San Francisco rent jumps again in August
San Francisco has already earned the dubious honor of most expensive city in the USA for renters, taking the crown away from Manhattan earlier this year. And according to the latest data from Zumper’s...
View ArticleDoes UC Berkeley miscalculate student rent expense by 42%?
Certainly a college should encourage idealism in its student body; but one place a bit of hard realism is sorely needed is the rental market. Yet, according to a new report from Trulia, UC Berkeley has...
View ArticleOwn this castle in Ben Lomond for $1.6M
In a week of surreal estates, how can we ignore this actual castle for sale? The home at 9969 Hwy 9 in Ben Lomond is just that: a 3,600-square-foot, 4-bed, 5-bath castle situated on a riverfront double...
View ArticleNew Richmond condo complex selling a unit a day since hitting market
Would readers be surprised if one of the fastest selling condo projects in the Bay Area—fast as in 7 units per week—isn’t located in San Francisco. It’s not in the Silicon Valley. It’s not even in...
View ArticleDaphne House: Mid-century modern stunner hits Hillsborough market at $5M
Fans of the mid-century modern home may already have seen Daphne House when it last sold in 2010 (for basically half what it asks now, per public record posted on Redfin). The 6-bed, 4-bath,...
View ArticleQuarterly rent report confirms: There are zero affordable neighborhoods for...
It’s official: Though rents are higher in some parts of San Francisco than others, the days of “low,” “cheap” or even “decent” rents in certain neighborhoods are over. The overall median price for a...
View ArticleSan Francisco wins best city for trick-or-treating for 5th year in a row
For the fifth year running, San Francisco has won the title of best city in the U.S. for trick-or-treating. Also on Zillow’s annual list, San Jose made #2 and Los Angeles #3. The only other California...
View ArticleDespite rent control, S.F. apartment buildings prove solid investments
One of the most important factors that always has driven San Francisco rents higher than other American cities is scarce inventory. “San Francisco is very much a boutique market of smaller buildings,”...
View ArticleNew study shows profound impact of tech industry on Bay Area real estate
The tech industry. Over and over in recent years, this economic sector has been targeted as the cause of dramatic upticks in both home prices and rents in the Bay Area. But is this a fair accusation?...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s November rent sets yet another record
Just when you thought maybe, just maybe there was a chink in the high-priced armor worn by San Francisco’s rent market, the median rent for a one bedroom went up again. After a record in early...
View ArticleRegal indeed: Fantastic modern Berkeley home yours for $3.4M
If 862 Regal Road, Berkeley’s lines haunt you, perhaps you’ve seen a reminiscent style in San Francisco’s de Young Museum, or the spectacular stacks that make up 1111 Lincoln in Miami, Florida. This...
View ArticleSleep in Steinbeck’s tiny writer’s studio for $175
Airbnb enjoys fans and foes in the Bay Area, and that’s true of the Monterey Bay Area just as of the San Francisco Bay Area. But for travelers with a penchant for litearary history, what could be more...
View ArticleSF’s November median 1 BR rent goes down almost 5 percent
In October, San Francisco’s median rent for one-bedroom apartments set a record at $3,670 a month. But with Thanksgiving in the rearview, the city’s many tenants may have something surprising to be...
View ArticleOakland ascends to nation’s 4th most expensive rental market
Last week, we learned the surprising news that San Francisco’s median rent took a dip in November, the first in many months of steady upward progress. But across the Bay, the news differs, according to...
View ArticleSan Francisco’s three top home sales for 2015
This was a banner year for San Francisco real estate prices, but even in a sea of seven-figure sales, these three stand out—namely because they’re actually eight figures—a less and less uncommon...
View ArticleValue of S.F. homes grew by $131 billion in 2015
San Francisco real estate doesn’t really need a happy new year: at least for its sellers and landlords, 2015 was epic, with home values soaring, overbidding insanity, rents rising to new highs (the...
View ArticleSan Francisco Giants Hunter Pence buys luxury condo in Millennium Tower
Hunter Pence is not only baseball savvy; he’s also real estate savvy. The Giants right fielder recently scored a two-bed, three-bath luxury condo in the coveted Millennium Tower at below asking price....
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