Monthly Archives: July 2021

Bay Area cities are the only major metros where rents are still heavily discounted

Rents in San Francisco increased 3.2% month-over-month in July, though they’re still down 14% from pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from Apartment List. That puts median rents in San Francisco at $2,341 for a one-bedroom apartment and $2,708 for … Continue reading

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Fourplexes on every SF single-family lot? SF supervisor juices proposed housing legislation to allow more homes

Mandelman could either scrap the idea or go bigger. Thankfully, he’s opted for the latter. On Tuesday, he’ll introduce legislation allowing fourplexes on any single-family home lot in San Francisco regardless of whether it’s on a corner or near transit. … Continue reading

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Older tech workers may be leaving San Francisco, but the young and hungry — including those with startup dreams — are moving in

Kunal Gupta and Joe Ahearn, New Yorkers in 2018, began working on a startup called Withfriends. The idea was to help small businesses build revenue through subscription boxes, where customers would pay a monthly fee for merchandise like vegetables, flowers … Continue reading

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Manhattanize Palo Alto

A couple of decades after HP’s birth, as the tech industry began to take root, famed developer Joseph Eichler, who believed that good design should be democratic, studded the city with affordable homes that, at the time, were priced to … Continue reading

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‘Present-day redlining’: A Black homeowner says her Oakland property was undervalued by $400K

But then came the appraisal. In two new discrimination complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday, Robinson says she was lowballed by around $400,000 on the value of her property, largely because she and … Continue reading

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