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Project Home: Bay Area Real Estate Market Chilled By Coronavirus Economic Impact

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — It’s the spring selling season, which usually means home sales spike and excited prospective buyers spend their weekends jumping from open house to open house, but since the pandemic hit things have gone quiet. “I … Continue reading

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It took a pandemic to slow down the Bay Area’s housing market

Oakland, California (Credit: iStock) It seemed that San Francisco Bay Area’s incredibly tight housing market was bulletproof. That turned out not to be true, but it took a literal pandemic to put a dent in it. Zillow economist Jeff Tucker … Continue reading

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San Francisco and Five Other Bay Area Counties Announce Shelter-in-Place Extension Until June

Health officers from seven Bay Area jurisdictions — six counties and the City of Berkeley — are collaborating on a joint extension of shelter-in-place orders to be announced later this week, extending current orders through the month of May. As … Continue reading

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Foreclosure sales continue in Bay Area during coronavirus crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered municipal buildings across the Bay Area. Courthouses are mostly shut down, with jury trials on pause. Evictions and foreclosures are banned until at least 90 days after the lockdown is lifted. Yet outside of courthouses … Continue reading

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Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Drop, Listings Up

Having already started to slip earlier this year, prior to the COVID-19 hit, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco dropped around 2 percent in March to $4,000 a month, which is around 1 percent lower … Continue reading

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