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Don’t Let the Drought Dry Up Your Sales

by Dean Wehrli July 22, 2015

When shopping for a new home, buyers have a new concern to add to their list: How are the schools? Is the area nice? Is there retail nearby? Will I have water? Maybe. Water has become the issue du jour …

Sacramento Surging

by Dean Wehrli November 8, 2012

Sacramento’s housing market is surging. I live here and see the evidence everywhere I look. Here are a few statistics that might surprise you: There is virtually no supply. There is only a 1.0 month supply of resale homes on …

One Size Will Not Fit All in the San Francisco Bay Area

by Dean Wehrli July 20, 2012

For many environmentalists and planners, high density urban housing is the Holy Grail, and they are making it increasingly more difficult for new suburbs to emerge. Though demographic shifts will help drive demand for this product, this will not be …

SF Bay Area All About Location

by Dean Wehrli July 19, 2011

The core parts of the Bay Area are outperforming more outlying areas. Where are the bright spots? The healthiest housing markets within the Bay Area can roughly be defined by a steep inward facing arc from San Francisco, down along …