Housing

State Farm General Insurance Company is no longer accepting new applications for homeowners insurance policies in California, citing rising construction costs and growing risk of catastrophic wildfires.

The State Farm General Insurance Company will no longer accept new applications for property insurance and other policies in California, citing "historic" increases in construction costs and inflation, the company said Friday. 

Construction was underway in Oakland for a first-of-its-kind high rise apartment building described as the tallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in the world.

Bay Area home values are back on the rise after a 9-month slump. Zillow reported the biggest jump in Solano, Marin, Napa, and Sonoma counties.

San Mateo County on Tuesday pledged $1 million toward ramping up efforts to build affordable and adequate housing for farmworkers.

Renters at one of the City of Alameda’s largest apartment complexes are in an uproar over a potential rent increase due to a little known law that allows landlords to pass the costs of improvements onto their tenants.

Life Moves, the owner of the housing project, says increased crime has not been an issue at other housing projects. The council voted 4-3 to move forward with the project.

If you're a music lover, and shopping around for a new home there's an unusual new listing in Berkeley that may interest you. It's a three-story house on Tunnel Road that some people call the Saxophone House.

The Oakland City Council voted 7 to 1 to phase out the eviction moratorium starting July 15.

A Nevada-based developer has submitted plans for a 50-story ocean view high rise in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset District, in what's shaping up to be a heated battle with the city's planning department. 

A San Francisco supervisor is calling for a hearing to find solutions to problems within the city's affordable housing production team.

Moms 4 Housing became a symbol of America's housing crisis. More than three years later, the home on Magnolia Street is back in their hands with a new name and a bigger mission.

Repairs at Coliseum Connections Apartments in East Oakland are expected to take another two months after backed-up drains and flooding following a New Year's Eve storm caused 300 people to be displaced from their homes.

Newsom says he wants to build facilities where over $10,000 people a year can live and be treated for mental illness. Newsom’s past policies have been heavily criticized for not producing results and this time he wants California voters to weigh in on his new plan.

A Black couple in Marin City has settled a lawsuit against an appraiser who assessed their home for a far lower price than a white couple.