The owner of a historic San Francisco theater that was shuttered since the pandemic plans to demolish the property and replace it with multifamily housing. SFGate reports Jesse Appleton had initially planned to restore and reopen the Empire Theater, which opened in...
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is predicting an uptick in the construction of single-family housing and a greater increase in home remodeling for the next 12 months. “While mindful of some weakening for the labor market, the economy remains in solid...
Mortgage application activity ended 2025 and began 2026 on the downturn, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) for the two-week period ending Jan. 2. The data includes adjustments for the year-end holidays. The Market Composite Index, the MBA’s...
A new Home Price Index report from ICE Mortgage Technology found annual home price growth ended 2025 with a mild 0.7% uptick, the smallest calendar-year increase since 2011 when prices fell by 2.9%. The report noted that 2026 is beginning with housing affordability at...
Polymarket, the online prediction market, has teamed with Parcl, the real-time housing data and on-chain real estate platform, in an endeavor that will introduce real estate markets into Polymarket’s betting forums. According to a statement from the companies, the...
Larry Ellison, the chairman of the software company Oracle, has sold his mansion on San Francisco’s Gold Coast for $45 million. The Wall Street Journal reports the sale of the Pacific Heights property occurred last month in an unpublicized off-market transaction. The...
