Week of September 14, 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 6.76%, up 0.05 percentage points from the prior week, and the 15-year fixed averaged 6.09%, up 0.05 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
- Upscale Bay Area suburb’s downtown could see tallest building yet with new housing approval
- ‘Exceptionally rare’ Bay Area island property listed for sale
- Bay Area homeowners still get huge Prop 13 savings. But in some places, that is shrinking
- Exclusive: Steph Curry sells abandoned S.F. headquarters in his latest Bay Area real estate exit
San Francisco
- What Muni cuts could mean for San Francisco home values
- Are autonomous vehicles and San Francisco development on a collision course?
- As AI Booms, Daniel Lurie Declares ‘Rent Emergency’ in San Francisco
- Housing debate intensifies as San Francisco grows, with some pushback from neighbors
- This neighborhood has San Francisco’s oldest housing
San Mateo County
- Apartment building acquired for educator workforce housing: Housing Endowment and Regional Trust of San Mateo County, County Office of Education purchase existing apartment building in 1st-of-its-kind workforce housing program
- Menlo Park project at SRI campus adds hundreds of homes, trims office plans
- San Mateo moves ahead with five-year housing fund plan to fund low-interest loan program, preserve affordability requirements
Santa Clara County
- Construction to start next year on affordable homes project near Tamien Station in San Jose
- Affordable homes near San Jose train hub land key state-linked funding
- San Jose apartment complex bought by affordable homes nonprofit
- Expansion of autism center in San Jose advances with property purchase
- Milpitas taps ex-D.C. official to lead housing developments efforts
Alameda County
- Hundreds of homes to replace hundreds of BART parking spaces in West Oakland
- More Berkeley Hills homes could have to follow ‘Zone Zero’ rules under new state regulations
- Senior housing opens on former church land in West Oakland
- How much were the top 10 most expensive home sales in Alameda, reported in the week of Aug. 3?
Contra Costa County
No headlines from our source list in the past two weeks.
Marin County
- West Marin Coast Guard housing site receives final funds for renovation
- Marin Co.: West Marin Coast Guard Housing Site Receives Final Funds For Renovation
- West Marin’s biggest affordable housing project in decades moves ahead — at $1 million per home
- Point Reyes Station housing development to open in 2028
Sonoma County
No headlines from our source list in the past two weeks.
Napa County
Solano County
- Vallejo Planning Commission advances inclusionary housing ordinance
- Vacaville council advances plans for affordable housing near transit center
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.