Monthly Archives: March 2021

The Bay Area migration has turned the Central Valley into a suddenly hot housing market

The pandemic-driven desire for more living space, coupled with the freedoms afforded by corporate work-from-home rules, is luring thousands of Bay Area families over the Altamont Pass to planned communities where homes are often bigger, and 50% cheaper, than they … Continue reading

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Dropbox headquarters selling for $1.08 billion in San Francisco’s second-largest sale ever

The deal would eclipse all previous transactions aside from Boston Property’s $1.2 billion purchase in 1998 of Embarcadero Center, which is about four times the size of the Exchange. It is expected to close at the end of this month. … Continue reading

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Amid the pandemic, Black home buyers create a new community narrative

From January to September 2020, Black Millennials across the country began purchasing a lot of homes. The National Association of Realtors tracked the trend. In November, NAR released data showing Black people age 26 to 39 accounted for 5% of … Continue reading

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S.F. versus Seattle: For people mulling a California exodus, what home does $1.2 million get you?

Last week, a Chronicle analysis looked at another region in-state that has become popular for Bay Area residents looking to move out and buy elsewhere: Sacramento. In our look at homes under $1 million in San Francisco and Sacramento, a … Continue reading

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Bay Area exodus leading edge of pandemic housing reshuffle

By Howard Schneider 4 Min Read WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Long one of the nation’s “it” destinations, San Francisco was already a land of unaffordable housing before the coronavirus hit, and with the median single-family home price still hovering above $1.5 … Continue reading

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