Two new studies confirm that Bay Area rents are softening, after years of double-digit increases. The San Francisco metro area saw average rents decline year over year for the first time in more than ...

Rents in the most expensive cities in the United States are no longer rising relentlessly, but the most expensive markets have not changed. Among the 10 most expensive markets, according to research ...

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The concept of rent control, once found mostly in large cities, is spreading to the Bay Area’s suburbs, even though virtually every economist thinks it’s a bad idea. Six Bay Area cities have measures ...

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A major test of rent control as a way to solve the Bay Area’s affordable housing crisis met mixed results at the polls last week. Initiatives to establish formal rent-control programs appear to be on ...

A Bay Area professional has opened up about how he spent three months living in his car after landing a job at Google.

I spent three months living in my car to make an employment opportunity at Google happen. I don't regret it, but I wish it hadn't been necessary.

The astronomical rise in Bay Area rents shows no signs of abating. San Francisco landlords wanted a record average rent of $3,458 in the first quarter, up 1.9 percent from the fourth quarter and 13.2 ...

Rent control, one of the most divisive and emotional issues sweeping the Bay Area, lost a round in Santa Rosa Tuesday. In a special election, 52.5 percent of voters rejected Measure C, which would ...