San Francisco Bay Area home sales rise, prices remain flat

August home sales in the San Francisco bay area rose 12.2% from a year earlier and increased 9.1% from July, but remain below levels reached before the financial meltdown, DataQuick said Friday. In August, the nine-county area recorded 7,513 sales of houses and condos, up from 6,887 in July and 6,698 in August 2010. Still, the La [...]...