Monthly Archives: March 2018

Bay Area rents on the rise again after ‘cooling off period,’ real estate data firm reports

A real estate analytics firm has some good news for Bay Area landlords — and bad news for tenants: Rents began rising again last year after a brief “cooling off period” in late 2016. “The Bay Area region should register … Continue reading

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$3 million listing: Amid affordability crisis, sales of luxury homes double in the Bay Area

Click here if you are having trouble viewing this gallery on a mobile device. Related Articles More photos: $3 million homes in San Jose and Peninsula areas Finding a Bay Area home for less than $1 million is harder than … Continue reading

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Bay Area job market ‘defies gravity,’ economists say

SAN FRANCISCO — The Bay Area job market will outperform the nation during 2018, but skyrocketing housing prices might imperil the region’s economy, two economists said Monday. “The Bay Area is defying gravity,” Jerry Nickelsburg, director of the UCLA Anderson … Continue reading

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Millennials — paying the rent, hoping for help later

It’s not an easy time to be young and low-paid in the Bay Area. But most millennials are still making their own way — only about 1 in 10 in the region get help from their parents to pay rent, … Continue reading

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Sound Off: How might Trump’s proposed tariffs affect the Bay Area real estate market?

Caption Close A: Bay Area real estate is quite varied. Rising costs present different challenges to builders of large tracts of new homes, remodelers of existing homes, or developers of high rise or multi-unit housing projects. Single-family homes in the … Continue reading

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