There’s an old saw in the political world that says a president is lucky to begin a presidency with a recession. During a four-year term, a downturn is reasonably likely to happe... Read More
AWAY WITH THE AGENTS? When I was a young editor working for a commercial real estate affiliate of the National Association of Realtors in the 1990s, I remember hearing that NAR big... Read More
If you want to start a heated argument with a neighbor, bring up SB 827. It’s a bill put forward by our state senator, Scott Wiener, which would push communities to increase the ... Read More
IS AN OFF-MARKET DEAL RIGHT FOR YOU? We’ve all heard the stories from recent years about homes selling within days or even hours of going on the market. That might sound like a s... Read More
SHIFT COMING IN CITY HOUSING POLICY? We can call it the Marina Times Columnist Surprise: District 3 Supervisor Aaron Peskin masterminded the process by which acting mayor London Br... Read More
TAXES AND HOUSING Conservatives finally got their long-sought tax bill at the end of December. To help pay for dramatic decreases in taxes for top earners, authors of the congressi... Read More
REVIEW THE PREVIEW I was tempted to offer my own real estate year in review, but having already done that for the world at large (see my cover story this issue), I decided instead ... Read More
BATTLE OF THE MID-WAY In recent months, the Trump administration and congressional Republicans have been trying to hammer out details of their proposed tax legislation. The fate of... Read More
PLACE NAME POLITICS It will reportedly cost $5,400 to rename Justin Herman Plaza to something else. But if city leaders and citizens are really interested in undoing the effects of... Read More
SHOULD THEY STAY OR SHOULD THEY GO? If someone loves living in San Francisco, with its live-and-let-live debauchery and out-of-control liberalism, what would be the most unlikely p... Read More
HALL OF SHAME As much as I am an advocate for aggressively building enough housing to accommodate everyone in San Francisco, at some point, the news is just piling on. We know it�... Read More
YOU MUST PAY THE RENT The good folks at Zumper have released their Summer 2017 edition of their map showing rental rates across San Francisco’s many neighborhoods. Despite all of... Read More
Seemingly everybody in this city talks about the housing crisis. Now, some state lawmakers are trying to do something about it. I recently discussed this with my political roundtab... Read More
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT Compromise between the left and moderate members of the Board of Supervisors resulted in an agreement to require that any developments approved in the ... Read More
DROPPING PRICES? ‘WE ARE NOT SEEING IT’ Paragon Real Estate Group is throwing some cold water on expectations of a rapidly cooling residential real estate market. The f... Read More