San Francisco is ~$710 per square foot, up ~13% in six months, yet still ~10% below its 2022 peak
And 144 homes have already sold for at least $1M over asking this year
At this rate, the down payment needs a seed round
One of the most expensive US housing markets shouldn’t be accessible only through a mortgage.
US home prices have spent the last two years bouncing between roughly $418K and $435K
Today: $428,220. Near the middle of the range
For September 30, @Polymarket traders are mostly pricing more of the same: 38% for $426K–$433K and 35% for $419K–$426K
Just 8% see it above $433K
For now, the range is still winning.
San Francisco is ~$710 per square foot, up ~13% in six months, yet still ~10% below its 2022 peak
And 144 homes have already sold for at least $1M over asking this year
At this rate, the down payment needs a seed round
One of the most expensive US housing markets shouldn’t be accessible only through a mortgage.
The old housing cycle was simple
Families moved up. Empty nesters moved down. Homes cycled back into the market
Now more owners are staying big or buying bigger, and less supply is coming back to everyone else
Wanting exposure to a housing market and wanting to own a house there are not the same trade.
Vaults are uninsured. Drawdowns hit everyone pro-rata and equity can go to zero. More capital can also overwhelm the edge, so size matters
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A trader can have a real edge and still be capped by one thing: their own balance
Vaults remove that ceiling
A trader runs the strategy. Depositors supply capital. Everyone shares the result
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Withdrawals follow the rules set upfront, not the manager’s permission
Once the lockup passes, they are permissionless
The manager can shorten a lockup, but cannot extend it for people already in the vault.
San Francisco spent years as one of the weakest major housing markets in America
Still 9.6% below its 2022 peak
Then it ran 14.2% in six months
Compass counted 144 homes selling at least $1M over asking in the first half of 2026
Same period last year: 8
SF went from dead money to bidding wars. Now @Polymarket traders are pricing where it lands this quarter.
NYC added $35 per square foot in 32 days
May 31 to July 2, up 8.27%
On a 1,000 sqft apartment, that’s $35,000 in a month
It’s already down 2.4% from that top
And on Parcl V4 devnet, NYC is trading below index with negative funding. The market has started leaning the other way
Housing was always volatile. You just couldn’t see it, because you couldn’t price it daily.
5.1
That’s how motivated the average American seller is right now
Cutting, but not capitulating
Single-family at 5.3 is doing most of the cutting. Condos at 4.6 are barely moving
Now you can actually put a number on seller pressure.