Expensive houses in San Francisco are the most expensive expensive houses

The San Francisco housing market is red hot.

But the really startling increases are being seen in the "high-end" part of the market, which includes homes that cost over $950,000.

And for homes in this price bracket, San Francisco is sharply outpacing the appreciation seen in other markets around the country.

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We've previously written about how the cost of living made it hard to hire teachers in San Francisco, and how homes in Berkeley - 40 minutes outside the city - are also seeing prices skyrocket, with median prices now over $1 million.

On Tuesday, the latest Case-Shiller home price report showed that overall, home prices rose 4.7% over the prior year across the country in August.

San Francisco, along with Denver, outpaced this growth as overall prices rose 10.7% in those markets.

But whilethe largest home price increases in low and mid-range homes have been driving prices in Denver, it's the most expensive part of the market driving prices up in and around Silicon Valley.