Monthly Archives: May 2022

The axiomatic idea behind the inception of Brownstone Shared Housing — an eight-month-old startup that bills itself as a “short-term solution for students or people working on temporary jobs” — is nothing novel or awe-inspiring. “Pod-living” and dormitory-style room rentals … Continue reading →

After intense growth during the Covid-19 pandemic, San Francisco’s residential real estate market is starting to show signs of slipping, according to a report from Compass released Monday. Rising interest rates, the volatile stock market and record-high home prices have … Continue reading →

“We have re-examined our assumptions over and over. We are applying actual construction costs based upon our knowledge of the area,” the letter states. “The conclusion is that the project, as we have analyzed it in its current form, does … Continue reading →

The futility and hypocrisy simply became too much, he said in a series of phone interviews from his new home on the East Coast. “It’s a beautiful city,” he said about San Francisco. “But it’s fraudulent. We are a fraudulent … Continue reading →

Put another way: More than half of the overall growth in house prices in the pandemic can be attributed to demand spurred by remote work, according to John Mondragon, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and … Continue reading →