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Monday, December 22, 2025

Top Stories

Home Sellers Retreat, With Supply Posting Biggest Decline Since 2023

LILY KATZ, Redfin News
Pending home sales fell the most in nearly a year, and the typical home that did sell sat on the market for 53 days—the slowest November pace in nearly a decade.

U.S. Housing Discrimination Complaints Rise as Support Network Thins

HEATHOR SENISON, New York Times (Subscription)
Accusations are up nearly 20 percent since 2014, according to a nonprofit, which warns that “the infrastructure for enforcing our nation’s fair housing laws is being dismantled.”

National News 

Rent regulation is winning. Outcry mounts as new projects stall

RICHARD LAWSON, HousingWire (Subscription)
Major U.S. cities with new rent stabilization laws report steep declines in multifamily building permits, fueling debate over housing supply and affordability. 

California News

San Diego just fast-tracked new fire-safety rules for homes. Here’s what homeowners should know.

DAVID GARRICK, San Diego Union-Tribune (Subscription)
Thousands of homeowners will soon have to comply with controversial 'Zone Zero' regulations that ban flammable material like plants within 5 feet of a home.

Tech boom fuels S.F.’s best year for office leasing since 2019

ROLAND LI, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
The city’s vacancy rate fell to 33.5% this month from 34.4% in the third quarter. While still high, that’s down 3 percentage points from a year ago, which is the biggest annual drop since 2011, according to CBRE.

Industry News 

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Real Estate Technology 

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Property News 

This Bay Area home was Redfin’s most viewed in 2025 — thanks to one strange brag in the listing

CHRISTIAN LEONARD, San Francisco Chronicle (Subscription)
This Bay Area home had everything: five bedrooms, four bathrooms — and as an added bonus, the implication that your child would end up going to Stanford.

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