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Winners and losers in Lund Ranch 50-home development approval

Pulte to redevelop Winchester Ranch mobile home park as concern grows about loss of affordable housing

After housing proposal rejection, aging East Bay office complex to shut down

Park View Towers poised to add to St. James Park revival

After years and years, Los Gatos approves North 40 land-use framework — Really!

Livermore: Planners recommend approval of Sunset Crossing residential development

$500 million Alameda waterfront project approved

San Jose affordable-housing win sets up big changes for industry

Infrastructure work starts on Oakland's biggest active project

Council Votes to Halt Eastside Pleasanton Planning Process

Aerojet completes sale of land to be developed in Folsom

As Suburbs Become More Urban, Smart Growth is Key

Dogpatch Mixed-Use Project Gets Funding

East Side's future will be decided by Pleasanton voters Nov. 3

Council Sends Trumark Plan to Early Stage Review

Navy's move speeds up 8,000 units in Treasure Island pipeline

Elk Grove set to grow under developer proposal to add 1,200 acres

EXCLUSIVE: Blackstone, America's biggest landlord, investing in Oakland

Santa Clara sees lots of takers for 6-acre site near Valley Fair

Spate of new development marks Richmond's growth

Mission District housing moratorium may head for November ballot

Pleasanton May Halt Eastside Planning

Dublin Green Plan Rejected

Did your city fail the Bay Area's housing supply test? Probably

UPDATED: Walnut Creek rejects housing moratorium

Massive Lennar development near Tesla plant and BART station wins Fremont City Council's approval

New home sales in Sacramento region highest since 2008

University of Warwick confirms plans for Placer County campus

Integral to sell 26-acre Milpitas development portfolio

Concord Naval Weapons Station development proposals -- housing, retail, solar farm

More money proposed for work on Natomas levees

Bay Meadows hits 500 resident mark: Mixed-use San Mateo project starts to hit critical mass as Shea Homes picks up third site

How Tishman Speyer is building a luxury condo kingdom in San Francisco

Big Oakland housing proposal revived, sans 'McMansions’

Ambitious rezoning plans could ignite development in S.F., Oakland in 2015

The Ohlone revived: New life for major Midtown San Jose mixed-use project

Why no one is building condos in Oakland (and why there's hope)

East Bay EDA Regional Intelligence Report

Pleasanton Council votes to move forward on East Side development planning.

Lennar grabs Foster Square, a mixed-use project in Foster City

Milpitas holds firm on density near BART, says 'no' to downzone request

iStar parcel is approved for new Costco and up to 780 units of housing

Alameda Point town center developer selected

Northwest Land Park developers sketch plans for second phase

Developer plans residential, commercial development on former HP land

Cupertino zones for more housing

Vallco finally under single ownership — Pau's Sand Hill lands last piece of mall puzzle

Announcement regarding property transfer tax. More information here: http://bit.ly/1qsgblc

Court shuns opponents of big Treasure Island development

Vacaville commission to revisit Lower Lagoon Valley Project

New Alameda Landing residences to animate former naval base

San Jose sets housing vision

200,000 housing units in Bay Area pipeline. Is it enough to move the price needle?

A downtown grows in Fremont — and gets a boost from land sales

Mountain View activists to rally for MORE housing, not less

New Home Co. ready to build 56 condos to revamp downtown Lafayette

San Francisco supervisor would add more than 1,000 housing units in Sunset District

Chinese developer buys downtown San Jose tower site from KT Properties

Grading beginning at McKinley Village infill project

Los Gatos' 'North 40' plan enters new phase as Grosvenor plans for new homes, retail

Citation Homes to buy Fremont site that could support 135 housing units

Council approves South Livermore housing development

Fledgling suburb bankrolled by CalPERS recovers along with real estate market

State court rules in favor of Treasure Island developers, hurdle cleared for 8,000 homes

Homebuilder True Life elbows into crowded Silicon Valley market

Why are no developers building in Oakland's hot housing market?

San Jose OKs massive 250-acre Diridon Station Plan

Despite Volatility, New-Home Starts This Year Surpass Year-Ago Figures

Four firms vying to be master developer for Concord Naval Weapons Station

Brentwood leaders see revived residential project as another sign of housing rebound

Boutique condo buildings swoop into sizzling San Francisco housing market

Natomas could see new building boom once levee restrictions are lifted

Dublin adopts citizens' initiative to create urban limit line on east side of town

Lennar Urban kicks off first sales at Shipyard, condos under $500,000 in San Francisco

Dublin's two rival growth measures go to City Council

Developers encircle Fremont's new BART station

Developers eyeing Natomas again

First step after Natomas moratorium is lifted?

Senate passes legislation to improve Natomas levees

Newark: Plan to convert business' land into park stalls approval of housing project

East Bay condo hotspots see 80 percent price jumps while inventory evaporates

SunCal revives plans for Oakland's Oak Knoll, buys 167-acre development site for the second time

Natomas building moratorium could lift by year's end

City Council backs McKinley Village after marathon debate

Work on 1,700 homes at long-vacant Schlage Lock site could start in 2015

Silicon Valley's real estate boom echoes south, unfreezing Gilroy, Morgan Hill residential projects

Homebuilder UCP's major East Coast-to-West Coast growth plans

Watt Companies plans 521 homes for Sunnyvale Spansion campus

UCP, San Jose-based homebuilder, enters Los Angeles with $27.6M lot buy

Scarcity fuels San Francisco condo craze

Development measures circulating in El Dorado County

Dozens turn out to oppose Sunset housing developments in Livermore

KB Home to build largest single-family home project in region in Fremont

William Lyon Homes Secures Prized Coastal California Infill Land Portfolio

With S.F. overheated, condo builders look to Oakland

Housing plans piling up: Which will get built?

Alameda: Opponents of housing near Crown beach begin initiative drive

Auction could lead to development at Placer Vineyards

The New Home Co. makes initial public offering

Trumark to build 800 homes at Wallis Ranch in Dublin

Spansion sells 24.5-acre campus to SoCal developer

Existing-home sales top 5 million in 2013 -- best year since 2006

Scoop: Cambrian Park Plaza shopping center hits the market

Windsor Council OKs Changes to Bell Village Development

Historic Danville Hotel about to get a new life

Prime Mountain View development site up for grabs

What will new owner do with surplus HP land in Roseville?

In San Francisco Supply and Demand Dynamics Favor Condo Developers

The Geography Of Aging: Why Millennials Are Headed To The Suburbs

530-home subdivision proposed for Natomas

Ohlone, a transformational San Jose project, goes on life support

Anti-development backlash rocks San Francisco

East Bay Home Prices Rising

Feeding frenzy: new Transbay site could fetch $77 million

Dublin Crossings Approved After Long Negotiations

Bay Area Home Sales Ease Back; Median Sale Price Edges Higher

Senior housing project pending in Elk Grove

Alameda: Planning Board takes comments on Harbor Bay Club housing proposal

Toll Bros. buys Shapell's home-building business

Tri Pointe Homes to Buy Weyerhaeuser Unit in $2.7B Deal

City Ventures plans 550 homes at former IBM disk drive factory

Orinda, where new $1.2 million homes qualify as 'affordable'

New developer revives Placer Ranch plans

Valencia condos' quick sales show Mission District gold rush

Pleasanton council OKs study for up to 2,279 housing units

Home Prices in Santa Clara County Rose Year-Over-Year in September

Top housing economist sees interest rates leveling off next year

Grosvenor testing San Francisco market with first condo project

Alameda lays ground work for massive development at Alameda Point

Pleasanton Council OKs 9-building apartment complex next to I-680 freeway

Ponderosa Homes approved for 12 homes in Pleasanton

Developer would repurpose creamery site as homes

1,200-acre Rancho Murieta sale includes golf courses

The Regional Outlook-East Bay

Railyard developer says a lot needs to be done before development

NIMBYs are back: S.F. builders face growing backlash

BART boom: Housing set for key site across from Milpitas station

Planning for big development in Rancho Cordova with lot purchase

KB Home continues aggressive growth in Silicon Valley

Pleasanton planners reject plan that would remove 101-year-old house, mobile home lots

Bridgewater condos hit the market

Waterfront condo backers turn in 26,000 signatures for ballot

San Jose homebuilder UCP sees IPO pricing at $15-$17 a share

Danville: Opponents of SummerHill project threaten legal action to stop development

Lennar lands investors in $7B shipyard redevelopment

Pleasanton Council considers plans to develop East side

Council Settles Deal Points on Dublin Crossing

G.P.A. STUDY OK'D FOR THE GROVES

Effort launched to overturn Palo Alto's Maybell project

East Bay Economic Outlook, May 2013

Trumark strikes $400 million partnership for San Francisco condos

From Harv's Car Wash to housing: New Sares Regis project eyed for Mountain View

Dublin council backs accord on big development project at Camp Parks

Danville Town Council approves long-debated SummerHill development

Vibrant recovery is building

Pleasanton Council hears plan to develop East side

East Bay Regional Park District to buy Roddy Ranch land in Antioch for $14.2 million

Rancho Cordova land goes on market

Roseville will bankroll development infrastructure

Signature Development takes on Oak Knoll redevelopment in Oakland

Folsom rush is on to develop foothills south of Hwy. 50

State selling 81-acre Agnews site in North San Jose

Dublin City Council Denies Request by Summerhill Homes

182 suburban-style homes in urban S.F.? Believe it

Developer relaunches Winchester Country Club lot sales

What's Happening Here: San Jose's iStar Parcel

Danville planners support 66-house Summerhill subdivision

Proposed Petaluma waterfront project to bring 2,500 jobs

Sacramento area home builders struggle with rising demand, lack of ready lots

Chinese firm revives dormant waterfront plan

Deal collapses for $1.7 billion Chinese investment in San Francisco

Santa Clara OK's negotiations for big entertainment development project

San Carlos will sell Wheeler Plaza area for $1 to get mixed-use project

The Cannery multi-use project in Davis could move forward soon

San Mateo gets a new 83-acre village

East Bay EDA Regional Intelligence report available

Generation Y: America's New Housing Wave

Sienna home lots near Elk Grove freed up for sale

Bay Meadows homes sell like hot cakes

Bay Area leaves housing crash behind

Homebuilders and buyers rush back in to Bay Area’s exurbs

Marin residents protest county affordable housing zone program

Buyers come knocking for Bay Area homes

Mayor Lee tackles big deal before trips

Holliday planning 100 Emeryville apartments

Bosa prepares next Mission Bay site

Trumark shoots for condos in Pacific Heights

Lafferty swings for ‘home run’ in San Ramon

Vacaville council to ponder Brighton Landing EIR approval

Rising home values push more Bay Area homes above water, Zillow says

Land purchases about to pay off for builders

Bay Area home prices projected to surge

Hayes Valley rally: Housing boom in San Francisco neighborhood

Condo sales spike in hot East Bay market

Multifamily housing off the table for Livermore office park

Why developer wants to replace Livermore offices with homes

Winchester Country Club sells out of receivership

California homebuilder market shifts into high gear

TRI Pointe Homes starts its public journey

Sacramento County supervisors approve Cordova Hills development