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- 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
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California had 77 of the country's 100 most expensive ZIP Codes for home sales last year - The report shows a slight uptick in California median prices in 2017 compared with the previous year. In 2016, the Golden State had 72 ZIP Codes ranked in the top 100, while the highest median sale price in the country, at $5.5 million, was in the 11962 ZIP Code of Sagaponack, N.Y., a village in the Hamptons known for its oceanfront mansions and celebrity homeowners.
New Bay Area housing trend: Living in the backyard - Cities around the Bay Area report a dramatic uptick in the number of people applying to build small dweling units, with applications over the past year increasing by more than 1,000 percent in some places. Experts predict interest will grow even more this year as legislators and local cities continue to propose new, granny flat-friendly policies, possibly bringing some relief to the housing shortage that has driven the price of renting or buying a home through the roof.
Could this Bay Area locale be 2018’s hottest housing market? - The hottest market in 2018 will be in San Jose, according to a new Zillow report, which predicts median home values in the South Bay city will grow by almost 9 percent this year. As the report points out, the area had an explosive growth in 2017, with a median home value of $1,130,000, and the real estate site expects that trend to continue: “Home values in the Silicon Valley hub gained 17.4 percent over the past year—the fastest growth among the 50 largest metro areas—and it tops Zillow’s list of hot markets for 2018, as high-paying tech jobs continue to keep pace with climbing housing costs.”
Could legal recreational pot boost home prices in the Bay Area? - After recreational sales became legal, houses close to a participating dispensary saw their value increase more than 8 percent relative to homes located slightly farther away, the study found. It’s a small study based on data from only one metro area, but the research — the first of its kind — could provide an important glimpse into the potential impact of legalization.
Opening of BART’s San Jose extension faces probable delay - BART will need six months of testing before beginning the new service, but the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, which is responsible for building the 10-mile extension from Warm Springs/South Fremont Station to Berryessa Station in east San Jose, hasn’t yet handed over the new tracks.
The Savvy Staircase: 7 Ways to Get More Use Out of Your Landing - Large or small, a stair landing can be put to great purpose, providing a place to work, read or even do the wash
How Tiny Tiles Can Elevate Your Bathroom’s Style - Thanks to their ability to add texture and subtle pattern, petite hexagonal and penny tiles may be here to stay
