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Landlords Vet You — Here's How to Vet Them Back
In San Francisco's rental market, the power dynamic is almost comically lopsided.
Your Rent Is Controlled. Your Utility Bill? That's the Wild West.
Here's a fun little loophole in San Francisco's beloved rent control regime: your landlord can't raise your rent more…
Ghirardelli Square Changes Hands — Let's Hope the New Owners Actually Do Something With It
Ghirardelli Square, one of San Francisco's most iconic waterfront properties, has been sold to a new ownership group…
Everyone Wants to Move Here — And Honestly, We Get It
Every week, a fresh wave of posts floods the internet from people planning their escape to the Bay Area.
The Most San Francisco Thing Ever: Free Moving Boxes and the Beautiful Economics of Not Being Wasteful
Here's a small story that says something big about how neighborhoods actually work — no government program required.
Making $137K and Still Sweating Rent: The SF Reality Check
Here's a little snapshot of life in San Francisco that should make every city official squirm: a young professional in…
The Caltrain Railyards Mega‑Project: San Francisco's Next Big Bet
San Francisco is barreling toward an approval deadline for the Caltrain railyards mega-project — a massive…
The Handyperson Problem: Why Finding Trustworthy Home Repair Help Shouldn't Be This Hard
Here's a scenario that shouldn't require an editorial but apparently does: You buy a condo.
30 People Deep at an Inner Sunset Open House: SF's Rental Hunger Games Are Back
If you want a snapshot of San Francisco's housing dysfunction, here it is: a renter showed up to an Inner Sunset…
The Real Crisis Isn't New Buildings — It's the Power to Say No to Them
There's a familiar script that plays out every time someone proposes building new housing in San Francisco.
Empty Nesters Are Racing Back to SF — And the AI Boom Is Why
Here's a trend that tells you everything about where San Francisco's housing market is headed: buyers in their 50s and…
The Hidden Cost of a Messy House: Why SF's Neurodivergent Families Are Paying a Premium for Help That Actually Works
Here's a reality that doesn't show up in San Francisco's housing debates: even after you've somehow managed to buy or…
The $500 Bay Window Bench: A Small Victory Against SF's Insane Home Improvement Costs
If you've ever tried to get custom work done in your San Francisco apartment or home, you know the drill: you reach out…
Your Landlord Wants 12 Months of Reserves and a 740 Credit Score for 550 Square Feet. Cool Cool Cool.
Here's your Monday reality check from the San Francisco housing market: a landlord in Nob Hill is asking prospective…
The People Who Keep SFO Running Can't Afford to Live Anywhere Near It
Here's a question that should bother anyone who's ever grabbed a coffee at SFO, checked a bag, or walked through a…
Pregnant in SF and Can't Find Clothes? Welcome to Retail's Ghost Town
Here's a fun little market failure for you: San Francisco, a city where a one-bedroom apartment costs more than a…
SF's Ghost Storefronts: Why Landlords Would Rather Have Empty Space Than Lower Rent
Walk down any major corridor in San Francisco — Market Street, parts of the Mission, stretches of SoMa — and you'll…
Your Balcony Is the Last Piece of SF Real Estate You Can Actually Afford to Develop
Here's a radical concept for San Francisco in 2025: growing your own food on a tiny slab of concrete you're already…
A Documentary About SF's Senior Housing Crisis Is Screening for Free — And You Should Probably Pay Attention
There's a free screening and Q&A coming up in San Francisco for No Place to Grow Old, a documentary tackling the city's…
Oakland Wants to Bulldoze a Beloved Trader Joe's for Senior Housing. Why Not Just Do Both?
Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates Bay Area development: Oakland is eyeing the popular Rockridge Trader Joe's…
North Beach's Verdi Building: When 'Saving the Neighborhood' Means Saving a Burnt‑Out Shell
Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates San Francisco's housing dysfunction.
The Bottom of SF's Housing Market Is a Feature, Not a Bug
Somewhere in San Francisco, a guy named Sam Devdhara figured out what City Hall has spent decades pretending doesn't…
The Bay Area's Real Housing Crisis: When 'Affordable' Means 5 Hours in Your Car
Here's a story that perfectly encapsulates the Bay Area's broken housing equation: A tech worker moved from Sunnyvale…
SF Renters Are Getting Catfished by Their Own Landlords
Here's something that should surprise exactly no one who's apartment-hunted in San Francisco: landlords are hiding some…