https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/12/21/home-sales-hit-their-lowest-level-in-16-years-spurring-a-big-scramble-among-bay-area-buyers/

Plenty of buyers are on the market for a home — the problem is finding one.

Persistently high interest rates paralyzed the Bay Area housing market in November, stymying would-be homebuyers and pushing sales in California to their lowest level in 16 years.