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Home prices have rocketed so high, it's now cheaper to rent than buy houses in San Francisco and San Jose, new Trulia research indicates.

“For as long as we have run this report, renting has never been a better deal than buying,” writes Trulia Senior Economist Cheryl Young. “But this summer, driven by epic home price appreciation and lifeless rents, renting tips the scales over buying in San Jose and San Francisco.”

As the Bay Area continues to be a job creation hub — with San Francisco…

Developer Harwood International this week topped out the latest addition to the Harwood District in Uptown Dallas.

Harwood No. 10, at 2850 N. Harwood St., is set to open this winter. The 22-story tower, designed by Dallas-based HDF, includes 220,548 square feet of office space and 14,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Its top floor has 10,411 square feet of office penthouse space and two private green roof gardens.

Additionally, the ground floor of the building, dubbed La Rue Perdue,…

This week's housing market roundup is led by new homes in Collierville and Germantown that each sold for more than $1 million. And, in fact, all five houses in the roundup this week sold for $950,000 or more.

The top home, located on Lambs Meadow Lane in Collierville's 38017 ZIP code, was built by Magnolia Homes Inc. and sold for a little more than $1.1 million. The abode contains five bedrooms and five-and-a-half bathrooms in 5,300 square feet. It can be viewed in the slideshow above, courtesy…

Last summer, WeWork announced the creation of a subsidiary based in China.

At the time, the New York co-working space provider infused the unit — WeWork China — with $500 million, thanks to a series A investment from Hony Capital and the SoftBank Group.

Now, there's even more capital bolstering WeWork’s expansion overseas.

WeWork China received a $500 million series B investment led by Trustbridge Partners and Temasek Holdings, as well as returning investors SoftBank and Hony Capital.

Since…

With the rise of co-working, tenants have much more leverage, meaning traditional landlords must adapt and give their customers more of what they want to keep them from going to an office provider like WeWork.

The number of permits issued for town homes across the metro surged over the last two months, pointing to trending interest in single-family homes, according to data released by the Builders Association of the Twin Cities-Housing First.

Year-to-date, there has been a 16 percent increase over last year in the number of town home permits issued in the area. And last year was pretty strong, too.

Permits for town homes have increased in the last two months especially. There was a 48 percent increase…

Construction is underway on what is likely the last housing development built in San Francisco's picturesque Nob Hill for some time.

The home features five bedrooms, an indoor pool complete with real palm trees, and seven bathrooms.

Local nonprofit Operation Homefront has opened its second transitional housing village in San Antonio, providing rent-free and utility-free furnished apartments to wounded veterans and their families.

The new village at 1234 Evans Road is within the existing Evans Ranch apartment complex and will replace a previous transitional village in San Antonio, located within the Republic Woodlake Apartment complex at 7027 FM 78.

Operation Homefront has built 10 two- and three-bedroom apartments at Evans…

From a smart tech-enabled SoMa loft to the $1,300-a-night Sonoma estate, the Bay Area has no shortage of flashy Airbnb listings. When it comes to where people want to stay the most, however, the home-sharing company's most wishlisted properties are much more down to earth.

Among the region's nine counties, the most sought-after listings averaged nearly $170 a night. Comparatively, CBRE Hotel research forecasts the greater San Francisco Bay Area to hit an average nightly rate of $242 before the end…