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- Granny flats and renters’ tax credits: Which California housing bills lived and died Friday - Mortgage investors want to make it easier for gig-economy workers to get loans - Run-up in home prices is 'not sustainable': Realtors' chief economist - Freddie Mac May Outlook: Homebuyers Showing Resiliency Amidst Limited Supply and Affordability Constraints - The ‘Trifecta’ Holding Up Home Shoppers - Is Colorful Grout the Next Big Trend in Tile Design? - Design Pop: Decor Tips for Book Lovers Enjoy!

- Is California’s high cost of housing cost scaring off job seekers? - Higher gas prices could hurt already weakening home sales - The Best Housing Markets for Home Flippers - California Real Estate Market Will Remain Strong For The Next Two Years - Want to Buy or Sell a Home for Less? Look to Blockchain Technology - 6 Cozy Outbuildings That Feel Like Cabins in the Woods - Underfoot: What to Know About Engineered Wood Floors Enjoy!

- San Franciscans need to earn $333,000 a year to buy a median-priced home - What does $3,500 rent you in the Bay Area? - Bay Area condo market heats up as alternative to pricey homes - Faced with a housing crisis, California could further restrict supply - Californians could vote on as many as five housing measures in November - These are the jobs being priced out of the Bay Area, according to Indeed - 7 Ideas to Get Your Back-of-the-Island Storage Right -  Get a Shed! And 7 More Ways to Make the Most of the Weekend Enjoy!

- Millennials fare the worst in Bay Area housing crunch, study shows - FOMC keeps rate hike off the table at May meeting - Proposed California solar mandate could add $10,500 to cost of a house - How California's candidates for governor want to fix the state's housing problems - Bathrooms Overtake Kitchens as Most Popular Remodeling Project - What to Do for Mom on Mother’s Day Enjoy!

-  Why the Bay Area is the epicenter of California’s housing crisis -  Here are the top 10 most expensive rental markets in the U.S -  Freddie Expands 3% Down Loans for New Buyers -  Study: May Is Luckiest Month for Sellers -  Buyers Beware: Some Home Sellers May Be Recording You -  Trending Now: 10 Outdoor Rooms to Inspire Summer Lounging -  How to Use Texture to Zone Your Open-Plan Home   Enjoy!

- Yelp CEO calls on Google, Facebook to help housing crisis -  Rent control measure on its way to California ballot -  Nightmare 90-minute ‘super commutes’ more common as Bay Area housing shortage intensifies - Median Bay Area Housing Price Hits $820K - The housing crisis isn’t just about affordability—it’s about economic mobility, too - Trending Now: Great Ideas From the Most Popular New Entry Spaces -  8 Statement-Making Kitchen Backsplashes Beyond Basic Tile Enjoy!

-  Debt-to-Income Ratios Rising Among Buyers -  Why buying a house today is so much harder than in 1950 -  Number of multigenerational households hit all-time high -  A Fire-Ravaged Home in Silicon Valley for $800,000 -  Who caused the Bay Area’s housing shortage? -  10 Inspiring Setups for Outdoor Dining -  Get More Kitchen Storage With Counter-Depth Upper Cabinets Enjoy!

- Big investment firms have stopped gobbling up California homes - Bay Area trend: Low earners move out, high earners move in - Hope for California’s Housing Crisis? - When it Comes to Real Estate, Cryptocurrency Raises Plenty of Questions (and Some Promise) - Landless Americans Are the New Serf Class - House-Hunting Checklist: 10 Essentials to Bring on Your Search - 7 Ways to Decorate Your Walls When Painting Is Not an Option Enjoy!

- California measure could spur more seniors to sell homes, easing the state's housing crunch - Bay Area home prices rise further as Santa Clara County joins $1 million club - How Much Renting Is Costing Millennials - Immigration keeps SF population growing even as locals depart - California Housing Market Surging After Wildfires - Deep Spring Cleaning: 20 Little and Big Things You Might Be Forgetting - How to Set Up a Productive and Beautiful Edible Garden Enjoy!

- Federal Reserve raises interest rates for first time in 2018 - The Correlation Between California Commute Times and Home Value - Freddie: ‘Adulting’ Barriers Hold Back Housing - How To Win A Real Estate Bidding War: Advice From The Pros - What does $2,600 rent you in San Jose right now? - 10 Tips for Beginning Gardeners - 8 Things Interior Designers Want You to Know Enjoy!

- 2018’s Happiest Cities in America - Three are in California - 10 Best Reasons To Go To San Jose - Bay Area job market ‘defies gravity,’ economists say - The NAR is talking to Silicon Valley tech giants, but won’t say why - Cryptocurrency Set To Disrupt The Trillion Dollar Real Estate Industry - 15 Great Design-Minded Uses for LED Lighting - Extreme Herb Gardening for Extreme Flavor Enjoy!

- California homeowners receive $6 billion a year in subsidies — 15 times more than renters, report finds - Hardest state to find empty housing? California! - Calif. Fire Victims Turn to Quick Prefabs - Confidence Among Homeowners, Homebuyers on Diverging Paths - Foreign Buyers Coming to U.S. Are Changing - How to Choose the Right Color Temperature of LED Lightbulb - How to Refresh Your Dining Room on a Budget Enjoy!

- More browsers, fewer home buyers in hot Bay Area real estate market - Sight-unseen bids show craziness of SF real estate market, and 2 other Calif. cities are worse - Pulte spends nearly $103M on San Jose site slated for hundreds of homes - Explore today’s cheapest rentals in San Jose - How a shortage of construction workers is making our crisis worse - What Does Your Attic Want to Be When It Grows Up? - 7 Ways to Make Your Stairs Stand Out extra credit: - New York Will Never Be Silicon Valley. And It's Good With That Enjoy!

- Where are Homes Selling the Fastest? - Buying a Home in San Francisco Is About to Get Even Harder - Homeowners are using rental income earned through Airbnb to refinance mortgages - Lack of Housing Inventory and Deleterious Effects of Affordability Take Toll on January Home Sales - Proposition 13 rollback pushing to make ballot - Stylish 500-Square-Foot Backyard Unit Packs It All In - How to Get More Plants for Free Enjoy!

- $303K is the annual income now needed to buy a median priced home in San Francisco - Shopping for a home? It will take a lot longer than you think - Small Percentage of Buyers Would Cancel Plans to Buy if Mortgage Rates Surpassed 5% - California Housing Affordability Edges Up in Q4 - Buying a Bay Area home now a struggle even for Apple, Google engineers - 10 Times When Wallpapering a Ceiling Is a Good Move - A Guide to Self-Storage: Packing Tips Enjoy!

- This San Jose neighborhood is the hottest real estate market in the entire country - Bay Area rents likely to stay sky high - 150 San Jose Flood Victims Demand Their Day in Court - Packing up and moving out: Bay Area exodus continues - Will Bitcoin Revolutionize How Real Estate Is Bought and Sold? - 10 Bathroom Trends From the Kitchen and Bathroom Industry Show - Budget Decorating: 7 Ways to Update What You Already Have Enjoy!

- Bay Area home prices continue double-digit gains on historic streak - ‘Extreme’ rent control could be coming to California soon - The Natural Disasters Of 2017's Impact On The Housing Market Will Surprise You - Here’s where millennials are moving - U.S. Housing Market Has Gained Back All $9 Trillion in Value Lost During Recession - 13 Tile Ideas You Don’t Want to Overlook - California Gardener’s February Checklist Enjoy!

- Inventory Shortage at Crisis Levels in Nation's Hottest Housing Markets - Millennials Are Saving More Than You Think - Home buying in the Bay Area — act fast - Low inventory, high prices and Google: San Jose housing market soars - U.S. ranked world’s 6th best housing market: 6 things to know - Data Watch: Top Layouts and Styles in Kitchen Renovations - How Smart Devices Make Homes More Accessible Enjoy!

- California had 77 of the country's 100 most expensive ZIP Codes for home sales last year - New Bay Area housing trend: Living in the backyard - Could this Bay Area locale be 2018’s hottest housing market? - Could legal recreational pot boost home prices in the Bay Area? - Opening of BART’s San Jose extension faces probable delay - The Savvy Staircase: 7 Ways to Get More Use Out of Your Landing - How Tiny Tiles Can Elevate Your Bathroom’s Style Enjoy!

- What home sellers can expect in 2018 - San Jose is the nation’s hottest housing market in 2018, Zillow says - Unpacking the Bay Area housing market - Community college officials eye student housing - Modifying Prop. 13 is a smart solution to the housing crisis - 7 Ideas for What to Put Behind Your Bed - How to Clean Your Fireplace Surround Enjoy!

- Tax Reform Law Chart: Prior Law vs. New Law - Bay Area’s Top 10 stories of 2017 - Housing market still has legs, economists say - California considers major housing bills in 2018 - The Impact Of Wildfires On The Future Of California Real Estate - Buzzworthy Book: ‘The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning’ - Where to Carve Out More Pantry Storage Enjoy!