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Pacific Union Professionals Give Back With Home for a Home Program

From left to right: Chris King, director of Home For A Home; Scott Kalmbach,...

California Needs More New Homes Than Any Other U.S. State

Between 2000 and 2015, the U.S. built 7.3 million fewer homes than was necessary...

Bay Area Posts Double-Digit Percent Home Price Gains for the Ninth Straight Month

The nine-county Bay Area’s median single-family home price ended March at $980,000, a year-over-year...

Pacific Union Quarterly Report: Q1 2018

The first-quarter median sales price increased year over year in all Northern California regions...

Zillow’s iBuyer Offering Will Shortchange Home Sellers

There was a time in the not-too-distant past that I wrote about Zillow,...

More Than 70 Percent of Bay Area Homes Sold for Premiums in March

Executive Summary: Sales of homes priced higher than $1 million increased by 30 percent...

The Bay Area Tops the List of Best U.S. Job Markets in 2018

A new analysis ranks San Jose as the nation’s top job market this year,...

U.S., Silicon Valley Home Affordability Conditions Worsen in the First Quarter

Sixty-eight percent of U.S. housing markets were not affordable for workers earning the average...

Most Americans Believe They Are Adept at Home Repairs — Particularly Millennials

Millennials are more likely than other generations to consider themselves handy around the house....

The Bay Area’s 10 Fastest-Appreciating Housing Markets: Q1 2018

A home in Atherton, California, the Bay Area’s most expensive and fastest-appreciating housing market...

Real Estate Roundup: California Housing Markets Posted the Nation’s Biggest Equity Gains in 2017

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the...

U.S. Employment Growth Slows in March, as Weather Plays a Big Factor

Today’s national employment report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics did not...

Bay Area In-Migrants Are Younger and Earn More Than Out-Migrants

Between 2005 and 2016, people moving to the Bay Area earned almost $13,000 more...

Most Homeowners Are Planning a Remodeling Project in 2018

Fifty-eight percent of homeowners will funnel money into a home-improvement project this year, according...

How Much Do You Need to Earn to Live in Each Bay Area County?

While mortgage or rent payments will constitute the biggest expense for most Bay Area...

Real Estate Roundup: San Francisco Is Still the Hottest U.S. Housing Market This Spring

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the...

Pacific Union Hires Stephen Pugh to Lead Commercial Business

Pacific Union is pleased to announce that it has tapped seasoned real estate industry...

Pacific Union Again Moves Up the Rankings of the Largest U.S. Real Estate Brokerages in 2018

Pacific Union is excited to share the news that our firm has once again...

California Dominates List of 2018’s Best Housing Markets for Sellers

Sixty-eight percent of the best U.S. places to sell a home are in California...

Bay Area, California Homebuyers Lead the Nation for Down-Payment Size

Four of the five U.S. housing markets where buyers make the largest down payments...

Real Estate Roundup: Silicon Valley Is a Hot Spot for Generation Z Homebuyers

Here’s a look at recent news of interest to homebuyers, home sellers, and the...