
Kate Talerico
Housing reporter at The Mercury News
Housing reporter @mercnews and @EastBayTimes
Articles
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Kate Talerico
No one’s calling this a buyer’s market yet — but agents are saying that conditions for Bay Area homebuyers may be as good as they’re going to get this year. Inventory is up. Prices are staying steady. And notably, the number of listings with price drops is also on the rise from last year. “Homebuyers have never had more selection in the last five years than they have right now,” said Rick Fuller, a real estate agent based in Concord.
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2 weeks ago |
mercurynews.com | Kate Talerico
In 2021, nonprofit developer Allied Housing received $1.5 million via a fund that Meta had set up as part of the technology company’s $1 billion commitment to affordable housing made two years earlier. The 59-unit affordable apartment building Allied planned — half of the units reserved for formerly homeless renters — was exactly the kind of project Facebook’s parent company hoped its commitment would get off the ground. Within a year, Allied returned the money. Not because the project collapsed.
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2 weeks ago |
thebrunswicknews.com | Kate Talerico
By Kate Talerico, The Mercury News Yet not even halfway through its 10-year commitment, Facebook's parent company has largely abandoned its work on the initiative. Its small staff is gone. The program, while never formally canceled, is a shadow of the operation it once was, according to three people with knowledge of Meta's decision-making who requested anonymity out of fear for professional repercussions.
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2 weeks ago |
miamiherald.com | Kate Talerico
In 2019, Meta unveiled an ambitious pledge to spend $1 billion to help ease California's affordable housing crisis that critics say the company, with its thousands of highly paid employees, played a role in exacerbating. Yet not even halfway through its 10-year commitment, Facebook's parent company has largely abandoned its work on the initiative. Its small staff is gone.
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2 weeks ago |
dailygazette.com | Kate Talerico
In 2019, Meta unveiled an ambitious pledge to spend $1 billion to help ease California’s affordable housing crisis that critics say the company, with its thousands of highly paid employees, played a role in exacerbating. Yet not even halfway through its 10-year commitment, Facebook’s parent company has largely abandoned its work on the initiative. Its small staff is gone.
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