The week in review: October 5–9
The week of October 5–9 on sfo.metrotrendlines.com, in 10 posts.
Monday, October 5 — Unemployment in the city of San Francisco, August 2026. 4.2% of the city of San Francisco’s labor force was unemployed in August 2026, against 4.5% a year earlier. Across the whole metro area the rate was 4.6% in August 2026.
Monday, October 5 — SFO against normal, September 2026. September 2026 at SFO ran 0.8°F above normal. Normal here is the 1991-2020 average for that same month, which is the standard climate baseline — so this is a comparison with the recent past, not with the start of the record.
Tuesday, October 6 — San Francisco County for-sale inventory, September 2026. San Francisco County ended September 2026 with 695 active for-sale listings, down 28.1% from a year earlier.
Tuesday, October 6 — What San Francisco County sellers listed, September 2026. San Francisco County sellers put 708 new listings on the market in September 2026, down 1.4% from the same month a year earlier.
Wednesday, October 7 — San Francisco County asking prices, September 2026. The median San Francisco County listing asked $1,199,000 in September 2026, up 2.1% from a year earlier.
Wednesday, October 7 — San Francisco County homes under contract, September 2026. 324 San Francisco County listings were under contract at the end of September 2026, down 18.8% from a year earlier.
Thursday, October 8 — How long a San Francisco County listing sits, September 2026. The median San Francisco County listing sat 49 days on the market in September 2026, against 59 days a year earlier.
Thursday, October 8 — San Francisco-metro unemployment, August 2026. San Francisco-metro unemployment was 4.6% in August 2026, the newest month in the series and the monthly update to the unemployment post.
Friday, October 9 — California jobless claims, week of Oct 3, 2026. California workers filed 38,757 initial unemployment claims in the week ending Oct 3, 2026; the steadier four-week average is 35,182, down 11.8% from the same weeks a year ago. Read the chart in two parts.
Friday, October 9 — San Francisco’s labor force, August 2026. The San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont labor force — everyone employed or actively looking for work — was 2,459,936 in August 2026, down 1.9% from a year earlier.
The week in review: every post from October 5–9, summarised from its own listing blurb and linked. Assembled each Saturday from the posts that actually published that week.