Market changes are often very uneven in the early months of a transition, with one home selling in days at over 25% over list price, while next door, the seller has to reduce their price to get an offer. Not every home will sell.    

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As of late Spring, across the Bay Area, less expensive home sales have been considerably impacted by rising interest rates. Sales of higher price homes have held up much better – Lamorinda is a very affluent market – but cooling demand is beginning to show up in pending sale data.      

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Historically, after a down cycle runs it’s course, the market moves into the next upcycle and home prices climb (often relatively quickly) above previous peaks. Over the longer term, past appreciation trends – magnified by tax breaks & financing options – have typically made Bay Area real estate an excellent, and often spectacular investment.   …

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When hot markets shift cooler, effects are typically first reflected in reductions in multiple offers, overbidding and the number of homes going into contract; gradual increases in active listings and time-on-market; and gradual declines in year-over-year appreciation rates.    

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If both interest rates and home prices soar, there is a double whammy on housing affordability. It is very difficult to accurately predict interest rate changes: 3 months ago, Freddie Mac predicted an average, 30-year, fixed rate of 3.6% for 2022; at the end of March, it hit 4.67%.    

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For buyers financing their purchase, interest rates play an enormous role in monthly housing costs. Depending on the speed and scale of changes, declining interest rates can help supercharge demand, as they did in 2021, while rapidly increasing rates typically cool the market, as occurred in the 2nd half of 2018.    

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The prevailing dynamic remains one of the strong buyer demand competing for an inadequate inventory of listings for sale: Crowded open houses, multiple offers, fierce overbidding, and fast sales remain common.  

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So far in 2022, Bay Area real estate markets appear largely unfazed by higher interest rates, volatility in financial markets, and troubling international events.  

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2021 was one of the most frenzied real estate markets ever, with buyer demand far exceeding the supply of listings available to buy – and all the usual indicators, including home price appreciation trends, reflected this severe imbalance.  

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In the Bay Area the “spring” market can begin in February. Compared to the general market, luxury home buyers tend to be less sensitive to interest rate movements, but more sensitive to turbulence and uncertainty in financial markets.  

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