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 »

Having ticked up a (1) percent in November, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland inched up another 0.4 percent in December to $2,440 a month, which is 7 percent higher than at the end of last year and roughly in line with the muted rebound... Read More »

The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco effectively held at $3,325 in December, which is roughly 8 percent higher than at the beginning of the year but still 19 percent ($775) lower than prior to the pandemic and nearly 26 percent below its 2015-era peak,... Read More »

Having held at around $2,400 over the past three months, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in Oakland has inched up a (1) percent over the past few weeks to $2,425 a month, which is around 7 percent higher than at the same time last year. That... Read More »

The weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco ticked down another percent over the past month to $3,325. But as we noted last month, asking rents in San Francisco typically tick down in the fourth quarter with a seasonal slowdown in the market. And in fact,... Read More »

As we first reported last week, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco had slipped a percent in October to $3,375 per month, an average which has since ticked down to $3,350. At the same time, the number of units listed for rent in the... Read More »

Having rebounded a little over 12 percent from May through September, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco slipped a percent in October to $3,375 per month. As such, while the average asking rent in San Francisco is up around 11 percent from its pandemic-era... Read More »