Free Rent Drops Vacancy Rates for Larger Buildings in S.F.
Having ticked up to over 10 percent in November, the average vacancy rate for a sampling of ten large apartment buildings in San Francisco, representing a combined 3,600 units of…
Oakland Rents Tick Down, Listing Activity Up 2X
While the average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland hasn’t declined as much as it has in San Francisco, either in the absolute or relatively, it has ticked down…
Average Rent in San Francisco Dropped $1,000 In 2020
With the average asking rent for a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco having dropped 23 percent over the past year to under $2,700 a month and the average asking rent…
More Apartments on the Market in San Francisco and Oakland
Despite the fact that the average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco has dropped 24 percent since the end of February and the average asking rent for a…
One-Bedroom Rents Down to 2012-Era Levels in San Francisco
With the average asking rent for a studio apartment in San Francisco having slipped below $2,000 a month for the first time in nearly a decade earlier this month, the…
Surprise! That’s Not a Legal Parking Spot (Or Unit)
While common in practice and rarely enforced, parking in the setback/driveway between a home’s garage and the sidewalk in San Francisco is technically illegal per Planning Code Section 132(f), and…
Studio Rents Just Dropped to 2011-Era Levels in San Francisco
For the first time since 2011, the average asking rent for a studio apartment in San Francisco has slipped below $2,000 a month, which is down nearly 25 percent since…
Vacancy Rates Climb in San Francisco
While the vacancy rate for larger, multi-unit apartment buildings in San Francisco had ticked up to around 6 percent in the second quarter of the year, representing around 9,000 vacant…
Oakland Rents Drop, Down Nearly 20 Percent (YOY)
While asking rents for an apartment in San Francisco have been on the decline since the start of the year, a decline which was amplified by the pandemic and really…
Rents Continue to Tumble in San Francisco
Despite offers of up to three months free rent, cash incentives to sign a new lease and advertised rents having already dropped over 20 percent on a year-over-year basis, the…