new, never-occupied homes. The state has allocated a total of $200,000,000 to be split evenly between both groups. The tax credit applies to escrows that close on or after May 1, 2010. and before Janua...

Sales of single-family, re-sale homes were up 87.5% from February. Year-over-year, home sales were up 66.7%. This is the ninth month in a row home sales have been higher than the year before. The median price for homes gained 13.5% from February, and was up 14,5% year-over-year. Sales of lofts/co...