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Prospective buyers Steve and Nicole Young tour a house for sale in Foster City, Calif., on Thursday, April 2, 2020. A recent change to shelter-in-place guidelines allows real estate agents under strict conditions to show and sell homes. (Photo: Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

Bay Area home prices headed one way — up

March 7, 2022 at 8:51 a.m.

Bay Area homes are getting bids $1 million above list prices, real estate agents say. "It's just competition," said one Silicon Valley agent. "The listing price doesn't matter."

A mountain lion wanders next to a home on Ethelbee Way in North Tustin as members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, OC Animal Care, and California Fish and Wildlife surround the neighborhood on December 26, 2020. (Photo: Mark Rightmire/Orange County Register)

California AG: Mountain lion no excuse for skirting housing law

February 7, 2022 at 10:20 a.m.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta shot down Woodside's efforts to claim exemption from state housing law because they were home to the vulnerable mountain lion.

A mountain lion is seen in the Coyote Valley in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority)

Affluent Bay Area town says big cats exempt it from California housing law

February 4, 2022 at 7:51 a.m.

"It's a ridiculous argument," said Sen. Scott Wiener, housing committee chair. "This is not really a loophole. If housing wasn't such a serious crisis, this would be a joke."

Carol Lillig helps Xiomara Galicia apply for rent relief at St. Vincent de Paul church in Morgan Hill, Calif. on Sept. 2, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

California’s rent relief program running short on money as deadlines approach

January 17, 2022 at 11:51 a.m.

"People did everything they could to keep up. Now, it's catching up with them," said one San Jose housing official.

MILLBRAE, CALIFORNIA – NOV. 13: Real estate agent Jeff LaMont holds a picture of his father, Duke (second from left in front row of this wedding photo), in front of the one-time family home in Millbrae Meadows, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Duke LaMont bought the house in 1956 for about $15,000. Jeff Lamont recently sold a home a few blocks away for more than $2 million. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)

From $15,000 to $2 million, Bay Area home prices leap in two generations

November 20, 2021 at 6:46 a.m.

The priciest spot in the Bay Area during the pandemic has become San Mateo County. The median sale price for a single family home in September hit $1.79 million, an...

Signs from protesters lay on the ground in front of the Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Angry tenants and advocates demonstrated against the displacement of renters during the coronavirus pandemic. (Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group)

California’s eviction ban is ending. What’s next for landlords, tenants?

September 27, 2021 at 10:35 a.m.

About 7% of California tenants are behind on rent, accounting for an estimated $3.5 billion in debt. And unemployment is still higher than it was before COVID.

Bay Area tops list as one of the world’s most expensive regions to build

July 27, 2021 at 6:35 a.m.

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended commercial construction and the design of future office space, but one constant remains — the Bay Area is the most expensive region in the country...

Gov. Gavin Newsom listens during a press conference at Tommy’s Mexican Restaurant on Geary Boulevard in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, June 3, 2021. Newsom outlined the state’s ongoing support for restaurants and bars as California fully reopens the economy this month. (Jane Tyska — Bay Area News Group)

Gavin Newsom calls more landlords, renters to join aid program

July 15, 2021 at 9:51 a.m.

California has received $1.02 billion in requests for rental aid from struggling landlords and tenants, but has paid out only $158 million so far.

Newsom, lawmakers agree to extend eviction ban

June 25, 2021 at 10:37 a.m.

The bill, AB 832, arrives with a tight deadline. Lawmakers must pass the measure by Wednesday to keep protections in place.

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