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Archive for the ‘Housing need’ Category

Rents increasing, even as home prices falling

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Which way is the housing market headed? It all depends on your city, the type of home, and whether you rent or own. A story last month by Carolyn Said in the San Francisco Chronicle covered a study by Zillow that illustrated ZIP code illustrated the housing market with a "heat ...

Nonprofits find upside of housing slowdown

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

When I worked for a nonprofit affordable housing developer in San Francisco, I once had a conversation with a commercial broker who said, "Nonprofits tend to do better in slowdowns. They can compete for the land. In a rising market, they can't compete as well." That's been one of the issues ...

Housing as platform for Bay Area economy

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

The Silicon Valley Index by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and Silicon Valley Community Foundation was released last week, and it showed that middle-income jobs are becoming scarcer, while low-income jobs are growing fast and high-income jobs are growing moderately. The SF Chronicle editorialized about it today (3/2/08), and this ...