A deadly building flaw common in California brings destruction and misery to Turkey, Syria
As seismic engineers study the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria that killed more than 20,000 people this week, it’s becoming clear that a...
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Rani Molla
- Feb 3
- 4 min
It looks like people are actually moving back to San Francisco (really)
Unsurprisingly, people are still moving to Austin, Texas. More surprisingly, people are also moving to San Francisco. Over the last 12...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Jan 13
- 3 min
Bay Area tops list of most concerning markets for CRE lenders
Commercial real estate lenders have cast a wary eye on the Bay Area, where tech layoffs and historic amounts of vacant office space are...
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Kevin Truong
- Dec 20, 2022
- 4 min
San Francisco Set for Hard Times as Huge $728M Budget Hole Could Get Worse
A looming post-pandemic budget crisis for San Francisco may finally be here. It’s likely to mean painful cuts to vital city departments...
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Conor Dougherty and Emma Goldberg , New York Times Dec. 17, 2022 - SF GATE
- Dec 19, 2022
- 14 min
What comes next for the most empty downtown in America
SAN FRANCISCO — The coffee rush. The lunch rush. The columns of headphone-equipped tech workers rushing in and out of train stations. The...
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Heather Knight - SF Chronicle
- Dec 14, 2022
- 6 min
S.F. rejected one man’s small housing project.
Now, the city might have to approve his much bigger development. Scott Pluta is one of the most dogged people in San Francisco — and one...
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David J Lynch
- Dec 8, 2022
- 6 min
From chicken wings to used cars, inflation begins to ease its grip
But there’s still a long way to go before consumers feel much relief or the Federal Reserve hits its goal of a 2 percent annual price...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Oct 24, 2022
- 2 min
As companies face economic uncertainty, office vacancies in San Francisco continue to grow
San Francisco has 27.1 million square feet of office space available across the city, a record high, according to new data recently...
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Sarah Wright
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
State Housing Probe Begins as SF Races to Meet Key Deadline
t’s crunch time at the San Francisco Planning Department amid a looming deadline to submit a housing plan and new details on the...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Oct 19, 2022
- 3 min
S.F. housing crisis: New fourplex law passes — with support from Breed and YIMBYs
For the second time this year, San Francisco supervisors have passed legislation allowing fourplexes to be built in every neighborhood,...
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Sarah Wright
- Oct 17, 2022
- 3 min
State Housing Probe Begins as SF Races to Meet Key Deadline
It’s crunch time at the San Francisco Planning Department amid a looming deadline to submit a housing plan and new details on the...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Oct 13, 2022
- 4 min
Current Mortgage Rates Are Closing in on 7%
Mortgage rates made another big leap this week. The 30-year fixed rate mortgage is averaging 6.92%, up a substantial 0.26 percentage...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Sep 29, 2022
- 3 min
Mortgage Rates Rise to 6.7%, Highest Since 2007
Mortgage rates rose to their highest level in more than 15 years, a new high since the 2008-09 financial crisis that adds pressure to the...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Sep 8, 2022
- 5 min
S.F. is evicting its most vulnerable tenants closer to pre-pandemic levels.
Evictions from San Francisco’s housing units for formerly homeless people have jumped sharply over the past year, a sign that the city’s...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Sep 6, 2022
- 2 min
Enough, Bosses Say: This Fall, It Really Is Time to Get Back to the Office*After more than two year
Labor Day marks the line in the corporate sand. Many company leaders say the end-of-summer holiday represents the best chance to finally...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Sep 6, 2022
- 1 min
The Housing Market Is in Recession. What It Means for Home Buyers.
In a matter of months, the pandemic’s red-hot housing market has chilled, recently entering what some economists have called a housing...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Bank of America announces zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgages for first-time homebuyers
Bank of America said it is now offering first-time homebuyers in a select group of cities zero down payment, zero closing cost mortgages...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Aug 30, 2022
- 8 min
California rolls out a daring new housing policy to combat high home prices and increase supply
California is the last place you’d think would lead the way in adopting daring new policies designed to dramatically increase the supply...
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RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
- Aug 30, 2022
- 8 min
Is this the office's last stand?
Colleen McCreary recently gave managers at Credit Karma a message that could seem more apt for rising sixth graders than personal finance...
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Joshua Bote
- Aug 26, 2022
- 2 min
Respected analyst predicts 'overvalued' San Francisco Bay Area home prices may drop
A respected analyst is issuing a warning for the San Francisco Bay Area: Homes are overvalued, especially in this cooling real estate...
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