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Top of the List: Family-Owned Businesses

By Ahavah Revis – Data Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Apr 22, 2024 This year’s Family-Owned Businesses list includes 50 businesses, with the top 25 accounting for over $7 billion in (combined) revenue in 2023. And, of the 45 businesses that provided employee numbers, that translates to 7,849 jobs. The top three businesses each had revenues north […]

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These are the most overvalued — and undervalued — housing markets

By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals Jun 16, 2024 Updated Jun 16, 2024 11:19pm PDT If you’re searching for a good deal on a home, the Midwest could be a good place to look. California, on the other hand, is the epicenter of overvalued housing markets. But it’s certainly not alone. That’s according to […]

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In major shift, S.F. real estate brokerage says goodbye to its agents in favor of AI

By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business Times Jun 12, 2024 Updated Jun 12, 2024 1:08pm PDT In a major shift, San Francisco-based Avenue 8 said it’s shutting down the residential real estate brokerage side of its business in favor of selling its AI-powered real estate assistant Sidekick. The company on Tuesday announced the “strategic realignment” […]

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The Wealthy 1000: Where the money lives

By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals Jun 5, 2024 New York City stands alone when it comes to wealth. That’s according to The Business Journals Wealthy 1000, a new ranking of the nation’s wealthiest ZIP codes based on a weighted formula that looks at a number of wealth metrics. Nine of the top 10 ZIP […]

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Are San Francisco and Silicon Valley’s housing markets overvalued?

By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals Jun 5, 2024 Soaring home prices in the Bay Area are eclipsing the median buying power of local residents at some of the highest levels in the nation. That’s according to data from First American Financial Corp., which found the housing markets in at least half of […]

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How small businesses are approaching real estate

By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals May 2, 2024 Updated May 3, 2024 10:56am PDT How would you describe your future plans for your leased office space? Of your employees who were not working remotely prior to March 2020, how many days per week are those employees currently in the office now? Five days […]

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Fremont City Council Awards $34 Million for Affordable Housing

Post Date:03/22/2024 4:10 PM As part of the City’s focused efforts to increase affordable housing in Fremont, the Fremont City Council awarded $34 million in funding on March 19, 2024. This funding will help support the construction of over 450 low-income rental units in Fremont. The funding, secured mainly through development fees earmarked for affordable […]

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Rent relief? Here’s how apartment costs are trending

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 […]

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11-story mixed-use builder’s remedy project proposed in San Jose’s Downtown West area

By Devan J. Patel – Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Dec 20, 2023 A developer is moving forward with plans to use the builder’s remedy to construct an 11-story, mixed-use project blocks from San Jose’s Diridon Station. Surinder Singh and his representatives have filed development permits for the project located at 101 and 109 Delmas Ave. that […]

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