Live in this San Jose man’s ‘Harry Potter’ cubby under the stairs for $250 a month plus ‘light chores’
Contrary to what some commenters of the viral ad have said, the man said he's not looking for a “house elf.”
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Bay Area home sales fall in September, even as mortgage rates decline
September home sales were down 9.4% from a month prior, even as mortgage rates fell to their lowest level in a year
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A retired teacher decided to downsize. What could she find for $1.2 million near San Jose?
After her husband died in 2021, Susan Cunningham found herself alone in her family home, and decided to downsize. “It was a little scary,” she said of the move. “I’d...
They decided to leave the Bay Area and never looked back
These four former residents explain what led them to eventually take the plunge and move.
Bay Area exodus: Half of Bay Area residents say they plan to leave
A lack of affordable housing is pushing out Bay Area residents.
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Now that California homebuyers are on the hook for paying agent commissions, some ask: Is this worth it?
Bay Area startups offer to help buyers submit offers at a fraction of an agent's traditional fee.
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Some California homesellers are letting buyers who can’t get insured pull out of deals
New forms from the California Association of Realtors include a contingency allowing buyers to back out of an offer if they can't find an acceptable insurance policy.
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Will these new laws give California housing policies some teeth?
Already, California has several tools aimed at incentivizing cities to approve more housing. New laws passed in the state legislature would beef up the builder's remedy and the Housing Accountability...
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Prop 5 would make it easier to pass Bay Area spending bills for housing, transit
The measure asks voters to lower thresholds for local bond approval to 55%, which would make it easier to fund and build many much-needed infrastructure projects around the Bay Area...
State Farm projects dropping 1 million policies in California over next five years
Facing financial peril, the insurance giant could see its total policy count decline from 3.1 million to around 2 million.