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Category Archives: Real Estate
If You're in the Market For a Home in the Bay Area, Yes You Missed the Boat...But There's Still Hope
If you're in the market for a house or condo, first the bad news: real estate prices in the Bay Area are climbing, as much as 16 percent over last year in some areas. "We did have a brief window … Continue reading
West Oakland: Bubble, Burst, Rebirth
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Marilyn Reynolds bought her West Oakland home in 2001 for $600,000. In 2010, after her husband's work dried up and they split up, she was forced to sell it for $180,000 – to avoid foreclosure. Reynolds isn't alone. Today, new … Continue reading
An Interactive Map of the Cheapest Places to Rent in the Bay Area
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A few weeks back we shared an interesting map by the real estate startup Kwelia, showing residential rents by Bay Area zip code. The most expensive zip codes were in red, while the cheapest were in light yellow. On Sunday Kwelia launched an update … Continue reading
San Francisco Found 2nd Least Affordable Housing Market
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Things are looking up in the Bay Area for home builders, but for home buyers, the news remains pretty dismal. That's the report from the National Association of Home Builders, which on Monday issued a list of metropolitan areas where … Continue reading
A Map of the Cheapest Places to Rent in the Bay Area
Update, April 21, 2013: The real-estate data firm Kwelia updated its map of Bay Area rental prices to make it a little more nuanced. The firm revised the map to show median (instead of average) per-square-foot prices for apartment rents … Continue reading
How to Find an Affordable Place to Live: Tips from Bay Area Residents
San Francisco has been called the most expensive place in the country to rent housing, and average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is now $2,673 a month. It’s a source of frustration for many residence-seekers. A few weeks ago we … Continue reading
Tell Us Your San Francisco Apartment-Hunting Horror Stories
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On Tuesday KQED News ran a radio story about how awful it is to look for a rental in San Francisco these days. From reporter Sam Harnett's piece… My girlfriend and I spent three months this summer searching for an … Continue reading
San Francisco Supes Delay Vote Allowing Tiny Apartments
Update 3:21 p.m.: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has delayed until at least November a vote on a building code change that could reduce the minimum size of apartments in San Francisco. The board had been set to vote … Continue reading
Want a Job? Look at Tech in San Francisco
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(Bay City News) While much of the state and the country grapples with joblessness, San Francisco is seeing growth in Internet and biotech jobs, according to new data released by San Francisco County Assessor-Recorder Phil Ting. Ting's data suggests that … Continue reading
Donner Summit Land Preserved Through Land Trusts
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TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — In what is being hailed as a major land acquisition in the Sierra Nevada, conservation groups say they have reached an agreement to purchase 3,000 acres atop Northern California's Donner Summit. Under the deal announced Monday, … Continue reading
