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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 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 Nov 20, 2023 On a vacant site near Topgolf San Jose that was previously targeted for a hotel, a Los Angeles developer is now proposing a major housing development. Earlier this month, Genesis Commercial Capital submitted a preliminary application to city planners to build 804 new homes […]

By Troy Wolverton – Managing Editor, Silicon Valley Business Journal Nov 17, 2023 A San Mateo-based real estate investment firm paid $62.25 million for a 20-year-old apartment complex near Downtown Sunnyvale. Acacia Capital Corp. purchased the Villa Del Sol Apartments on Thursday from Palo Alto’s Pacific Urban Investors, according to records filed with the Santa Clara County […]

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% […]

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% […]

By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals Oct 30, 2023 Updated Oct 30, 2023 5:46pm PDT It’s getting less expensive to buy a home in the Bay Area’s most expensive ZIP codes, but don’t let that fool you — it’s still going to cost more that most any other place. That’s according to an analysis […]

By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, The Business Journals Sep 18, 2023 The rate of loans backing office properties that are considered distressed or delinquent is on the rise as landlords of outdated office towers struggle to refill vacant spaces and cash flow on those buildings becomes a bigger challenge. A recent […]