Average Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Slip
The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as those in larger developments, slipped another 1.4 percent over the past month to…
Supervisors Aim to Cement Support for Expansion of Rent Control
If adopted by voters in November, California Proposition 10 would overturn the state’s Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act which prevents rent control from applying to single-family homes, condos or any multifamily…
Limited Plans for Building Up San Bruno Avenue
Plans for a four building development to rise along San Bruno Avenue, between Mansell and Ward on the northern border of Visitacion Valley, have been drawn. But a historic storybook…
Rents in San Francisco Hold, Tick Up in Oakland
Having slipped a nominal 0.3 percent over the past month, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco, including one-off rentals as well as those in larger…
Real Life Aviato Club in the City’s Crosshairs
Purchased for $855,000 in 2004, the single-family home at 166 Newton Street in Crocker Amazon has been operating as an illegal “hacker/co-living house for entrepreneurs, developers, digital nomads and students.”…
Complaints Related to Illegal Airbnb-Ing in S.F. Continue to Drop
Having peaked in the second quarter of 2016, the quarter in which San Francisco drafted a new short term rental law which was finally implemented last year, the number of…
Asking Rents in San Francisco and Oakland Tick Up
Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco have since ticked up nearly 6 percent since the beginning of the year. But…
Oakland Tower Project Redesigned, Sixth Extension Requested
Plans for a pair of residential towers to rise up to 275 feet in height at 325 Seventh Street, on the edge of Oakland’s Chinatown, were first approved by the…
An Audit of SF’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Program to Date
Discretely enacted in 2014, rolled out across the entire city in 2016, and expanded to increase flexibility for the inclusion of single-family homes in 2017, San Francisco’s Accessory Dwelling Unit…
Asking Rents Inch up in San Francisco and Oakland
Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco have since ticked up a little over 3 percent since the beginning of the…