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Why has it gotten harder to build housing for Bay Area teachers?
Santa Clara Unified School District leaders watched a steady flow of talented young teachers leave their district. So they cleared three acres of school property, hired a developer, and spent $6...
View ArticleCould higher interest rates, inflation slow Bay Area housing market?
Growing inflation and looming increases in mortgage interest rates could start slowing the runaway Bay Area housing market. Real estate experts and economists say the steep rise in prices is likely to...
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Thousands of Bay Area renters could be in jeopardy amid new wave of aid denials
Da Vina Teasley paid the rent regularly at her Richmond home for two decades before COVID-19 hit. The pandemic took away her job, sent her to the hospital for a week, and now threatens to leave her...
View ArticleNew California program could help first-time homebuyers
Seeking to chip away at an ambitious goal of boosting home ownership in California, the state has launched a new program of forgivable loans for first-time homebuyers. The program, Forgivable Equity...
View ArticleLandlords sue Alameda County over eviction ban
The state’s most powerful landlord group, the California Apartment Association, on Thursday sued Alameda County to end its broad eviction moratorium. The suit marks the latest step toward dismantling...
View ArticleEconomic shocks yet to strike Bay Area home prices
Bay Area home prices showed no sign of slowing down in March, as buyers rushed in to take advantage of low interest rates before the recent turbulence in the economy hiked the cost of borrowing money....
View ArticleWhat can save towns and cities left outside the economic boom?
Even as economic opportunities abound in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, troubled towns and cities far removed from thriving metros struggle with persistent poverty, violence and social disintegration....
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Luxury home sales soar even as COVID-19 takes toll on economy
The capacious Los Altos Hills estate commands a sweeping view of Silicon Valley. The infinity pool and hot tub gurgle pleasant notes, and its vineyard annually yields cases of Cabernet Sauvignon. The...
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Elite San Jose private school faces a public challenge — housing
The Harker School boasts of a world-class reputation built over a century, regularly sending graduates to Stanford, Harvard and other elite universities. But the private school in San Jose shares a...
View ArticleRelief may not reach ailing Bay Area landlords, renters by deadline
Daisy Song scrimped and saved to make it through COVID as the pandemic shockwaves took away her main source of income. The single mother trimmed expenses and winter heating to make ends meet. She’s...
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