Monthly Archives: May 2022

After years of sky-high home prices that have made the Bay Area synonymous with unaffordability, home values spiked to even higher levels in the past two years, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Overall, from the beginning of 2020 through April 2022, … Continue reading →

A clash over uniforms is keeping San Francisco police officers out of this year’s Pride parade. The decision comes after a year and a half of negotiations between police and Pride organizers, in the wake of a tense confrontation between … Continue reading →

Housing inventory in the Bay Area is finally up, but that hasn’t done anything to keep prices down.  There are more houses for sale, but the combination of a rise in mortgage rates, and a tumbling stock market, makes the … Continue reading →

What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. If you … Continue reading →

Approved overwhelmingly by voters during a housing bubble in 1978 when assessments were skyrocketing, Prop. 13 caps property taxes to 1% of a home’s assessed value at the time of purchase, and limits annual increases to 2%. Properties are reassessed … Continue reading →