In Numbers
The San Francisco market, month by month, in numbers
The monthly record: what closed, what it sold for, how fast it went, and what the numbers say about the market you are walking into. One month per edition, published the first week of the following month, on the same governed MLS data as Paulo's Pulse. The numbered POTM Blog issues say what the numbers mean; this series is the record.
Every month
In Numbers · September 2026 · October 4, 2026
September 2026 in numbers: the biggest overbid in ten Septembers
Quick read: The median San Francisco home that closed in September 2026 sold at 113.5% of asking in 12 days, against 100.9% and 16 days a year ago. Single-family houses closed at a median 128.8% of asking, 12 points above any September in the ten years we track; 82% of houses cleared asking by 10% or more and 4% sold under it. Condos sold at 105.3% in 13 days, their first September over asking since 2021. Under $1 million is still the only price band selling at asking. 653 houses and condos were for sale at month end, up from 492 in August and still 32% fewer than last September. The contracts behind these closings were mostly written before the September 16 rate hike; October closings carry the first answer to it.
Read the issue ›In Numbers · August 2026 · September 7, 2026
August 2026 in numbers: the fastest August in ten years
Quick read: The median San Francisco home that closed in August 2026 went into contract in 14 days, against 29 a year ago, and 54% of sales were in contract within two weeks. Houses set ten-year August highs on every competition number (119% of asking, 68% of sales clearing asking by 10% or more, 9% under asking). Condos went from 48 days on market to 14. Under $1 million is the only price band still selling at asking. 548 homes for sale at month end, down 39% on the year, with new listings up 9%: everything that lists sells.
Read the issue ›How to read these figures
Each month covers closed sales with a close date in that month, recorded through the edition date; late-reported closes lift the count in the following weeks and move the medians little. Prices, days on market and sale-to-list are medians, never averages. Cash shares count only sales with reported financing. Inventory, months of supply, pendings and new listings are SFAR InfoSparks, San Francisco County. District and neighborhood reads use three months so no district sits on a thin month; neighborhoods under 15 sales are grey, never guessed.
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