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One of every five new homes built in California last year was an ADU – The Mercury News

Casey Bradley, center, with his son Shiloh, 2, his wife Daphnée St Pierre, their daughter Cadence, 7, and his father Mike Bradley, 83, stand in their property which features the original home and two ADUs built in the same lot in Berkeley, Calif., on Friday, May 24, 2023. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) In 1984, Mike Bradley bought a brown-shingled home on a quiet street in central Berkeley. Forty years and three generations later, the Bradley family has grown — and so has their home. In 2009, the family built…

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Which were San Jose’s best home deals the week of May 13? – The Mercury News

A condo in San Jose that sold for $575,000, is the most affordable real estate sale in San Jose in the past week. For comparison, the overall average price of real estate in the area during that time was $1.7 million. The average price per square foot ended up at $941. A total of 82 home sales were recorded for the period with an average square footage of 1,857 square feet, 3 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms. For the purpose of this top 10 list, we included real estate that sold…

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One of every five new homes built in California last year was an ADU – East Bay Times

In 1984, Mike Bradley bought a brown-shingled home on a quiet street in central Berkeley. Forty years and three generations later, the Bradley family has grown — and so has their home. In 2009, the family built an addition, which Mike got when his son, Michael “Casey” Bradley, moved into the main house with his wife, Daphnée St Pierre, and their two children. Last year, Mike’s daughter Kelly decided to move from Oakland to Berkeley, seeking to be closer to the rest of the family. After a few weeks of…

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Photos: Woodside mansion is the most expensive Bay Area home listing – Silicon Valley

The priciest home currently for sale in the Bay Area is available for a mere $110 million. Re-listed in January, the Green Gables Estate in Woodside is still on the market after a $15 million price cut. The Green Gables Estate in Woodside is on the market (Courtesy of Green Gables LLC).  The Green Gables Estate in Woodside is on the market (Courtesy of Green Gables LLC).  Built in 1911 for industrialist Mortimer Fleishhacker, the 74-acre property has stayed in the family for five generations. It includes seven separate residences…

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Atherton police, residents using ‘bait houses’ to catch burglars – NBC Bay Area

The affluent Peninsula town of Atherton is using a very unique method to catch burglars. Atherton has had a dramatic rise in home burglaries this year, double the rate of last year. It is also one of the most expensive towns in the country. Recently, the Atherton Police Department came up with the idea of turning about 50 homes into “bait houses.” NBC Bay Area has decided not to show any of those homes involved in this story. But the bait is out there and waiting. “What we’re doing is…

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Startup helps Bay Area homeowners split their properties to add new housing – CBS San Francisco

SAN JOSE — Gail Tremaine and her husband bought their San Jose property in the late 1970s. It’s where they want to age in place. “You know we all need a place to get away and be able to relax and decompress and this does it for me. So always has,” Tremaine said. There’s a plethora of trees to prune. So many of them that they wanted to split their lot decades ago, but it wasn’t legal until two years ago, when Senate Bill 9 (SB9) gave homeowners a green…

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