Graph and download economic data for All-Transactions House Price Index for San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA (MSAD) (ATNHPIUS41884Q) from Q3 1975 to Q1 2025 about San Francisco, appraisers, CA, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Average Listing Price in San Mateo County, CA (AVELISPRI6081) from Jul 2016 to Jun 2025 about San Mateo County, CA; San Francisco; average; CA; listing; price; and USA.

The S&P Case Shiller San Francisco Home Price Index measures changes in the prices of existing single-family homes in San Francisco. The index value was equal to 100 as of January 2000, so if the index value is equal to 130 in a given month, for example, it means that the house prices have increased by 30 percent since 2000. The value of the S&P Case Shiller San Francisco Home Price Index amounted to nearly 357.57 in August 2024. That was significantly higher than the national average.

Graph and download economic data for S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller CA-San Francisco Home Price Index (SFXRSA) from Jan 1987 to Mar 2025 about San Francisco, CA, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

In 2022, San Mateo, San Francisco, and Santa Clara were the most expensive districts for housing in the San Francisco Bay Area. In San Francisco, the average square footage price of single-family homes exceeded 1,000 U.S. dollars per square foot. Housing in Solano, on the other hand, was most affordable, with the average square footage price for single family homes at 370 U.S. dollars.

How expensive is buying a home in San Francisco? Few metros in the U.S. are more expensive than San Francisco, CA. In 2022, the median sales price of existing single-family homes in San Francisco was about 1.4 million U.S. dollars, making it the second priciest market in the U.S. House prices in the Golden City, were not always so high: in 2014, a two-bedroom house in the Bay Area would sell for less than 500,000 U.S. dollars but since then, the median price has more than doubled.

How much does renting an apartment cost? Despite rents falling in 2020, renting in San Francisco is still far from cheap. Renting a two-bedroom apartment cost close to 4,000 U.S. dollars in 2021. California is one of the least affordable states for renters. In fact, to afford to rent such an apartment, a household needs approximately three full time jobs at minimum wage or two full time jobs at mean wage.