The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco ticked back up a (1) percent in April to $3,450 a month which is 13 percent higher than at the same time last year. That being said, the average asking rent in San Francisco is still 16 percent... Read More »

Having held in March, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland was effectively unchanged in April as well, holding at just under $2,450 a month. As such, while the average asking rent in Oakland is now 7 percent higher than it was at the same time... Read More »

Having slipped around 2 percent in February, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco ticked back up around 2 percent in March to $3,400 month, which was 11 percent higher than at the same time last year. That being said, the average asking rent in... Read More »

Having ticked down a little over 2 percent in February, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland was effectively unchanged in March, holding at just under $2,450 a month, with a slight uptick in the average asking rent for two-bedrooms ($2,800) offset by declines for larger... Read More »

Having ticked up 3 percent in January, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland slipped a little over 2 percent in February to $2,450 a month, which is 7 percent higher than at the same time last year but still 8 percent lower than prior to... Read More »

Having ticked up in January, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco slipped around 2 percent in February to $3,340 month, which is roughly 6 percent higher than at the same time last year but still 19 percent ($760) lower than prior to the pandemic... Read More »

Landlords in San Francisco inked 391 legally recorded tenant buyout agreements last year, as mapped above, up from 333 agreements in 2020 and including a couple of deals which had been in the works since 2016. According to our queries of the City’s database, the highest reported buyout agreement... Read More »

Having increased 7 percent last year, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland has ticked up nearly 3 percent over the past few weeks to $2,500 a month, which is 8 percent higher than at the same time last year, driven by a 5 percent increase... Read More »

Section 37.10B of San Francisco’s Rent Ordinance, which defines Tenant Harassment, was amended in January of 2019 to prohibit landlords from attempting to circumvent eviction controls for non-rent controlled units in the city by way of a punitive or egregious increase in rent that is “imposed with an intent... Read More »

Having ended last year 8 percent higher than the year before, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco has since ticked up 2.6 percent to $3,400, which is 10 percent higher than at the same time last year but still 17 percent ($700) lower than... Read More »