San Francisco Apartment Rents Back to 2014 Pricing
Having dropped 5.6 percent over the past year, and 7.9 percent since a peak in the fourth quarter of 2015, the weighted average asking rent for an apartment in San…
S.F. and Oakland Rents Have Dropped 8 Percent
According to a query of over 1,400 active listings for apartments in San Francisco and Oakland, including one-off rentals as well as units in larger developments, the weighted average asking…
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Conversion of SoMa Development into Student Housing Proposed
Approved for a 200-unit development of micro-apartments to rise up to eight stories in height on the western edge of SoMa, between Folsom and Harrison, the development team behind the…
Complaints Related to Airbnb-ing in SF More Than Doubled Last Year
While Mayor Ed Lee vetoed the short-term rental law approved by San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors last year, publicly arguing that the legislation would have made registration and enforcement of…
Mayor Vetoes Strict New Limits on Airbnb-ing in San Francisco
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has vetoed the short-term rental law approved by the Board of Supervisors in November. The legislation would have limited the number of days any room,…
San Francisco Rents Down, Oakland Rents Up
According to a query of over 1,700 active listings for apartments in San Francisco and Oakland, including one-off rentals and units in larger developments, while the weighted average asking rent…
Rents Drop in SF Despite an Underground Landlords Strike
According to a reader, there is “an unofficial Landlord’s (sic) Strike” going on in San Francisco. And until San Francisco’s Supervisors change the City’s rent control rules, the “striking” landlords…
Supervisors Approve Strict New Limits on Airbnb-ing in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has approved the proposed ordinance which would limit the number of days any unit that hasn’t already been registered with the City can be rented…
Ordinance to Further Limit Airbnb-ing and Lawsuits Closer to Vote
Speaking of legislation which could radically affect Airbnb(ing) in San Francisco, the proposed ordinance which would limit the number of days any unit that hasn’t already been registered with the…
Judge Backs Law That Could Ban Majority of Airbnb Rentals in SF
A federal judge has rejected the arguments of Airbnb and HomeAway that their online listings and subsequent transactions are protected by the First Amendment and Federal Communications Decency Act, upholding…