Bay Area Housing Watch

The coliving trend is accelerating, but standard landlord policies aren't keeping pace.

• Market valued at $1.65B in 2025, projected to hit $3.5B by...

Institutional capital surges with $700M+ apartment mega-mergers in South and East Bay.

Rents climbed 14% in San Francisco over four months from AI...

Fall ADU landlords can replace short-term summer churn with stable 12-24 month leases by targeting academics and tech hires arriving in September.

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Bay Area affordability barriers are pushing millennials inland, with Stockton and Oxnard posting explosive gains in millennial-owned households.

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Bay Area home prices jumped 1.5% in San Francisco and 1.3% in Oakland in July, far outpacing the U.S. average of just 0.27%. AI workers and other...

A high-income south San Jose neighborhood saw home sale prices jump more than 50% in just three months, becoming California's hottest market even as the realtor notes declining listed prices.

The settlement requires Redfin to relaunch independent rental advertising within six months, reversing a $100 million deal that reduced...

• Institutional buys: Bell Partners acquired a 195-unit South San Francisco Class A community near Genentech, NVIDIA and other hubs, expanding to...

• South Bay firm sales topped $240 million this summer, more than doubling last year's figure
• Average asking rents reached $3,864 monthly, over twice the national average
• Combined sales surge and rent spikes point to sustained demand across the region

Seniors on fixed incomes in Sonoma County confront an expensive market with deed-restricted affordable units making up only six percent of housing...

Sacramento area home sales fell in July while median prices held relatively steady, slipping 1.9% from June to $887,680 but rising 0.3% year-over-year.

Mobile home residents in San Jose face eviction threats via repeated seven-day notices after forming a tenants' association, despite rent control...

Homeowners and investors facing high Bay Area costs can use this new calculator for quick ballpark estimates based on project type, size, finish...

A San Francisco couple turned pandemic co-living into a permanent family compound in Duboce Park, pooling resources with relatives to buy a three-unit...

• Antioch's 94509 ZIP sees nearly half of workers depart before 7 a.m., the highest share in the Bay Area.
• Far-flung exurbs like Antioch, Oakley,...

Rohnert Park and Cotati share nearly identical shares of deed-restricted affordable homes at about 6% of stock, yet are taking different approaches to...

• Spillover magnet: Buyers seek more home and shorter mortgages outside the Bay Area, landing in Lathrop.
• Strategic location: I-5, I-205, SR-120...

New York has overtaken the Bay Area as the largest U.S. tech talent market, with 394,300 jobs versus 375,730. The shift stems from AI hiring surging...

National home sales fell 4.1% in July to a two-year low as record prices ($407,730) and 6.54% mortgage rates priced out buyers.

• San Francisco sales...

Median sale prices in Central East Oakland reached $600K over the last three months, down 7.9% from the same period last year.