News, Views and Analysis from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Association of Bay Area Governments
RentCafe has put out a report looking at mid-year Bay Area rentals, with data showing the far North Bay cities of Rohnert Park, Vacaville and Vallejo having some of the more affordable rents in the region. Read More
The site Zumper created an interesting page mapping rents in San Francisco district by district. Read More
The USA Today wrote a piece on how the San Francisco housing market has gone bonkers over the last 10 years. Read More
There has been some interest from housing advocates to use old BART rail cars for homes, a strategy that was used more than a century ago along San Francisco's most western shore. Read More
The 15th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey is out and reveals San Jose and San Francisco are among the most expensive for housing in the world, both landing in the top 10. Read More
SF Curbed is reporting that home sales in the region continue to stall, while the value of real estate remains steady. Read More
What is ahead for housing in 2019? Housing is as volatile as ever in the state and across the region, with home prices in flux and a dearth of affordable units. Read More
As 2019 has arrived, so have a host of new laws affecting transportation and housing. Read More
The Bay Area has among the most expensive to live in zip codes in the entire county, according to a new report from PropertyShark. Read More
UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project and the California Housing Partnership produced interesting studies of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa counties looking at how rising home prices have displaced low-income minority communities. Read More