How far can you get with $1.3 million in the Concord housing market compared to Boise, Idaho, and Phoenix, Arizona? NBC Bay Area’s Scott McGrew takes a look.

A new report by Lending Tree says San Jose has one of the highest rates of millennial home-buyers in the nation. Millennials spend an average of almost $150,000 for a down payment and their average credit score is 720 at an average age of 32.

Apartment listing service Rent Café says January rents rose highest in the past year in Napa, up nearly 7% over 2019. Oakland also soared, up nearly 6%, San Francisco saw 2% hike, and San Jose was relatively “flat.”

As part of our Making It in the Bay series, Scott Budman and Scott McGrew are looking into how far your money will get you in the Bay Area housing market versus two locations California residents are moving to: Phoenix, Arizona, and Boise, Idaho.

For $1.4 million, you can get a lot of home everywhere in the country, including the Bay Area. Scott Budman focuses on Contra Costa County versus Boise, Idaho and Phoenix, Arizona.

A quiet protest took place overnight at San Jose State University, where homeless advocates slept outside in tents to bring attention to student homelessness. The mission of the 14th “Poverty Under the Stars” campout was to push for the passage of Assembly Bill 1314, which would include housing in the total college costs eligible for Cal Grant money. Through the…

A quiet protest took place overnight at San Jose State University, where homeless advocates slept outside in tents to bring attention to student homelessness. Kris Sanchez reports.

San Jose State University students are sleeping outside Thursday to bring attention to a problem on college campuses – homelessness.

A 3,400-square-foot home in Concord, a 2-acre horse farm in Boise and a 3,500-square-foot home on an acre of land in Phoenix. Scott Budman shows you what $1.2 million can get you across all three cities.

Santa Clara County says it’s making progress when it comes to keeping people from becoming homeless, but admits it still has a lot of work to do when it comes to getting people off the streets.

The mayor of Berkeley, California, proposed a new housing policy Thursday aimed at giving renters first dibs when a property goes up for sale, as the state battles a severe housing shortage and homelessness that Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared his top priority.

When people see those iconic container cranes at the Port of Oakland, they know they’re in “The Town.” But now another type of crane is popping up all over Oakland: construction cranes working on the next high-rise housing building.

As part of our Making it in the Bay series, we’re taking a look at home prices in the Bay Area compared to other places around the country. In this instance, Scott McGrew explores what you can get for $1.1 million in Concord vs. Boise, Idaho, and Phoenix, Arizona.

One million dollars, still below the median home value in the Silicon Valley. Scott Budman gives you a home tour of what that’ll get you in Concord and in Boise, Idaho and Phoenix, Arizona.

Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow local jurisdictions to use vacant single-family homes as affordable housing and give them the authority to fine corporations that keep homes vacant for long stretches of time.

NBC Bay Area’s Scott McGrew examines the type of housing you can get for $900,000 in Concord compared to Phoenix, Arizona, and Boise, Idaho.

NBC Bay Area’s Scott Budman takes a look at what kind of home residents can get for $800,000 in Concord and compared that to Boise, Idaho and Phoenix, Arizona.

NBC Bay Area’s Scott McGrew explores what kind of house you can get for $700,000 in the Bay Area compared to Boise, Idaho, and Phoenix, Arizona.

NBC Bay Area takes a hard look at the Bay Are housing crisis, an issue every resident can relate to. Living here is expensive, but how did we get here?

Leaving before dawn and getting home after dark — It’s the reality for a growing number of Bay Area workers forced to become super commuters. Also, NBC Bay Area’s Scott Budman and Jessica Aguirre talk about how the same amount of money can get you very different homes across the U.S.