New Start Home Study (Off Peak Starter Home Ratios)

When it comes to buying a starter home in the Bay Area a new study suggests now may be the time. But we should also advise you “good luck.” We poured over the numbers in Trulia’s new study about off-peak season, starter home availability. In the Bay Area, the off-peak season is fall. And when it comes to the ratio of available starter homes now versus other times of the year, San Jose ranks higher than anywhere else. At the same time. The number of starter homes to begin with is tiny — about 400 — in the San Jose metro area. San Francisco is 4th overall, but counts even less starter homes available under 300.