San Francisco Rents Drop, East Bay Rents Stall
Having slipped by $25 a month in the second quarter of 2016, the average asking rent for an apartment in a building with over 50 units in San Francisco dropped…
The Average Rent in Oakland Is NOT over $3,000. Really, It’s Not
Under the headline, “For the first time, Zillow’s Oakland rent index surpasses $3k,” SFGate continues on to report: “In September 2016, the rental score (which includes listing prices of all…
Ground Broken for 120 Affordable Transbay District Rentals
The ground has formally been broken for 120 affordable apartments to rise on Transbay Block 7 (a.k.a. 255 Fremont), behind the new 32-story tower dubbed Solaire on Transbay Block 6…
Short-Term Rental Vigilante Might Be Making the Rounds around Noe
There have been over 400 complaints related to illegal short-term rental activity (a.k.a. airbnb-ing) in San Francisco filed with the city since the beginning of the year. And over the…
Eviction Protection for Parents and Educators in SF Overturned
A Superior Court Judge has officially invalidated San Francisco’s recently adopted law which had expanded eviction protections for tenants with a resident child under 18 years of age and extended…
Plans for 224-Unit Downtown Oakland Project Revealed
Speaking of Lennar, the company’s plans for a 224-unit apartment building to rise up to seven stories in height across the three Downtown Oakland parking lot parcels at 301 19th…
San Francisco Rents Slip, East Bay Rents Climb
Having inched up by $4 a month in the first quarter of 2016, the average asking rent for an apartment in a building with over 50 units in San Francisco…
Designs for 250-Foot Hub Tower Submitted to Planning
While angling for an extra 200 feet in height last year, Gould Evans, on behalf of Align Real Estate, has just submitted the official application to San Francisco’s Planning Department…
Big Developer Lowers Expectations Citing Lower Than Expected Rents
As we wrote when we first reported that asking rents in San Francisco had barely moved in the first quarter of the year, “there are roughly 7,300 units of housing…
Board Could Quickly Act to Amend Troublesome Law for Airbnb
The proposed ordinance which could require Airbnb to remove up to 75 percent of their estimated 9,500 listings in San Francisco, or face penalties that could theoretically total well over…