Affordability is ‘getting worse, not better’: Report

An alarming new report says 90 percent of the new houses being built today can be purchased by just 10 percent of American households. Student debt and lack of building are a couple of factors to blame. Continue reading

San Francisco at center of battle over ‘anti-homeless architecture’

Residents in Mission Dolores placed boulders on sidewalk to keep homeless people away while sparking further conversation over the untenable cost of living in the city. Continue reading

Rent-to-own startup Divvy raises $43M in new Series B round

The company will use the cash to add team members and beef up its technology as it works to disrupt the rent-to-own sector. Continue reading

Big swaths of the Bay Area saw home prices decline this year

A new report from Compass shows that after strong appreciation in 2017 and 2018, home prices in places such as Sonoma and Santa Clara counties have fallen. Continue reading

Georgia agents top National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals list

Blair Myers and Shirley Gary earned more individual sides than any other NAGLREP member in 2018, according to the organization. Continue reading

Redfin temporarily closes 4 offices after veiled threat

An ex-Redfin contractor allegedly made what the company called, “concerning comments,” last week, prompting the tech-focused Seattle brokerage to temporarily close four Bay Area offices. The brokerage is working with local enforcement to determine if t… Continue reading

A Mark Zuckerberg-linked firm is scooping up scores of apartments

Iconiq has reportedly purchased more than 1,600 apartments in Seattle, Los Angeles and Denver Continue reading

Watch: How to access off-the-record luxury sales

Some real estate agents have to be secret agents as well. That’s because, in every global city, there are off-market properties that are never going to be listed openly. Continue reading

How to make your offer standout in a competitive market

In hot real estate markets like San Francisco, buyers need to know that their offer won’t be alone. And that’s where a good real estate agent comes in — to help make that offer standout and educate that buyer on what they need to do to be competitive.  Continue reading