Spencer Hsu, MBA, Realtor

Bay Area Real Estate News, Insights, Market Data, and Strategies | Spencer Hsu Real Estate

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Weekly episodes! Join Spencer, San Jose native and real estate expert, for Bay Area market news, insights, and pro tips. With an MBA and tech background, Spencer blends analytical skills with his real estate acumen, ensuring clients make informed decisions in this dynamic market. Leading a skilled team with Vivian, his lending expert wife, they've navigated over $250M in transactions. It's not all work though; Spencer loves global travel, Bay Area cuisine, and tennis. He's also tech-savvy, constantly integrating new technology in his life. Got questions? Let's chat! Book a meeting ( https://ca...

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Jul 9, 2026

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Dreaming of Cali — Real Estate Market ON FIRE | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report May 14, 2021 14.05.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro(0:00) California Dreaming: Golden State's real estate market among hottest on record (0:32)  What's driving the spike in Bay Area property transfers (2:31) The Bay Area's housi...

Back to Remote Work Says Google! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report May 7, 2021 07.05.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Google backtracks on office returns and will allow employees to work remotely Real estate: Microsoft grabs big chunk of north San Jose land Kilroy To Make $900 Million Speculative Bet That Bay A...

What Other Agents Won't Tell You! My Best Secret to Buy/Sell Your Home 27.04.2021

Don't make the mistake of buying a home based solely on the listing price as that's not actually the price where it can end up costing you an upwards of $50,000 or MORE! When I help out my clients on the buying journey I make sure the homes we set out for are ones specifically catered into their budget AND complete with their absolute must-haves. My secret strategy to get my clients to mak...

Luxury-Home Sales Rising, Outpacing Affordable-Home Sales Immensely! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report April 23, 2021 23.04.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: How the Biden capital gains tax proposal would hit the wealthy CNBC Bay Area COVID migration may be slower than expected East Bay mall to become mixed use site for housing, logistics center Sunn...

Purchase Mortgage Market Sees its Best Days | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report April 16, 2021 16.04.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00) Every major Bay Area city has seen home values go up in the pandemic. Except for one Big NYC investors grab Fremont buildings with life science tenants   NetApp will move headquarte...

Why Should YOU Sell in Today's Market? 13.04.2021

It's a sellers market and your chance to take advantage of high buyer confidence is now, ESPECIALLY if you are living in the Bay Area currently. Homes are pushing record prices even as interest rates are rising! However, what does this all mean for sellers and if the market is so 🔥 then why move? Listen to my advice where I answer all of your questions here during today's video. If you ar...

Millions Projected to Enter the Housing Market | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report April 9, 2021 09.04.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00) Millions will enter housing market in 2021: Zillow (1:20)   Waymo seeking more San Francisco office space - San Francisco Business Times (2:27)   Tech, life sciences bolster commerc...

GOOGLE IS BACK THIS MONTH! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report April 2, 2021 02.04.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00) Google joins tech's reopening wave with April return to office (0:26)   Bay Area home sells for $1 million over asking price (2:05)   Private mortgage insurance industry boomed...

No signs of exodus here! Google invests $1 billion | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report March 26, 2021 26.03.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00)   No exodus here: Google to invest $1 billion on California real estate in 2021 (0:23)   'Deurbanizing' of Bay Area during the pandemic shocks North Bay housing markets (2:3...

A SURGE in the Bay! COVID eases down | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report March 19, 2021 19.03.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area RealEvery week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00)   The Bay Area real estate surge is back as COVID eases (0:27)   Google to invest $7 billion in...

Why 2021 will be a record year for Bay Area Real Estate! 19.03.2021

2021 is looking to be THE year for Bay Area real estate. With January 2021 home sales exceeding goals and at their highest since 2009, we'll find out just why that is. The well paid engineers and tech professionals known to live in the area are now looking to invest long term as their future immigration status has a secure outlook with a new change in presidency. Combining that with IPOS, SPAC...

San Francisco’s Second Largest Sale EVER! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report March 12, 2021 12.03.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area RealEvery week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00)   Dropbox headquarters selling for $1.08 billion in San Francisco's second-largest sale eve...

San Francisco on the REBOUND! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report March 5, 2021 05.03.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area RealEvery week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00)   San Francisco Bay Area condo market showing signs of rebound (0:57)   Which big city has Cali...

Millennials are driving US home sales! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report February 26, 2021 26.02.2021

YouTube Description Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Millennials are driving US home sales (0:46)   Home prices soared 10.4% in December year over year (2:05)   Existing home sales are still too hot (3:35)   Real estate: Invest...

It Costs THIS Much to Live in San Francisco/Bay Area 23.02.2021

Are you planning or moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in the near future and thinking it may be out of your budget? Think again! I'm here to tell you that finding your dream home at your desired price point can be a reality, YOUR reality! 🤩 I'll tell you just exactly how much it really costs to live in this amazing part of the world and just how far your budget can take you. Breaking d...

San Francisco is REELING, but where is everyone really going? | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report February 19, 2021 19.02.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00) Big Apple-leased building is under construction in Santa Clara (0:47)   Salesforce to reduce office footprint permanently (2:25)    Downtown San Francisco is reeling. More remote wo...

Salesforce now allows PERMANENT remote work! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report February 12, 2021 12.02.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00) Salesforce to allow remote or flexible work for most employees, with big implications for SF (0:32) https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Salesforce-to-allow-permanent-remote...

New home sales HISTORICALLY HIGH in 2020 | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report February 5, 2021 05.02.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area RealEvery week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00) New home sales historically high in 2020 (0:55) WeWork to leave some Bay Area buildings in anot...

Big Tech Companies SELL Office Buildings | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report January 29, 2021 29.01.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area RealEvery week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Intro (0:00) Now up for sale: An Oracle-owned Bay Area campus that could  become life science space - Silico...

Thinking of Trading Up Your Home? Tips You NEED TO KNOW 27.01.2021

So your family is beginning to grow and you’re quickly finding out your space is becoming smaller in comparison. Maybe your company has decided to become remote full time and you need a spare room for your new home office. The time for you to upgrade your space has arrived and you don’t know where to start! What are your next steps and options in trading up? Well I am here to help you! On today’s...

Biden is SAVING homeowners who CAN'T PAY MORTGAGE! | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report January 22, 2021 22.01.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Prop 19 hopes to increase supply of CA homes for sale (1:04) San Jose, S.F. lead nation in plunging rent - while inland California sees most price growth (3:29) Biden's executive order will...

Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Plan Breakdown | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report January 15, 2021 15.01.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com . Timestamps:   San Mateo County 19:40 Santa Clara County 20:22 Alameda County 21:40 Contra Costa County 21:53 Topics covered for the week: Biden stimulus plan: Details on checks, unemployment, minimum wage announced 5 Breat...

US Home Prices hit 14 year high | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report January 8, 2021 08.01.2021

Every week at 12PM PST, I analyze the news and data that can affect the Bay Area Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: San Francisco rent closes out the year down 27% https://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/SF-rent-closes-out-the-year-down-27-15845136.php The Bay Area's pandemic 'exodus' is real and...

Waymo expands in Mountain View | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report January 1, 2021 01.01.2021

Every week at 12 PM PST, I go over news that can affect Bay Area Real Estate. I analyze the news and data that can affect the Silicon Valley Real Estate Market. Tune in weekly and email me anytime if I can help! spencer@spencerhsu.com. Topics covered for the week: Waymo expands in Mountain View in one of 2020’s biggest Bay Area leases https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Waymo-expands-in-M...

Tech giant Oracle leaves the Bay Area - Real Estate Market Update 18.12.2020

2021 Will be the year of the tech enabled agent | Bay Area Real Estate Market Report December 18, 2020 https://www.housingwire.com/articles/2021-will-be-the-year-of-the-tech-enabled-agent/ Amazon spend $200 million on San Francisco site https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Amazon-spends-200-million-on-S-F-site-for-15801880.php Oracle move headquarters from Redwood City to Austin https://ww...

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