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Bay Area home prices just hit a record high. Will the buying spree last? FacebookTwitterEmail A home for sale in Oakland’s Reservoir Hill neighborhood, where home prices are rising quickly. The median home price across the Bay Area rose to a record $1.3 million in April.Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle First it was a feared exodus from Bay Area cities fueling bidding wars in wine country and along the coast. Then it was a home buying boom in Oakland and surrounding suburbs. In recent months, home prices have soared again in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Put all of that activity toget...

Skip to main content Is now the time to apartment hunt in S.F.? How to know if rents are really rising FacebookTwitterEmail New data suggests that San Francisco rents might be increasing again, but when and by how much depends on whom you ask.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle 2020 Vaccine appointments are open, spring flowers are blooming and San Francisco tech giants like Salesforce are plotting their employees’ return. If all that seems like a recipe for the city’s rents to start climbing again, conflicting data and lingering anxiety for both landlords and tenants point to a more com...