North Bay Business Journal

Demand continues to outpace supply for housing markets in the North Bay and the Bay Area, and housing prices continue to climb skyward at double-digit rates, according to a monthly housing report by San Diego-based DataQuick.

New California legislation known as the “homeowner bill of rights” helped the rate of new foreclosures to plunge in the North Bay and beyond in January, while home prices and sales in general continued a steady upward climb, according to reports released today by Irvine-based foreclosure tracker RealtyTrac and San Diego-based real estate data service DataQuick.

North Bay home prices continued to climb upwards in 2012, part of an overall 32 percent year-over-year boost for housing prices around the Bay Area and the fastest median price increase in more than 25 years, according to a monthly real estate market report. Combined with a continued decrease in foreclosure rates, as indicated by a separate monthly report by Irvine-based foreclosure tracker RealtyTrac, the trend points towards gradual but steady recovery for the region’s housing market.

NORTH BAY — The North Bay housing market continues to show improvements, including rising home prices and a decrease in the number of new foreclosures, according to reports released today by market tracking firms RealtyTrac in Irvine and San Diego-based DataQuick.

Home sales and median prices in October continued to rise in the North Bay and the rest of the Bay Area, according to a report released today.

The number of North Bay homeowners entering default fell markedly in the third quarter of the year, part of a statewide trend that has brought defaults to their lowest level in more than three years, according to a new report by San Diego-based real estate data tracking firm DataQuick.

NORTH BAY — The median price paid for a home in the North Bay continued to rise in September, with prices in the Bay Area climbing to the highest level in more than four years, according to San Diego-based real estate data tracker DataQuick.

Both the number and price of homes sold in the North Bay increased in July, driven by Bay Area-wide trends that include increased mid- and up-market buying activity, according to a report today from San Diego-based real estate tracking firm DataQuick.

Median prices for homes sold rose across Sonoma, Marin and Napa counties in June, while Bay Area averages reached the highest level in nearly four years, according to a report today from San Diego-based housing data tracker DataQuick.