Monthly Archives: January 2021

San Francisco’s housing market has been chaotic. Here’s what experts see coming in 2021

Market-rate housing development in San Francisco will grind to a halt in 2021 as a crop of new buildings opens up and tumbling rents and condo prices combine to shut off the flow of capital into the city’s real estate … Continue reading

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Sound Off: What’s your prediction for the Bay Area’s real estate market in 2021?

Have we hit a ceiling? It looks like it. With the surge of Bay Area residents selling their homes and chasing tech opportunities in Texas and other states it might get easier for natives and others to buy, live, or … Continue reading

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How big was San Francisco’s pandemic exodus? Look at U-Haul traffic

California suffered the steepest outflow of residents via rental truck among all 50 states in 2020, with San Francisco the epicenter of the Bay Area’s pandemic exodus for DIY movers, new data shows. California ranked last in the nation for … Continue reading

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These charts show just how extreme the rent declines in San Francisco were in 2020

San Francisco’s housing rental market saw the most dramatic changes among all U.S. cities last year during the coronavirus pandemic, new data shows. When the pandemic began in March, moving virtually halted across the country. But as job losses rose … Continue reading

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San Francisco rent closes out the year down 27%

Prices are down 27% from January 2020, but the rental site indicated that while prices continue to fall, an economic upswing in the spring could bring a rental rebound. “After an unprecedented year, rents in San Francisco are down nearly … Continue reading

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