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Prospects for Bay Area real estate markets have shifted significantly, whereby San Francisco's ranking falls from 10th to 27th and Oakland goes from 14th to 20th, while San Jose jumps from 17th to eighth place.

By Lisa Brown | Updated on November 17, 2017

ULI Emerging Trends ULI and PwC officials weighed in on the report and its future implications for the Bay Area.

SAN FRANCISCO—Prospects for Bay Area real estate markets have shifted significantly according to Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2018, the latest edition of the 39th annual report co-issued by the Urban Land Institute and PwC. In the report, San Francisco falls from 10th place in 2017 to 27th in the 2018 rankings. Oakland also dropped in the rankings from 14th to 20th this year, while San Jose jumped from 17th up to eighth place; the Bay Area’s only top 10, GlobeSt.com learns in this exclusive.

ULI and PwC officials weighed in on the report and its future implications for the Bay Area earlier this week, going beyond the rankings released nationally in October.

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