Kate Talerico

1 week ago | eptrail.com | Kate Talerico

Zillow says it’s fighting for buyers. Compass says it’s fighting for sellers. What if neither is fighting for you? Two real estate giants are locked in a power struggle over how homes are listed online. Their dispute could reshape the housing market.

1 week ago | chicoer.com | Kate Talerico

Zillow says it’s fighting for buyers. Compass says it’s fighting for sellers. What if neither is fighting for you? Two real estate giants are locked in a power struggle over how homes are listed online. Their dispute could reshape the housing market.

4 weeks ago | techxplore.com | Kate Talerico |Sadie Harley |Alexander Pol

When Google made its $1 billion pledge to address the Bay Area's housing shortage in 2019, the plan hinged on the company expanding its office presence in Silicon Valley. The majority of the housing pledge wasn't cash—though there was some of that—but land.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.