Monthly Archives: November 2021

Zillow’s collapse was no surprise to me. I sold my home to an iBuyer and watched it get clobbered

But Zillow’s collapse, and the almost-certain collapse of iBuying in general, came as no surprise to me. I sold my house to Redfin several months ago — and watched the company get clobbered trying to flip it. It all went … Continue reading

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They grew up in Oakland. They owned homes. How they lost everything explains the city’s spiraling homeless crisis

Credits Visuals Nicole Frugé • nfruge@sfchronicle.com  • @photofruge Guy Wathen • gwathen@sfchronicle.com  • @GuyWathen Brontë Wittpenn • bronte.wittpenn@sfchronicle.com  • @BronteWittpenn Carlos Avila Gonzalez • cgonzalez@sfchronicle.com  • @CAGisMe Gabrielle Lurie • glurie@sfchronicle.com  • @gabriellelurie Reporters Kevin Fagan • kfagan@sfchronicle.com  • @KevinChron Sarah Ravani • sravani@sfchronicle.com  • @SarRavani Lauren … Continue reading

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A Bay Area school district needs funding. Its unusual plan: 1,100 units of housing on campus

If eventually approved and built, it would be one of the largest multi-family housing projects the Peninsula city has seen in decades, according to city planners. The district envisions five buildings ranging from four to 14 stories, plus retail, restaurants, … Continue reading

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Wanted: Huge Bay Area office expansions for Facebook, TikTok

The giant office landlord in San Francisco revealed on an earnings call last week that the parent company of Facebook and TikTok are looking for huge Bay Area office expansions. Salesforce Tower and Embarcadero Center-owner Boston Properties’ CEO Owen Thomas … Continue reading

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Facebook, TikTok looking for big Bay Area office expansions, S.F.’s largest office landlord says

The potential deals would boost the economy and defy predictions that remote work will kill offices. If signed, they would be among the largest in the Bay Area since the pandemic began, representing a return to the mega-expansions of the … Continue reading

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