Real estate is still the best investment you can make today, millionaires say—here’s why
Real estate is still the best investment you can make today, millionaires say—here’s why Published Tue, Oct 1 201910:11 AM EDTUpdated Wed, Oct 2 201912:47 PM EDT The Oracles, [email protected] Illustration: The Oracles Billionaire Andrew Carnegie famously said...
To keep insurance, some homeowners now have to do costly wildfire mitigation
Kathleen Pender Aug. 10, 2019 Updated: Aug. 10, 2019 4 a.m. In response to the rising cost and risk of California wildfires, some insurance companies are requiring property owners in high-hazard areas to perform extensive, often expensive, mitigation work to keep...
Dumping the Bay Area for Phoenix? A few things to know before you go
By PATRICK MAY | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group My colleague Louis Hansen wrote this week about efforts by some folks in Phoenix to lure, seduce and maybe even hoodwink unsuspecting and vulnerable Bay Area residents into dumping the region’s...
6 Near-Genius Ways to Fool Burglars Into Thinking You’re Home
Like telling your lights to turn on and off when you’re miles away Your home: You love it, but sometimes you have to leave it. Whether it’s the eight hours a day or eight days on a dreamy beach, allowing your biggest investment to fend for itself can be...
North Bay modular housing factory expands as developers rush to bring down costs – SFChronicle.com
J.K. Dineen July 27, 2019 Updated: July 27, 2019 4 a.m. Each week, mysterious white plastic-wrapped boxes seem to multiply in storage yards scattered around Vallejo’s Mare Island. On this bustling industrial site, with dry docks and warehouses, the boxes don’t look...
Paint companies to pay for lead paint removal in 10 California locations.
Paint companies agreed Wednesday to pay $305 million to 10 California cities and counties to remove lead paint. Photo: Rohan Smith, The Chronicle Paint companies agreed Wednesday to pay $305 million to 10 California cities and counties to remove lead paint, which can...
How I Bought a Home in Oakland VALERIE LAI Jan. 23, 2019 Mortgages Sadie Fenton, her partner, James Edmondson, and their baby girl, Loretta, huddle in their Oakland home. As San Francisco’s cool, hip neighbor, Oakland may offer slightly more affordable home prices,...
The real estate market is hot again — unless you’re selling a luxury home
The real estate market is hot again — unless you’re selling a luxury home “It’s a seller’s market again and buyers need to be ready — or they’re not going to get a home, ” said one real estate expert. The exclusive Hope Ranch area on Dec. 4, 2017, over...
Higher Chinese tariffs just made your home renovation more expensive
Higher Chinese tariffs just made your home renovation much more expensive Diana [email protected] KEY POINTS From tile to counter tops, laminates to lighting, all the fancy finishings — about 450 of them — are on the list that just went from 10% tariffs to 25%. The...
Wildfires make it harder for California homeowners to get insurance
by Kathleen Pender April 20, 2019 As the cost and risk of California wildfires grow, it’s getting harder for homeowners to get and keep insurance in fire-prone regions including the Sierra foothills, Tahoe and some parts of the Bay Area. Homeowners rejected by...