Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers – Through April 2012

The latest round of East Bay housing numbers are in and surprisingly April’s Numbers saw another decrease in East Bay Inventory. The amount of homes for sale is now at the lowest point since August of 2005. Inventory for the... Continue Reading »

Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers – Through March 2012

East Bay Inventory Continues to Drop in March. Buyers are now in Search of Homes in a Competitive Market Place. Inventory for the East Bay (the 38 cities tracked) is now at its’ lowest level since January of 2006. As of 3/31/2012,... Continue Reading »

Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers – Through February 2012

Have we reached “Bottom,” and are we in a Seller’s Market? Just when you think you have it figured out, the market continues to demonstrate that you don’t, and takes yet another turn. We thought the beginning of this year... Continue Reading »

A Simple Explanation Of The Federal Reserve Statement (March 13, 2012)

Tuesday, the Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate unchanged within its current target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. For the fourth consecutive month, the Fed Funds Rate vote was nearly unanimous. Just... Continue Reading »

FHA To Raise Mortgage Insurance Premiums April 1, 2012

Beginning April 1, 2012, the FHA is once again raising mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) on its newly-insured borrowers throughout san rafael and the country. It’s the FHA’s fourth such increase in the last two years. Beginning... Continue Reading »

Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers – Through January 2012

Welcome to the New Year! The beginning of the New Year has a similar look and feel to what we saw at the beginning of 2010.  After hitting an inventory low in December for the year 2011, we actually saw a very slight gain in... Continue Reading »

East Bay Housing Data – Glen’s Numbers through December 2011

Well, 2012 is officially here & I just finished compiling the lastest batch of Glen’s East Bay Housing Numbers… here they are. The December numbers 2011 comes to a close on the verge of what appears to be... Continue Reading »

East Bay Housing Data – Glen’s Numbers through November 2011

Welcome to the latest edition of my East Bay Housing numbers. For the past few years, I’ve been compiling East Bay housing data directly from MLS data and publishing it for everyone to view. For the 7th month in a row... Continue Reading »

East Bay Housing Data – Glen’s Numbers through October 2011

The Pending/active ratio; this once reliable market indicator is now signaling that we are in a sellers’ market. But, it doesn’t feel like we’re in a Sellers’ market Inventory has gradually decreased since... Continue Reading »

KRON4 News Interviews Glen for Bay Area Housing Segment

MEBA team member (and resident housing analyst) Glen Bell was recently featured in a piece that KRON4 news did on the Bay Area housing market.  Its always an adventure to see what makes it into the finished piece, but I think... Continue Reading »

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