Housing Market Savvy

Housing Market Savvy with Pat Kapowich: Real Data. Real Experience. Real Market Intelligence. Navigate the Bay Area real estate market with veteran Realtor® Pat Kapowich, the "Market Wise" columnist for the Mercury News and Bay Area News Group. Since 1988, Pat has guided hundreds of clients through every type of market cycle across five counties in the San Francisco Bay Area—from the savings and loan crisis, the dot-com boom and bust, to the 2008 housing crash and the pandemic surge. As a Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (CRB) and Certified Trust and Probate Specialist (CTPS), along with holding additional designations such as CRS, ABR, GRI, and SRES, Pat translates complex market trends into actionable insights for homebuyers, sellers, and property owners. Pat is your trusted source for housing intelligence, based in his hometown in the heart of Silicon Valley. Pat Kapowich | Kapowich Real Estate Market Intelligence | <a hre

Housing Market Savvy is a business podcast hosted by Pat Kapowich, with 24 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Pat Kapowich hosts Housing Market Savvy, a business show with 24 episodes published.

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  Episode #24

  Silicon Valley aka Santa Clara County February 2026 Home Sales City by City

  May 12, 202631 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Thirteen cities in Santa Clara County. You know it as Silicon Valley. This episode covers February 2026 home sale data from the Multiple Listing Service city by city, comparing February 2026 to February 2025.</p><p>Two cities are not included. Los Altos Hills and Monte Sereno did not have enough sales volume to produce statistically reliable data. Reach out directly if you need information on either community.</p><p>The headline of February 2026 is Los Altos. Three home sales in January. Twenty-one in February. Days on market dropped from 65 to 8 in a single month. That...

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  Episode #23

  AB 38 and Zone Zero: The California Fire Laws That Reach Into Your Suburb Through Your Insurance Company

  Apr 29, 202612 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The zone boundary is not a shield.</p><p>1 in 4 California residential structures sit within or in the proximity of a high or very high fire hazard severity zone. That is not an advocacy statistic. That is a legislative finding written directly into California law.</p><p>Wildfires in the western United States now occur nearly 4 times more often than in 1986. They burn more than 6 times the land area. They last almost 5 times as long.</p><p>Assembly Bill 38 has been fully in effect since 2021. Most home sellers have never heard of it...

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  Episode #22

  13 Silicon Valley Cities January 2026 What Homebuyers and Home Sellers Need to Know

  Apr 4, 202619 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>January 2026 Silicon Valley home sales data:</p><p>This episode covers all thirteen Santa Clara County cities — Campbell, Cupertino,o Gilroy, Los Altos,s Los Gatos, Milpitas,s Morgan Hill, Mountain View,w Palo Alto, San Jose,e Santa Clara Saratog, Saratoga, and Sunnyvale — using data sourced directly from the California Association of Realtors.</p><p>For each city, this episode breaks down six key data points. Median sale price. Number of homes sold. Active listings. Days on market. Sales to list price ratio. And the percentage of listings with price reductions.<br/><br/>...

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  Episode #21

  From the CAR Economists February 2026 Market Signals Every Serious Buyer and Seller Should Study

  Feb 20, 202611 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The <b>California Association of Realtors</b> (<b>CAR</b>) economists are signaling a stabilizing economy </p><p>From inflation data to jobs reports to mortgage rate movement, every economic signal shapes your negotiating position in real estate. This episode explains what this week's CAR report means for your bottom line.</p><p>•       <b>CAR economists </b>say the economy is stabilizing, which could lead to Fed rate cuts in the second half of 2026</p><p>•       Core CPI dropped to 2.5,% its best reading since March 2021, signaling easing inflation</p><p>•       The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate...

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  Episode #20

  Selling Tenant Occupied Property in California and What Attorneys Say

  Feb 13, 202627 minS5

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>From The Kapowich Vault: </b></p><p>Selling a rental property with tenants? Buying an occupied home? Living in a property that's about to be sold? This evergreen interview from The Kapowich Vault covers what every party needs to know.</p><p>California real estate attorneys Adam Pedersen and Ashlee D. Gonzales from Brewer Offord & Pedersen LLP join Pat Kapowich to explain the legal framework that protects—and affects—everyone involved in the sale of tenant-occupied property.</p><p><b>What you'll learn:</b></p><p>• Why planning one year changes everything for sel...

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