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"Bay Area homeowner beats $55,000 fee for expansion project after legal fight with city"
Wesley Yu had a plan to create multigenerational housing on his residential property in East Palo Alto. But after getting hit with a nearly $55,000 fee from the city, the small-scale project devolved into a legal fight — one that was eventually settled in his favor.
...More"Japanese zoning"
From April 2014
I will underline certain characteristics of Japanese zoning that makes it different from North American practices and that I find particularly interesting.
...More"Americans are Fleeing Blue States, Even When Politics Misalign. The Culprit? Housing Affordability."
Will the blue state starter home ever return?
...More"The median age of all US homebuyers is now 59 years old"
Yesterday morning, my dad sent me the above chart from Apollo and said, “frightening, do you have one for Canada?” In 2010, the median age (not mean) of all US homebuyers was 39 years old. Today, it is 59 years old. And it has jumped significantly since the start of the pandemic.
...More"The East Bay is suddenly seeing a ‘significant influx of OpenAI buyers’ for all-cash real estate deals"
The AI effect in San Francisco is spilling over to the East Bay’s residential real estate scene, with some agents saying they are seeing tech money show up in the form of all-cash offers over the past several weeks.
...More"The era of the shoebox condo is over"
Canada needs livable apartments to help fix the housing crisis. To do that, it must change the rulebook for both condos and rentals
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