Will limiting corporate home ownership reduce the price of single family homes? Both Trump and Newsom propose this as a partial solution to affordability. Probably not. The California Research Board recently created a new tool that enables anyone to search for home ownership fractions owned by
Will YIMBY Create Increased Condo Demand?
A recent look at YIMBY vs NIMBY said that a person's attitude about high-density housing was strongly affected by how urban centers were widely viewed when that person was about 18. Boomers were about 18 years old at a time when urban centers had numerous problems reported. When other generations
Building “Affordable Housing”
Does the need for more housing that is affordable mean simply low-income housing? Projects that are being proposed focus on building small condos as the path to creating more affordable housing. That does not address what most residents want. If you look at the Santa Clara house prices vs. Santa
Median Days On Market
The roughly two-year-long pronounced difference in house price growth between Santa Clara County and cities near San Francisco invites us to examine other trends. The volatility of "days on market (DOM)" makes it a trend that is harder to use when looking for changes in real estate trends. DOM
City Attempts To Block SB 9
Many cities are attempting to block Senate Bill 9 (SB 9). Although the attempts are often attacked for being “not in my back yard” (NIMBY), the efforts to block SB 9 don’t seem to originate from city residents. City Planning Departments and Architectural Review Boards (ARBs) appear to be behind the