Green Bay Area Public School District approves November referendum

Green Bay Area Public School District approves November referendum

[ad_1] GREEN BAY – Voters will decide the fate of a $183 million referendum for Green Bay Area Public schools in November, as the school board unanimously approved the measure Monday night. The money would go toward maintenance and renovations at Green Bay schools, including remodels at elementary schools to accommodate for the new student […]

Apple helps launch Bay Area Housing Innovation Fund

Apple helps launch Bay Area Housing Innovation Fund

[ad_1] Apple is teaming up with the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, Sobrato Philanthropies, and Destination: Home — all experts in affordable housing development — to launch the new Bay Area Housing Innovation Fund. This fund, which will make targeted, favorable loans to advance affordable housing development, is part of Apple’s broader $2.5 billion commitment […]

Software Developer Plans to Restore San Francisco Painted Lady House

Software Developer Plans to Restore San Francisco Painted Lady House

[ad_1] Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Leah Culver paid $3.55 million in cash for the home. Now she’s planning on blogging the estimated $3 million renovation process on social media. Leah Culver A San Francisco tech veteran has bought one of the city’s iconic Painted Ladies homes […]

Made Renovation Raises $9M Seed For Tech-Enabled Bathroom Remodels

Made Renovation Raises M Seed For Tech-Enabled Bathroom Remodels

[ad_1] In hot real estate markets such as the Bay Area, finding a contractor who will do a small remodeling job at an affordable price can be a challenge. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily A new startup is emerging from stealth today with the goal of helping solve that problem. Made Renovation, which manages bathroom […]

A Neglected Bay Area Home Finally Gets Its Moment in the Sun

A Neglected Bay Area Home Finally Gets Its Moment in the Sun

[ad_1] Bay Area architect Henry Higby Gutterson’s houses have always been unorthodox—but not in the way you might think. While the early-20th-century architect’s more famous contemporaries—Julia Morgan, Bernard Maybeck, John Hudson Thomas—were creating homes that had rustic, woody features with sleek lines and a machine aesthetic, Gutterson was looking to English Tudors, Irish cottages, French […]

Is the Bay Area on the verge of a housing construction slowdown?

Is the Bay Area on the verge of a housing construction slowdown?

[ad_1] The Bay Area, already one of the most difficult and expensive places in the nation to build new homes, is being buffeted by a turbulent economy that’s creating even more challenges for a region reeling from a housing affordability crisis. The headwinds are plenty: Higher interest rates for construction loans. Rising labor and material […]

Apple, Partners Launch $50M Bay Area Housing Fund

Apple, Partners Launch M Bay Area Housing Fund

[ad_1] “We cannot effectively address the homelessness and affordability crises in the Bay Area if we continue building and funding affordable housing in the same way,” said Rebecca Foster, CEO of the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund, which will manage the new Bay Area project. “We must think outside the box to significantly reduce costs […]

Bay Area HGTV Star Sentenced In Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Schemes

Bay Area HGTV Star Sentenced In Multi-Million Dollar Fraud Schemes

[ad_1] LOS GATOS, CA — A former HGTV host was handed a four-year prison sentence and ordered to pay nearly $10 million in restitution Tuesday following his conviction for multiple fraud schemes and real estate scams, according to prosecutors in Santa Clara County. Charles “Todd” Hill, 58, of Los Gatos was the star of HGTV’s […]

Planning to remodel in the Bay Area? Be prepared to wait

Planning to remodel in the Bay Area? Be prepared to wait

[ad_1] A portrait of Jory Segal, left, and her husband Joel Mjolsness, right, in their remodeled kitchen at their home in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, June 3, 2019. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group) Jory Segal has been dreaming of remodeling her 2,700-square-foot San Jose home for years. The 68-year-old longed to brighten her living […]