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The Quiet Case for Letting San Franciscans Be Weird With Their Garages
Walk down almost any residential block in San Francisco and you'll notice something you won't find in most American…
Rents Are Skyrocketing and Building Is Still Impossible — Welcome to San Francisco
Here's a brain teaser for you: What happens when rents keep climbing but it's still too expensive to build new housing?
SF's Rental Market Is a Hunger Games Nobody Signed Up For
A newcomer relocating from New York — someone with excellent credit, stable income, no pets, no kids, and earnings well…
46 Displaced After Fire Rips Through Tenderloin Affordable Housing — Who's Accountable?
A fire tore through an affordable housing building in the Tenderloin this week, displacing 46 residents and raising…
AI Hasn't Even IPO'd Yet and It's Already Pricing You Out
Here's a fun thought experiment: What happens to San Francisco housing costs when billions of dollars in AI wealth are…
SF's Dumbest Housing Rule Is Finally Getting the Axe
In a city where it takes longer to approve an apartment building than it does to actually construct one, San Francisco…
Someone Just Overbid by $7 Million on a Cow Hollow Mansion Because Sure, Why Not
A Cow Hollow mansion just sold for $15 million — a cool $7 million over asking — setting San Francisco's 21st-century…
SF's Dumbest Housing Obstacle? Literal Shadows.
In a city where the median home price hovers around $1.3 million and a one-bedroom apartment can eat half your…
You Signed a Lease. Your Landlord Signed a Lease. So Why Are They Ghosting You?
Here's a fun scenario that apparently just played out in San Francisco's rental market: A tenant signs a lease.
So You Want to Move to SF: A Reality Check for the Dreamers
Every week, a fresh wave of hopefuls posts online asking whether they can make it in San Francisco.
Forty Deep for a One‑Bedroom: SF's Housing Competition Is Back with a Vengeance
If you thought the days of queueing around the block for a mediocre apartment were behind us, think again.
Your Roommate's Loan Won't Fix Your Roommate Problem
Here's a Bay Area tale as old as time: your roommate is behind on rent, swears they'll make it right, and now they're…
How One Renter Beat SF's Brutal Housing Market: Hustle, Phone Calls, and Zero Chill
If you've tried renting a house — not an apartment, an actual house — as a single person in the Bay Area recently, you…
SF's Rental Market Has Gone Full Hunger Games
If you've tried to find a two-bedroom apartment in San Francisco recently, congratulations — you now know what it feels…
The Painted Ladies: A Reminder That SF Used to Build Things Worth Keeping
Take a stroll past Alamo Square and look across at the most photographed row of houses in America — the Painted Ladies.
California's Governor Wannabes Talk Housing — But Will Any of Them Actually Build Anything?
California's Democratic gubernatorial candidates are making the media rounds talking about housing, and if you've lived…
So You Want to Move to SF? Here's the Fiscally Responsible Way to Follow Your Heart
We get it. San Francisco has a way of getting under your skin. The fog, the hills, the burritos that ruin every other…
A Seven‑Story Building Is Actually Going Up at 159 Fell Street. Yes, Really.
In a city where it can take longer to get a building permit than to earn a medical degree, a seven-story residential…
A $10K Monthly Take‑Home and She's Still Worried About Money. That Tells You Everything About SF.
A 29-year-old woman in tech recently posted a detailed breakdown of her finances online, inviting other San Franciscans…
Furnishing Your SF Apartment Without Losing Your Mind (Or Your Wallet)
If you've recently signed a lease in San Francisco — first of all, condolences on your rent payment — you're probably…
24th Street Is Proving That Local Spending Beats Government Programs
Here's a feel-good story that also happens to be an economics lesson: 24th Street is leading the Mission District's…
Thirty, Tired, and Treading Water: The Quiet Crisis Hitting SF's 'Successful' Generation
There's a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from doing everything "right" and still feeling like you're losing.
The Most Expensive City in America Wants to Know Why You Don't Have Kids
Here's a question that apparently still needs answering in 2025: why are people in their late 30s in San Francisco not…
Academy of Art Dumps Fisherman's Wharf Property — Will Housing Actually Follow?
The Academy of Art University has sold one of its Fisherman's Wharf properties — a site that's been earmarked for…