Sale pending homes outnumber ones on the market in the South Bay NBC Bay Area [Video]

Houses for sale are getting harder to come by in the Bay Area’s biggest county.

New numbers show the amount of homes with sale pending in Santa Clara County outnumber the homes that are on the market. The low inventory means prices will remain high for the foreseeable future.

MLS, which tracks homes for sale, shows that 621 homes are for sale in the county. By contrast, 759 show as sale pending.

“It’s rare, but it’s been very consistent where the demand has been very high,” Keller Williams Silicon City CEO Hilda Ramirez said. “This is the first time in a long time that we’re actually seeing this become a national trend as well.”

Realtors say the high prices continue to lure high-wage earners, like techies, while pricing out teachers, nurses and police officers.

The latest industry estimates show a family needs to earn $468,000 a year to afford a …