Week of October 26, 2026
Housing and real-estate headlines from across the nine Bay Area counties, gathered each week from established news organizations and public agencies, plus the latest benchmark mortgage rates.
Mortgage rates this week
For the week of , the 30-year fixed averaged 7.24%, down 0.08 percentage points from the prior week, and the 15-year fixed averaged 6.60%, down 0.08 percentage points from the prior week. Source: Freddie Mac PMMS.
See the 5-year rate trend on the homepage. Rates are national averages, not a quote; your rate depends on your loan and credit profile.
Bay Area-wide
- Bay Area real estate executive sentenced to 18 months for defrauding investors
- Real Estate, Climate and Wild Parties? Here’s How Anthropic’s IPO Could Affect the Bay Area
- Homes across the Bay Area report thefts of Halloween decorations
- A Fight Over Farmworker Housing Is on the Ballot in This Bay Area Town
- Real Estate Data: Latest Bay Area real estate and homes sold by county and price
San Francisco
- Real-estate money floods fight against San Francisco ‘social housing’ measure
- San Francisco condos face a sales split — three-bedrooms are hot, studios are not
- Anthropic's IPO expected to reshape San Francisco's housing market: 'Most of us can't afford houses'
San Mateo County
- Menlo Park City Council candidate creates interactive map of housing developments
- Half Moon Bay's ballot fight over senior farmworker housing
- What’s next for Tanforan?: San Bruno Planning Commission, City Council to vote on ambitious development agreement for 44-acre parcel
- San Bruno's Shops at Tanforan developer seeks input
Santa Clara County
- Real estate firm completes foreclosure of loan for San Jose tech hub
- San Jose school district considers two options for worker housing
- San Jose Spotlight: Santa Clara County Report Shows Increased Property Values
Alameda County
- Former Mervyn’s HQ in Hayward turned into apartment complex is bought for $200 million-plus
- Ashby BART housing: Berkeley advances 174-unit affordable project
- Berkeley: Measure X Would Cap Rent Increases At 10%, Gives Tenants More Protections
- Berkeley City Council District 1: Where candidates stand on housing, Hopkins, Flock and more
- Fremont pushes ahead on affordable housing goal, plans 918 apartments in four districts
Contra Costa County
No headlines from our source list in the past two weeks.
Marin County
- Sausalito officials shoot down waterfront condo project after developer appeal
- Election measure on building zoning divides Sausalito
- Healthcare leads Marin County office leases as housing plans grow
- Marin Community Foundation awards $725,000 to support Golden Gate Village families, including $147,000 in rent relief
- San Rafael high-rise housing plan gets 16 floors lopped off
Sonoma County
- Santa Rosa City Council rivals float ideas on how to bridge housing gap
- Candidates for Windsor mayor, council discuss gas ban, housing, the budget in Press Democrat questionnaire
- Rohnert Park City Council candidates outline approaches to housing, economic development, budget in Press Democrat questionnaire
- Housing fix or environmental threat? Prop. 45 sparks fiery debate in Sonoma County
Napa County
No headlines from our source list in the past two weeks.
Solano County
- Solano Real Estate Scene: Twelve new homes in Davis for sale under $490,000?
- Vallejo City Council approves housing affordability ordinance
- Vallejo waterfront restaurant Zio Fraedo’s to close after city rent increase
How headlines are chosen
- Sources: an allowlist of established news organizations (for example, the San Francisco Chronicle, KQED, The Mercury News, the Marin Independent Journal, The Press Democrat, Local News Matters) and government sites. Blogs, press-release wires, and social media are excluded.
- Selection: headlines published in the past 14 days that name a Bay Area county or city and concern housing, real estate, rent, mortgages, zoning, or development.
- What’s shown: the headline as published, the publisher, the date, and a link. Articles are not reproduced or summarized, and Thomas does not verify third-party reporting. Read the original at the source.
- Updated: automatically every week. Mortgage-rate figures come from the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey.