The Dissent

Here's a scenario that should make your blood boil: You sign a lease on a one-bedroom in Hayes Valley at the listed…

California's housing policy elite gathered at UCLA recently for what was billed as a comprehensive look at the state's…

Here's your Bay Area housing update in three acts: Home prices are surging at their fastest clip in eight years.

Something remarkable is happening in San Francisco: the city is actually trying to make it easier to build housing.

When a real estate dynasty that has survived the English Civil War, two World Wars, and four centuries of British…

Here's a question that shouldn't be controversial but somehow still is: why aren't Bay Area millennials having kids?

Here's a story that should make every renter's blood boil — and every landlord think twice about cutting corners.

Here's a fun little riddle: How can a city have a housing crisis and thousands of units owned by people who don't even…

If you're apartment hunting in San Francisco and using Craigslist, congratulations — you've entered one of the most…

Here's a fun number for your Wednesday: if you buy a home in San Jose instead of renting a comparable one, you'll spend…

Here's a fun one for anyone who still believes government-adjacent housing programs are efficient stewards of public…

Every time San Francisco moves even an inch toward building more housing, the NextDoor threads light up like it's the…

Allegations are circulating that Equity Residential — one of the largest publicly traded landlords in the country — has…

Here's a PSA for every 21-year-old — or anyone, really — diving into the Bay Area rental market for the first time: if…

Here's a fun exercise: think about what you could buy in San Francisco for the price of a home in the year 2000.

If you've walked through Hayes Valley recently — especially after dark — you've noticed.

Ryan Serhant — the man who turned selling Manhattan penthouses into must-watch television — is officially planting a…

Demolition permits have been filed for several buildings at Potrero Terrace, the aging public housing complex that's…

Here's a small but satisfying story about someone actually making a rational decision in the Bay Area housing market —…

Let's be honest: apartment hunting in San Francisco is an exercise in controlled desperation.

There's something a visitor from Paris recently reminded us of — something we San Franciscans walk past every single…

Here's a fun exercise: try getting $1,096 back from a company that won't answer your emails, won't pick up the phone…

For half a century, the Shorenstein family held 45 Fremont Street — a gleaming downtown tower and a symbol of one of…

Here's a scenario that should make every renter's blood boil: You're paying sky-high San Francisco rent.