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The San Francisco housing market and tech bubble: Will a correction in the technology sector impact Bay Area home prices?

Monday, February 22, 2016 6:18
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doctorhousingbubble.com / Dr. Housing Bubble / February 20th, 2016

I was up in the Bay Area in the fall and people love talking about real estate just as much as they like talking about the latest startup.  Housing values in the Bay Area make Southern California look affordable.  The median price for a sold home in San Francisco is $1.2 million.  And the market still seems to have momentum.  A lot of money that has flowed into San Francisco has come from foreign investors but also wealthy tech households.  Tech has been on fire since the last housing bust.  While some people want to believe tech and Bay Area housing are decoupled, there is evidence that there is a deep connection between the two.  Rents certainly adjust based on market forces.  Depending on how deep the correction, there is likely to be an impact on housing.  They always say a financial bubble is only visible once it is popped but there are clear signs when you are in one.  Let us look at some figures here.

San Francisco Rents and NASDAQ

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that rents are deeply correlated with the health of the overall economy.  In San Francisco, a large part of the economy is tech connected.  It is interesting to look at some data on this because it does highlight a rather strong connection between rents and the NASDAQ.

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