Luxury Trends
The Most In-Demand Home Features for Buyers in a Covid World… and Beyond
March 5, 2021
If you’re planning to sell, home offices, kitchens and clean air are top priorities for today’s buyers
Where Have All the Houses Gone?
March 4, 2021
The inventory of homes for sale is startlingly low. The pandemic is part of the reason, but it’s not the whole story.
Data keeps piling up: No 'mass exodus' from California during pandemic
March 4, 2021
New research by the California Policy Lab shows that most Californians who moved in 2020 moved to other regions within the state. Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
People are leaving S.F., but not for Austin or Miami. USPS data shows where they went
February 17, 2021
San Francisco residents abandoned the city in droves during the first eight months of the pandemic, but they generally did not venture very far, according to new data from the United States Postal Service.
High-Income Millennials Are Moving Into The Luxury Housing Market
February 17, 2021
If any first-time home buyers were on the fence about taking a more traditional starter home path to home ownership in 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic brought into focus the way they viewed homes and what they really wanted for a dream home.
Marin history: The days of grand hotel living in West Marin’s Tocaloma
February 4, 2021
Just before Sir Francis Drake Boulevard climbs over the steep hill to Olema, Lagunitas Creek makes a sharp turn north to wind its way around the Olema Grade to Point Reyes and Tomales Bay. It was at that location in the 1870s that the small hamlet of Tocaloma began to grow.
Millennials Are Changing the Luxury Real Estate Market
February 1, 2021
Tech-savvy and environmentally conscious, millennials’ preferences are poised to dramatically reshape the high-end housing market.
California Home Sales Set 15-Year Record in November
January 18, 2021
Despite ongoing Coronavirus lockdowns for months in California, home sales remained high in November 2020, breaking the 500,000 sales benchmark for the first time since January 2009. This is the highest sales level in 15 years, says the California Association of Realtors.