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The East Bay Got Drenched Last Night — And Your Apartment Probably Isn't Ready
PublishedIf you were anywhere near Mt. Davidson last night, you saw it — a dramatic curtain of rain hammering the East Bay while…
The Bay Area's Quiet Youth Exodus Has a Dirty Little Secret: Most of Them Can't Afford to Leave
PublishedThere's a conversation happening among Bay Area twentysomethings right now, and it's revealing something that won't…
Zara Is Taking Over Union Square — And That's Actually Good News
PublishedIn a city where vacant storefronts have become as iconic as the Painted Ladies, here's a rare win: Zara is reportedly…
Uniqlo Moves Into Old Navy's Former Flagship — And Yes, It's Actually Happening
PublishedFor anyone who's walked past the ghostly husk of the former Old Navy at 4th and Market and wondered if downtown retail…
Sleeping Pods Won't Fix SF Housing — But Neither Will Clutching Your Pearls About Them
PublishedA company wants to build a 400-bed "super dorm" of sleeping pods in San Francisco, charging $700 a month per pod.
Sacramento Said 'Build Housing.' San Francisco Said 'New Phone, Who Dis?'
PublishedHere's a fun riddle: What happens when the state of California orders cities to build more housing, courts uphold those…
The AI Boom Is Coming for the Bay Area — And Not in the Way the Billboards Promise
PublishedHere's a thought experiment: What happens when a region that already can't house its middle class suddenly mints tens…
The Hidden Mold Crisis in East Bay's Aging Housing Stock
PublishedHere's a question Bay Area renters shouldn't have to ask: Is it normal for mold to keep growing in your kid's bedroom…
San Francisco's Last Single-Family Homes: A Vanishing Asset Class Nobody's Replacing
PublishedHere's a fun number for you: San Francisco is on pace to approve fewer than 50 new housing permits this year.
SF's Ugly New Apartments Aren't a Mystery — They're a Policy Choice
PublishedTake a walk through any San Francisco neighborhood where new multifamily housing has gone up in the last decade and…
A $22.5 Million Pacific Heights Home Hits the Market — Because Of Course It Does
PublishedIf you've ever wondered what $22.5 million buys you in San Francisco real estate — besides a crippling property tax…
Surprise: SF Isn't Even the Most Expensive City Anymore. You're Still Broke Though.
PublishedHere's a plot twist nobody in San Francisco saw coming: we're not even the most expensive city in America anymore.
The Mira: SF's Angular Marvel and What It's Actually Like to Live There
PublishedSan Francisco's skyline has no shortage of glass-and-steel luxury towers, but the Mira — that twisting, angular…
Want to Lower SF Rents by 10%? Just Build 52% More Housing. Easy, Right?
PublishedA recent study published in the Journal of Political Economy puts a hard number on something free-market advocates have…
A Decade of Nothing: The Ghost Building at 4805 Mission
PublishedDrive down the Mission-Excelsior corridor and you can't miss it — one of the taller new buildings in the neighborhood…
SF Housing Supply Is Still Broken. Is Anyone Surprised?
PublishedLimited housing supply continues to push San Francisco real estate costs skyward, and at this point the only reasonable…
Having a Baby in SF? You're Already Behind on the Waitlist
PublishedThere's a running joke in San Francisco that you need to get on a preschool waitlist before the pregnancy test comes…
Berkeley Made It Harder to Landmark Buildings — And That's Actually a Good Thing
PublishedBerkeley, a city where a mid-century smoke shop could theoretically be declared a protected historic landmark, has…
BART Station Loses 400 Parking Spaces for Housing — And That's Probably Fine
PublishedAn East Bay BART station is about to lose 400 parking spaces as construction begins on a new housing development.
62% Over Asking: SF's Housing Market Is Hot, But the Game Is Rigged From the Start
PublishedA San Francisco home recently sold for 62% over its listed asking price, and the internet predictably lost its mind.
A Luxury Vacancy Tax Sounds Fun — But Let's Talk About What Actually Works
PublishedThere's a proposal floating around San Francisco: slap an extra tax on vacant luxury second residences valued over $5…
Won't Someone Think of the Billionaires? SF's Ultra-Luxury 'Mansion Shortage'
PublishedWhile the rest of San Francisco argues about whether a studio apartment should cost $3,200 or $3,500 a month, there's…
A Canadian's Honest Report Card on Bay Area Living — And Why PG&E Is the Real Culture Shock
PublishedThere's a certain genre of Bay Area content we never get tired of: the newcomer reality check.
The Great California Living Debate: Vibes vs. Data
PublishedEvery few weeks, someone on the internet decides to play real estate influencer and tell the rest of us where we should…