Category: New Home Builders

Development continues to eat up agricultural land in Morgan Hill, Calif., Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, leaving Andy’s Orchard (center left) as one of the few operating farms. But it, too, could soon become housing if a proposal submitted through the builder’s remedy goes through. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) Outside Morgan Hill in southern Santa Clara County, an orchard could… Read More

(KRON)—With decreasing home buyer rates, the Bay Area has proven to be one of the hardest areas to be a homeowner in compared to the rest of the country. One study further confirmed that sentiment, as according to the latest report by RE/MAX, one Bay Area city ranked first for having the highest median home sale prices in the nation. … Read More

It’s still a tough time for buyers and sellers in the S.F. real estate market. Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle The Bay Area housing market is heating back up — but not by much, with the mortgage rate drops that many home buyers were awaiting showing little sign of materializing anytime soon. More homes in the San Francisco metropolitan area are selling this… Read More

After spending most of their adult lives in Arizona, Dennis and Sherry Weiss talked about a permanent relocation to the San Francisco Bay Area. It wasn’t the first time they’d had the conversation. The couple — who had been together more than 30 years, and married for eight — had been circling the topic for a decade, since the first… Read More

California Attorney General Rob Bonta marked National Fair Housing Month at a public address in Oakland on Thursday, as the state Legislature considers whether to strengthen his enforcement powers over cities. Bonta was surrounded by residents and small business owners at Casa Suenos, a new 181-unit affordable housing development. It was built through a partnership with nonprofit developers Bridge Housing… Read More

(KRON) — On Tuesday, San Francisco Assemblymember Phil Ting proposed a bill to convert Downtown San Francisco’s empty office spaces into housing. The way they would convert the spaces, Ting says, is through tax incentives. “We can address two problems with one bill. AB 2488 empowers San Francisco to create vibrant, walkable, mixed-use communities that open the door to new… Read More

(Google Maps) Empty land at the corner of Warm Spring Boulevard and South Grimmer Boulevard in Fremont. The Warm Springs BART station is visible in the background. FREMONT — An affordable housing project that could produce hundreds of homes is being eyed on empty land near a BART station in Fremont, city documents show. The housing development, which would consist… Read More

FREMONT — An affordable housing project that could produce hundreds of homes is being eyed on empty land near a BART station in Fremont, city documents show. The housing development, which would consist of apartments, is being proposed on a vacant parcel alongside the Warm Springs BART station. Vacant land at the corner of Warm Springs Boulevard and South Grimmer… Read More

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FREMONT — An affordable housing project that could produce hundreds of homes is being eyed on empty land near a BART station in Fremont, city documents show. The housing development, which would consist of apartments, is being proposed on a vacant parcel alongside the Warm Springs BART station. Vacant land at the corner of Warm Springs Boulevard and South Grimmer… Read More