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The Gas We Pass
In an effort to build a cleaner and healthier city, Oakland City Council just banned natural gas in all new buildings.
To stay in the city, or not to stay in the city?
With big companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Shopify setting the trend for employees to work from home forever-ish, potential home buyers are wondering why they're living in a pricey city to be close to work when work is actually just their dining table most days anyway.
What does it cost to live near BART?
Here are the ten “most expensive stops” and relative commute times to Downtown San Francisco (defined as Embarcadero station):
You need $6 million to be wealthy in Bay Area
Oh, that's it? Apologies in advance for the buzzkill, but according to a new Charles Schwab survey, to be considered "wealthy" in the Bay Area, you need a net worth of at least $6 million
You Get What You Pay For
Which house would you buy if you had an extra $1.5million lying around?
Building a cottage in your Berkeley yard? Just tell your neighbors.
Anyone else read the word “cottage” and think of a quaint little home surrounded by wildflowers in the middle of a forest? No? Just me? Ok cool.
Rethinking Single Family Living
Looks like single-family neighborhoods are about to get a whole lot more crowded. Bay Area cities are starting to allow the construction of multi-family units like in-laws and fourplexes in residential areas.