“Groundbreaking” News For 410-Unit SoMa Development
While the ground was actually broken earlier this year and the construction crews have been working away for months, the ceremonial groundbreaking for the 350 8th Apartments project to rise…
Lennar Planning Major Development in The Mission
Not to be confused with the modern 40-unit building which has already risen at 1515 15th Street, Lennar Urban has filed a proposal to raze the McMillan Electric building at…
Framework To Legalize, But Limit, Airbnb-ing In SF Approved
Supervisor Chiu’s proposed framework to legalize, but limit, short-term rentals in San Francisco has been amended and approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission. The framework will now head to San…
Public Registry Of All Short-Term Rentals And Strict Limits Proposed
Supervisor David Chiu’s proposed law which would lift the existing outright ban on short-term rentals in San Francisco but establish a new set of rules and disclosures by which all…
Inevitable Slowdown For S.F. Rents, Acceleration For The East Bay
While the average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco rose to $3,229 in the second quarter of 2014, up a little over 9 percent since the second quarter…
Proposal To Regulate Tenant Buyouts, Penalize Those Who Do
As expected, the language for an ordinance which would require the public disclosure of all tenant buyout agreements in San Francisco, and prohibit buildings which are emptied by way of…
Tenant Buyouts Are on the Rise in SF as Are the Dollars Involved
The number of tenants in rent controlled apartments who received a buyout offer to vacate and sought counseling from the San Francisco Tenants Union has increased from 90 in 2007…
First Peek At The Plans For Big Mission And Van Ness Development
With San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of Housing seeking to issue up to $375 million of mortgage revenue bonds to finance Related California’s proposed 1500 Mission Street development which could rise…
Landlords Suing To Overturn Payout For Evicted Tenants In S.F.
The San Francisco Apartment Association and Coalition for Better Housing are preparing to file a federal lawsuit today which seeks to overturn the newly adopted and accelerated city law which…
San Francisco Rents Rise, Oakland Rents Rocket
The average asking rent for an apartment in the Bay Area increased to $2,158 a month in the second quarter of 2014, up 10.3 percent versus the second quarter of…