Affordability and a drop in skilled workers fueled the area’s plummet in a new analysis of the nation’s best-performing ...

San Francisco’s home permitting contrasts with that of Austin, Texas, which has grown from smaller than San Francisco at the start of the last decade, to far surpassing it in size today.

To afford a typical home without exceeding 30% of their income, homebuyers now need an annual income of $116,782, a record high.