Monthly Archives: August 2021

A $475000 tenant buyout made headlines, but here’s what the average SF buyout looks like

Despite these headline-making outliers, average tenant buyout sums in San Francisco have actually stayed pretty consistent. We found that the median buyout figure has hovered between $30,000 and $35,000 every year since 2015. “(Buyout amounts are) almost more consistent than … Continue reading

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Burned down Walnut Creek house hits real estate market for $850K with sale pending – KGO

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KGO) — A house in the East Bay has redefined the term “fixer-upper”, leaving you to do the fixing from the framing on up, and only adding to the countless stories of the Bay Area’s housing market. … 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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Tahoe real estate soars, even as pandemic eases

Patricia Franklin and her husband, Doug, dreamed about a second home in Lake Tahoe during the COVID-19 pandemic as a family retreat. The couple started out with a $700,000 budget, enough, they thought, to get a move-in ready home in a … Continue reading

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More Bay Area homes now on the market, Zillow says

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – Some good news for home buyers, housing inventory is rising. According to Zillow, people in the market for a new home are seeing more options popping up in their searches. KRON4’s Michelle Kingston reports the … Continue reading

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