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New-home demand is more likely to come from out-of-metro shoppers than existing-home demand. This is true overall (67.2% for new construction compared to 65.4% for existing homes), and also across town, suburban, and urban new construction listings.

Congratulations to the Redfin agents named in LuxeSF’s 2026 Leading 100 Individual Agents, which ranks San Francisco Bay Area real estate agents based on residential sales volume in 2025. The four Redfin agents honored in this year’s ranking collectively closed more than $370 million in residential sales volume last year:  Gagan Singh (Rank: No. 26…

New home sales fell on both a month-over-month (-10.5%) and year-over-year (-6.3%) basis in July, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 607,000, the lowest since January. Builders have struggled to sell new homes in 2026 and the July median sales price reflects this, falling to $393,800, which represents a 2.3% decrease from June and…

California’s slow vote counts are a policy problem, argues the Republican candidate for state elections chief. Three changes could made a concrete difference, he says.

As fire season takes hold, California is managing fuels and fire on federal lands. Can California keep it up?

If you have a story about someone being killed or badly hurt by a driver who wasn’t prosecuted, we want to hear from you.

If Prop 43 succeeds, local tax increases will need two-thirds approval from voters to pass. Some cities and counties have put tax increases on the current ballot.

We know two of California’s top public universities are paying tens of millions of dollars a year to student athletes, and now CalMatters is suing to find out the details of how taxpayer dollars are being spent. As CalMatters’ Adam Echelman explains, in 2021 California allowed college athletes to profit off their own name, image…

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