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December 17, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Ted Andersen – Digital Editor, San Francisco Business Times Dec 12, 2023 Updated Dec 12, 2023 5:47pm PST Staying on top of the trends in luxury real estate is a constantly evolving task – what wealthy buyers clamor for one year can be passe the next. To demystify this highly nuanced market, Coldwell Banker Global Luxury has […]
December 9, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
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 […]
November 27, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
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. […]
November 22, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
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 […]
November 18, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
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 […]
November 4, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
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% […]
November 1, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
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% […]
October 27, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
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 […]
October 17, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Joanne Drilling and Troy Wolverton – Silicon Valley Business Journal Oct 16, 2023 Being in the top 1% of earners in California required 25% more annual income in 2020 than it did five years earlier. That’s according to data from the Internal Revenue Service, which shows the cutoff for each adjusted gross income by percentile in each state. […]