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Workers carry a photovoltaic solar module across a rooftop. Photo courtesy Getty Images.

California reduces payments for rooftop solar power — for second time in a year

by Ben Christopher and Julie Cart November 21, 2023 11:49 amJuly 24, 2025 6:25 pm

Holiday Lights Inc. decked out this Atherton home with strings of white lights. The company illuminates more than 500 homes in the Bay Area each holiday season. Photo courtesy Holiday Lights Inc.

How to outsource your holiday decorating

by Karla Kane November 21, 2023 9:46 amJuly 2, 2025 8:23 pm

Los Altos accounted for two of the most expensive ZIP codes in Santa Clara County with median sales prices topping more than $3 million. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

Santa Clara County has the 2nd most expensive U.S. housing market

by By Ben Irwin November 20, 2023 4:45 pm

Home Sales: Los Altos Hills home that overlooks private lake sells for $16.2M

by Linda Taaffe November 17, 2023 9:49 am

A ranger from the San Mateo County Parks Department cuts up a fallen pine tree into smaller pieces to finish burning during the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex fires, which burned 86,509 acres. Photo courtesy San Mateo County Parks Department.

How California’s fire insurance woes are impacting Peninsula homeowners

by David Goll November 16, 2023 10:56 amJuly 2, 2025 3:55 pm

Economist Lawrence Yun forecasts that mortgage rates will drop to between 6-7% by the spring buying season and anticipates that more sellers will enter the market.
Photo courtesy Getty Images.

With inflation cooling down, mortgage rates could drop to 6% by spring buying season

by Silicon Valley Association of Realtors November 15, 2023 3:52 pm

Derek Ouyang, co-creator of Aduo, stands with the Rivera family in the finished living space of their newly converted garage. Photo courtesy Derek Ouyang.

Meet the Stanford grad who created a ‘plug-in’ ADU to solve the housing crisis

by Kate Daly November 14, 2023 11:55 amJuly 2, 2025 8:27 pm

A large tree in Palo Alto lies on its side after being uprooted during a storm in January. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

Home improvement

Winter rains are coming: Is your property ready?

by George Reno November 13, 2023 1:09 pmJuly 2, 2025 5:41 pm

Home Sales: 5-bedroom home in Menlo Park’s Vintage Oaks neighborhood sells for $6.2M

by Linda Taaffe November 10, 2023 6:39 pm

Artificial intelligence is being used more and more to help assist in the homebuying process. Photo courtesy Getty Images.

The ups and downs of leveraging AI in real estate

by Silicon Valley Association of Realtors November 8, 2023 2:38 pm