For $250, You Can Own a Piece of San Francisco — Just Bring a Snorkel
San Francisco real estate is famously insane.
Even the Traffic Cones Are Transplants Now
There's a joke making the rounds in San Francisco that perfectly captures the absurdity of the city's housing…
No, Detroit Cannot Teach the Bay Area About Housing. Just Cut the Red Tape.
Every few months, someone publishes a breathless think piece about how some other city has cracked the code on housing…
First & Market, 1915: When SF Was Still Building Instead of Regulating
A recently circulated historic photo of First and Market streets from 1915 is making the rounds among San Franciscans —…
Cole Valley Garage Sale Accidentally Becomes Group Therapy Session About Housing Prices
There's something beautifully cruel about a neighborhood garage sale in San Francisco.
The $3,500/Month Closet You Can't Even Walk Into
There's a certain dark comedy to paying San Francisco rent — some of the highest in the nation — and still not being…
The $30K Question: Why SF Parents Feel Pressured to Go Private
Here's a scene playing out at preschool drop-offs across San Francisco right now: parents casually swapping notes about…
A 1986 Newspaper Clipping Shows Just How Badly SF Broke Its Own Housing Market
Someone was unpacking their grandmother's old boxes from a 1986 move out of the Richmond District and found a newspaper…
Bernal Heights: The $443K Eight‑Bedroom That Got Away
Bernal Heights Park remains one of San Francisco's most underrated gems — sweeping views, windswept hilltop vibes, and…
Golden Gate Fields: Where a Racetrack Goes to Become Another Bay Area Planning Nightmare
Golden Gate Fields — the storied horse racing track perched on the Albany waterfront — is heading toward its next life.
Got a Marina Mansion Worth of Fixtures? Here's How to Keep It Out of a Landfill
Here's a small story that says a lot about how San Francisco works — and occasionally doesn't.
SF Home Prices Rocket 21% While the Rest of America Cools Off
Just when you thought San Francisco's housing market might finally give aspiring homeowners a breather, April's MLS…
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…
Civic Center · May 12, 2026
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