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Oakland Retail Vacancy Headed to 6.8% as New Construction Falls to Lowest Level Since 2007
Marcus & Millichap's newly published third-quarter report on the Oakland metro forecasts retail vacancy rising to 6.8 percent by year-end and asking rents...
Bay Area Construction Pay Outruns High Costs to Rank Among Nation’s Best
A new Construction Coverage analysis of federal wage and cost data found that construction workers across Silicon Valley and the North Bay hold...
Wells Fargo Sees Higher Rate Floor Squeezing Bay Area Housing as AI Buildout Powers Data Centers
Wells Fargo's latest economic outlook argues that a structurally higher floor under long-term interest rates will keep pressure on Northern California housing and...
AI Mega-IPOs Push Bay Area Exit Value Past $300B, Quadrupling All of 2025
The San Francisco Bay Area captured more than $300 billion in expansion-stage company exits in the first half of 2026, dwarfing every other...
KB Home’s Northern California Business Holds Firm as Homebuilder Trims Q4 Outlook
KB Home lowered its fourth-quarter price and margin expectations after a weaker summer selling season, but executives said Northern California is performing as...
Propositions 1 and 37 Put $36B Housing Bet Before Northern California Voters
The two measures on California's November ballot would authorize more than $36 billion in bonds to build affordable apartments and push middle-income renters...
Central Valley Multifamily Holds Steady as Construction Pipeline Swells 44%, Led by Bakersfield
The Central Valley's apartment market absorbed all of its renter demand within existing inventory during the second quarter as vacancy tightened and rents...
Walnut Creek Opens 2050 General Plan Update With Community Workshop to Steer Housing and Land Use Through Midcentury
The City of Walnut Creek is launching a multi-year rewrite of the long-range blueprint that governs land use, housing and development across the...
Lennar Trades Margin for Volume as 7% Rates Squeeze California Homebuyers
Lennar Corporation delivered 20,840 homes and $8.05 billion in revenue in its fiscal third quarter but missed Wall Street targets, deliberately sacrificing profit...
California Regains Job Momentum in August as Shrinking Labor Force Clouds Outlook
California's labor market rebounded in August with 39,400 new nonfarm jobs and an upward revision to July's tally, yet a continued contraction in...
Sacramento and the Central Valley Anchor a Region That Outgrew the Southeast, Hidden by State Lines
A Modesto-based investment manager has published a 21-year model of federal data that pulls California's 39 inland counties out of statewide averages and...
In the Fight to Build Housing Near Campus, the University Is the Obstacle
Austin's stalled push to add towers near the University of Texas, and California's drawn-out housing battles at Berkeley and Stanford, point to the...
