A lot of people mistakenly think that we're saying that the price of a house rose 3.9 percent, which is not true. |
Out of the 27 metropolitan areas that we keep information on, San Diego had the eighth-highest rise in prices. |
The Bay Area's most heavily represented industries here are in management of companies and enterprises, professional and technical services like scientists, engineers and high-tech folks and in the information field like Web portals. We have more of those jobs here, and they tend to be higher-paying jobs. |