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Throwback Thursday: Housing that almost was built in the Bay Area

January 23, 2020 By Mark Prado

The planned Marincello development in the Marin Headlands. Courtesy Victoria Bogdan and Alfred Twu.

As the Bay Area debates housing needs, a website — www.whatmighthavebeen.squarespace.com — highlights a number of housing and other projects around the region that would have given the area a much different look today if they had come to fruition. Read More

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Report: A look back at a wild decade of Bay Area real estate

December 16, 2019 By Mark Prado

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With the decade coming to a close, RENTCafe looked at trends in the rental market in terms of prices, demographics and construction. Read More

Housing

Report: Builders look skyward for living space

December 6, 2019

Mark Prado

Mira high-rise apartment complex in San Francisco.

RENTCafe's latest findings on the apartment market show builders have shifted from sprawl to tall to meet the ravenous demand for living space in the Bay Area. High-rise intensification gained momentum in the past three decades, giving birth to a new market segment: apartment high-rises and skyscrapers. Read More

Housing

New report: Bay Area shows mixed rental prices

November 21, 2019 By Mark Prado

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A new RENTCafé report shows the average rent in the Bay Area increased by 2% year-over-year ($62), coming in at $2,799 in October. Compared to this time last year, only three cities out of the 44 analyzed saw prices drop by 1% or more. From September to October, though, apartment prices cooled down in 26 markets, where rents declined between 0.1% and 2.3%. Read More

Housing

Survey: Five-year look at Bay Area housing prices

November 12, 2019 By Mark Prado

Bethel Island. Photo by Doc Searls via Wikimedia Commons.

A new residential report by PropertyShark looks at the evolution of Bay Area's real estate market during the past five years. Read More

Housing

Greenbelt Alliance election rundown

November 7, 2019 By Mark Prado

The Greenbelt Alliance — a Bay Area non-profit land conservation and urban planning organization — posted a rundown of Tuesday's election on issues the group views as important, ranging from open to space to affordable housing. Read More

Housing

Surprise! Renters paying less in Bay Area

October 22, 2019 By Mark Prado

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Renters in the Bay Area are finally getting a price break. RENTCafé reports the average rent in the Bay Area decreased by 0.5% ($15) from last month to $2,806. Read More

Legislation

CA Legislative Cycle Wraps Up as Governor Signs MTC-Supported Housing Bills

October 18, 2019 By Julie Teglovic

The 2019 California legislative cycle wrapped up over the past weekend as Governor Newsom signed and vetoed dozens of bills to meet the October 13 deadline. MTC took positions on a number of housing bills that emphasized protection of tenants, production of more housing, and preservation of existing affordable housing throughout the region. MTC ultimately supported the following eight bills, all of which have now been signed into law: Read More

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