This map and the list following generally reflect 2020 median home sales prices and average dollar per square foot values in San Francisco neighborhoods. (Actually, it includes sales through 1/20/21.) Median sales prices are generalities that often fluctuate and can be affected by other factors besides changes in fair market value. They typically disguise a huge range of prices in the underlying individual sales, and all prices should be considered approximate. It is impossible to know how median and average value statistics apply to any particular home without a specific comparative market analysis. Data per sales reported to MLS, deemed reliable, but may contain errors and subject to revision.

 

Median & Average Home Values*

By Neighborhood

 

Many factors affect home values: quality of location within the market area, architectural style and curb appeal, square footage, condition, views, amenities, extra rooms, parking, decks and yards, privacy, lot size, floor and HOA services (for condos), and so on. There is often a wide or even vast variety of homes within market areas, especially larger areas. Statistics are generally broad generalities that typically “summarize” a wide variety of disparate data in the underlying individual transactions. Median and average values can be affected by a variety of factors unrelated to fair market value, and anomalous fluctuations are common, especially in smaller and/or very expensive markets over shorter time periods. Median sales prices may diverge from values calculated by average square footage and average price per square foot. Not all SF home sales report square footage.

Some of the neighborhoods delineated had low or very low sales volumes during the period, which can impact the reliability of the statistics, and make them more prone to anomalous fluctuation. How these statistics apply to any particular property is unknown without a specific comparative market analysis. Speak to your Compass agent for further insight and analysis. A San Francisco neighborhood map can be found following the tables in this report.

* Per sales reported to MLS, 1/1/20 – 1/20/21. Not all sales are reported to MLS. Neighborhoods, as defined by
the SF Association of Realtors, vary widely in the number of sales. Data from sources deemed reliable but may
contain errors and subject to revision. All numbers are approximate.

The first chart below illustrates a six-month rolling average of the monthly median house sales price, so it will reflect seasonal fluctuations (as well as other factors). The second chart illustrates 12-month rolling calculations of house and condo median sales prices, which smooth out the trend lines and eliminate the effects of seasonality.

San Francisco Median House Sales Price Trend

San Francisco Median House and Condo Sales Prices

Source: Compass

It is impossible to know how median and average value statistics apply to any particular home without a specific comparative market analysis. Below Market Rate (BMR) condos were excluded from this analysis.

These analyses were made in good faith with data from sources deemed reliable, but may contain errors and are subject to revision. It is not our intent to convince you of a particular position, but to attempt to provide straightforward data and analysis, so you can make your own informed decisions. Median and average statistics are enormous generalities: There are hundreds of different markets in San Francisco and the Bay Area, each with its own unique dynamics. Median prices and average dollar per square foot values can be and often are affected by other factors besides changes in fair market value. Longer term trends are much more meaningful than short-term.

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