I have to hand it to Menlo Park, they seem to do things in a big way. First was the massive Facebook (now Meta) campus, and then there was all…
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It’s the benchmark of success, a milestone of responsible adulthood, a time-tested way to amass wealth for you and your progeny. Homeownership…
Owning a home is a benchmark of success and a way to amass wealth. But in California, with increasing home prices and mortgage interest rates above 6%, combined with rent control policies, it might make more financial sense to rent. For some, renting is necessary because they cannot afford to buy. Others may rent and put additional money into the stock market or other investments to build wealth. The advantages of buying a single-family home include extra space, a sense of security and likely better schools than might be available to people living in apartments. California's homeownership rate of 55% is second lowest in the nation and a full 10 percentage points below the national average.
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Peninsula apartment dwellers may start seeing small homes pop up around their buildings as developers take advantage of legislation that incen…
At its mid-August meeting, the Redwood City Planning Commission reviewed and unanimously approved a mixed-use project for 1201 Main St. For so…
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Competing policies and economic forces are keeping apartment rental prices stable, while single-family home rentals see sharper increases due …
Writing last week’s column, I imagined what it might be like to live in the 21-story senior housing project proposed for 910 Marshall St. in d…
I am what I call “semi-retired”: I’ve retired from my tech career of more than 30 years but I keep quite busy volunteering, writing my blog an…
Redwood City’s revitalization began in the mid-2000s with the creation of Courthouse Square and with the construction of the “On Broadway” bui…
As development and infrastructure projects wend their way through a city’s approval process, the city periodically publishes updated versions …
