South Lake Tahoe’s council loosened short‑term rental rules while a proposed cap on second homes stalled, leaving locals facing high vacancy and strained housing options. The city says a new permit cap and affordable projects will be part of the response.

East Palo Alto's council asked staff to draft a temporary rollback of inclusionary housing rules while the city joins a county study, sparking debate over lost low-income units.

Crescent Oaks (Sunnyvale) and Silver Oaks (Menlo Park) sold for about $24.3M to Kalesta Healthcare, with HUD-backed loans and demographics driving buyer interest.

San Francisco buyers are facing appraisal gaps as contract prices outpace historical closed-sale data. Strict lending rules mean financed buyers must often cover the difference in cash or risk losing their deposits.

Burlingame has approved nearly 40% of its 3,257 RHNA units, but approvals are concentrated in above‑market‑rate homes. Councilmembers flagged the gap in deeper affordability and next steps.

Google signed a long-term renewal and is expanding into Hills Plaza’s ground-floor plaza, giving the company rare street-level frontage on San Francisco’s Embarcadero.

A $9.3M rehab of the Clayton Hotel returned 82 SRO rooms to low‑income tenants and exposed how preservation funding lags behind the need.

OpenAI has leased the Portside Commerce Center at 1411 Harbour Way S in Richmond — a roughly 202,000‑sq‑ft waterfront warehouse that could support hundreds of workers.

Half Moon Bay and 14 other California jurisdictions received state Notices of Violation for missing required housing plans. The state has given them narrow windows to respond as enforcement ramps up.

Better Home & Finance and Coinbase are piloting a product that lets buyers use bitcoin and USDC to fund down payments on Fannie Mae‑eligible mortgages. The setup keeps crypto intact while routing the mortgage into conventional channels.

SiTime has leased roughly 150,000 square feet at the former ServiceNow campus in Santa Clara as revenue surges and the company plans to relocate by April 1, 2027.

New data show long-term renters in pricey metros like New York and Los Angeles face a rare kind of lock‑in: their current units are often the only affordable option left. Experts say stronger tenant protections and more affordable supply are the fix.

MTC and ABAG approved Plan Bay Area 2050+, adding a first‑ever resilience project list and 35 strategies to guide housing, transit and climate resilience through 2050.