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By Joanne Drilling and Ari Mahrer – San Francisco Business Times Jan 26, 2024 Renters in San Francisco and the East Bay seeking new digs should consider acting now: Recent data shows asking rents headed downward both nationally and in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley area. According to a January report by Rent.com, San Francisco area rents were basically flat, declining […]

The US government programs designed to boost homeownership just made buying a home more accessible. Approximately 72% of home buyers use financing provided by the FHA, VA, Fannie Mae, or Freddie Mac—government agencies that require minimum or no down payment and offer friendlier borrowing terms than other mortgage programs: FHA financing is now available on […]

By Mark Calvey – Senior Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Dec 6, 2023 Prologis Inc. CEO Hamid Moghadam called on Bay Area business leaders to help address challenges facing San Francisco as he shared key factors contributing to his success in building a real estate juggernaut. “I’m a big believer in keep it simple, and people make […]

By Hannah Kanik – Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Dec 1, 2023 Plans to transform an aging Fremont tech complex into a modern industrial center are moving forward. Texas-based developer Hines and investment managers Oaktree Capital Management LP secured a construction loan to build a 267,000-square-foot Class A advanced manufacturing and distribution center in Fremont. Construction on […]

By Andrew Mendez – Bay Area Inno Reporter November 22, 2023, 03:24pm PST OpenAI LLC has had quite the chaotic week, with the firing and rehiring of co-founder and CEO Sam Altman. The leadership issues raised major concerns from some of its Silicon Valley venture capitalists about what was happening at the San Francisco-based startup. […]

By Kevin V. Nguyen – Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Oct 9, 2023 Silicon Valley’s commercial real estate sector’s three major segments could be described as the good, the bad and the somewhere in between. The industrial portion is doing well, with strong demand and a vacancy rate of less than 3%, according to the latest data […]

By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, The Business Journals Oct 9, 2023 The U.S. industrial market saw an uptick in vacancy in the third quarter, as a record amount of construction delivered and leasing activity waned. Across markets tracked by Cushman & Wakefield plc (NYSE: CWK), the vacancy rate rose to 4.7% […]