Half of 2019’s most competitive markets are in California
Even as California’s housing market slowed in 2019, some markets remained hyper-competitive for homebuyers.
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Tag: Bay Area
What is the responsibility for private businesses to provide housing?
Google’s recent $1 billion pledge to create more housing in the Bay Area begs the question: is housing a public or a private issue?
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Bay Area housing markets cool
Have high home prices and competition finally reached a tipping point in the Bay Area?
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New law requires BART to develop transit-oriented housing
Have local governments lost their chance at zoning?
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Granny flats get a boost in California legislature
Legislatures have taken steps in 2016 to encourage the building of secondary units to alleviate California’s inventory issue.
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Megaprojects coming to the Bay Area with insufficient new housing
More than 1,000 acres of mixed-use development are coming to Silicon Valley — but the residential units included are severely lacking.
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Bay Area landlords offer incentives for expensive rentals
Landlords of rental units old and new offer incentives — but not for the benefit of tenants.
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Overbidding rampant in Bay Area markets
As home prices climb, San Francisco buyers bid higher to beat the competition.
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Bay Area residents consider abandoning ship
34% of locals claim they’re ready to leave the overpriced metro area for good.
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San Francisco tops the nation in luxury home sales over list price
Luxury home sales in the Bay Area begin to echo the effects of high demand experienced in low- and mid-tier markets.
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Bay Area residents need $6 mil. to be “wealthy”
The cost of living in the Bay Area creates a disproportionate wealth standard.
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BARF for building: San Francisco’s latest rezoning crusaders
A spunky new coalition advocates building of all kinds to remedy San Francisco’s starving market.
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California starter home crisis tops national charts
Nine of the ten worst metropolitan areas for first-time homebuyers seeking starter homes are in California.
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San Francisco inventory resuscitates as home sales volume falters
San Francisco home inventory is rising — but does it really mean the market is stabilizing?
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San Jose rent increases limited to 5%
The San Jose city council voted to make significant changes to the city’s 37-year-old rent control ordinance, including a new rent increase cap.
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Chinese investors continue developing in Bay Area
Despite expectations of decreasing foreign real estate investments, Chinese developers are still hard at work in the Bay Area.
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