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Where Bay Area rents are rising the fastest

A new study of Bay Area rents shows the cost of newly available apartments is rising most rapidly in Mountain View, Petaluma and Walnut Creek and dropping most dramatically in...
Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, was the lead speaker Thursday at a real estate convention in Santa Clara. - Courtesy of Santa Clara County Association of Realtors

Housing economist on bubbles, first-time homebuyers

Housing economist Lawrence Yun got everyone’s attention Thursday — he talked about bubbles in his address to the 27th Annual Convention and Expo of the Santa Clara County Association of...
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Home loan delinquencies go down

It’s been years since the Bay Area housing market began its dramatic, post-recession appreciation in prices, and delinquency rates for home loans keep falling across the region.The foreclosure nightmares of...
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Rents climb again

Rents continued to rise across the Bay Area in September, with San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco all registering year-over-year increases, according to a new report.It offers little relief to...
Presidio Terrace in San Francisco is a private gated street, lined by mansions. The block-long enclave — the street itself, as well as the sidewalks, parking spaces and common gardens — has been purchased by a pair of San Jose real estate investors who discovered that it had been put up for auction online by the city’s tax office because of $994 in unpaid taxes, interest and fees. The pair bid on and bought the street — everything but the mansions — for $90,100 and reportedly is thinking of charging owners for parking. - Photo by Jim Heaphy

Is there a housing bubble and will it burst?

Home prices are rising nationally and at a still faster clip in the Bay Area. When will it end?A report on housing “bubble risk” in 20 global financial markets finds...
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More starter homes are coming

With the housing supply shrinking and prices climbing around the Bay Area, potential first-time homebuyers are likely to grumble, “Fuggedaboutit.” The very idea of buying a starter home in a...