Bay Area Unemployment Rates Drop to Record Lows
Benefiting from a seasonal bump in the onboarding of new graduates, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck increased by 7,100 in September and now totals…
Bay Area Home Sales and Median Price Trend Down
The number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area dropped 2.3 percent from July to 7,247 August, which was down nearly 6 percent on…
Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Slip, Gap Shrinks
Having ticked up around 5 percent through the first eight months of the year, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well…
Indexed Appreciation for Bay Area Homes Drops to 0.2 Percent
Having eked out a 0.2 percent gain in June, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay,…
Bay Area Employment Holds, Unemployment Rate Down
Having benefited from a seasonal bump in July, the number of people living in San Francisco with a paycheck, which is now estimated at 573,600, was unchanged in August. But…
The Grand Plan for Oakland’s Downtown
Having released a “preliminary draft” of its comprehensive plan to transform Downtown Oakland earlier this year, Oakland’s Planning Department will present its official Draft of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan…
Bay Area Home Sales and Median Price Were Down, Again
While the number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area inched up 0.5 percent from June to just over 7,400 in July, sales were…
Different Drivers Pushing Average Rents up in SF and Oakland
The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as units in larger developments, has inched up to around $4,350 per month, which…
Indexed Appreciation for Bay Area Homes Drops to Under a Percent
Having inched up 0.3 percent in May, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index for single-family home values within the San Francisco Metropolitan Area – which includes the East Bay, North Bay…
Supersized West Oakland Project Redesigned, Slated for Approval
Facing continued pushback from Oakland’s Planning Department with respect to the “monotonous and bulky massing,” the lack of a “rich public-private interface” and a lackluster tower design for the proposed…