For sale sign outside of a home in San Francisco. For sale sign outside of a home on in San Francisco. Bay Area home sales inch up to another record due to... An increase in sales among higher-end homes drove Bay Area prices to another record in May, according to a new CoreLogic report. The number of homes — new and resale — that sold for $800,000 or more last month jumped 21.1 percent year over year, making one of the costliest markets in the U.S. even pricier.