THE PAYNE JOURNAL
Real Estate · Capital · Policy · The Peninsula

The single number that moved, and why.

A free weekly letter on Silicon Valley real estate and the forces that price it — written by Payne Sharpley, a Peninsula Realtor and Forbes Global Properties member. One email a week. A monthly magazine edition when the month earns it. No paywall, ever.

Every Friday, the Journal names the week's one number that matters — a Fed vote, a record sale, a rent line crossing New York — and explains, plainly, what it does to the houses of Palo Alto, Atherton, Los Altos, and the towns between. Figures from named sources carry a dagger and a date. The editor's estimates say so. And when a call is wrong, the correction prints at the same size as the claim.

Recent Issues
No. 8 — The Golden Handcuffs at SevenSep 25, 2026 No. 7 — The Unanimous FedSep 18, 2026 No. 6 — The Bond Market Votes for a HikeSep 11, 2026 No. 5 — The House Priced in SharesSep 4, 2026 The Monthly, No. 1 — July 2026 (47 pages)Aug 7, 2026

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