NCSHA.org
"San Francisco saw the typical home price decline by 3.7% during that period. All other cities saw prices increase. Across the Bay, Oakland had the smallest increase, with the average home value rising 2.1%. Among other major U.S. cities, prices rose 37.58% in Los Angeles; 38.34% in Austin, and 69.26% in Miami." … more »
Marin Post
"The scale of homeowners losing their plans became clearer on Wednesday after a Senate Budget Committee investigation found that private insurers' nonrenewals spiked threefold in more than 200 counties between 2018 and 2023." … more »
Marin Post
"It’s fashionable in some financial precincts to disregard what central bankers profess. Markets are right, according to this philosophy, and officials are always a step or two behind. But it's worth listening carefully to how the people making the decisions view the world." … more »
SF Chronicle
"Seven months after one developer withdrew plans to build a contentious, 50-story tower near Ocean Beach in San Francisco’s Sunset District, a new development team has come back with a proposal for a 22-story mixed-income complex on the same location." … more »
Marin Post
"From tinier homes to fewer vacations, America's aspirations are getting smaller by the day." … more »
NHPR.ORG
"Under new rules, state insurers for the first time will be allowed to use so-called catastrophe models to help determine the cost of home insurance. The models, developed by firms such as Verisk Analytics and Moody’s, are complex computer programs that aim to better determine the risk a structure faces from wildfires amid a changing climate." … more »
NCSHA.org
"San Francisco has to permit 82,000 homes by 2031 (in the next 6 years), according to the state of California. It’s the same number of homes New York City has to produce in 15 years." Huh? … more »
The Onion
"A new study suggests certain lipids, particularly omega-6 fatty acids, which are commonly found in seed oils used to make ultraprocessed junk food, may promote inflammation in colon cancer tumors." … more »
Istock
"We all know roughly how many minutes we should be spending getting sweaty every week, thanks to repeated messages from national governments and the World Health Organization." The whole approach is just nonsense and counterproductive. Just go outside and have fun. … more »
Macall Polay.Searchlight Pictures
"Timothée Chalamet’s hilarious and seductive portrayal of Bob Dylan makes him the smirking, scowling and unwilling leader of his generation, whose refusal to submit to the crucifixion of folk-acoustic purity is his own crucifixion." … more »
