Tag Archives: Charts

DOM Roll Please

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Misha

A couple of posts ago, we dispensed with Absorption Rate as a good barometer of the market since there appeared to be no correlation between how much inventory was available in relation to sales rates and where median prices were … Continue reading →

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Absorption R.I.P.

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Misha

After talking to people about my last post on Absorption Rates and the lack of a correlation between slower absorption and lower median prices (or faster absorption and higher prices), I got the impression that there was some curiosity — … Continue reading →

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Revised Absorption Chart, but the results are the same, only worse

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Misha

Thanks, Jean-Claude for making me take a second look at my methodology on my Absorption Chart.  I had anticipated your point about the lag between listing dates and sales but had unfortunately gotten the formula backwards in my chart — … Continue reading →

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Supply/Demand: Does it predict price? Maybe not.

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Misha

Now hold on there, matie!  Basic economic theory  says more supply than demand, prices will fall, right?  Well take a look at this graph. It shows the absorption rate of single family home listings from January 2006 through December 2008 … Continue reading →

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The View from Space — Part 3: Above California

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Misha

The forecast for the California Housing Market Continue reading →

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What on earth does this chart mean? (Click to make it bigger)

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Misha

I was wondering how prices in various MLS Districts in San Francisco were doing relative to each other and to San Francisco as a whole so I graphed the monthly median prices of single family homes in all but the … Continue reading →

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