San Jose had a 31% drop in home sales in 2021-22, a recent report reveals. Real estate experts said interest rates, tech industry layoffs and high cost of living are all factors. Photo by Loan-Anh Pham.
Tennis balls on a court at the San Jose Swim & Racquet Club on Pedro Street on April 19, 2023. The club could be turned into housing. Photo by Joseph Geha.
The corner of Second and San Fernando streets in San Jose used to be home to a Safeway. It closed in 2019 and the location remains vacant. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert.
More than 100 residents spoke ahead of a San Jose City Council vote on an affordable housing preservation policy on April 25, 2023. Photo by Jana Kadah.
San Jose is the toughest place to buy a home in the U.S. with the worst price-to-rent ratio, according to an analysis by real estate data company Clever. Photo by Loan-Anh Pham.
OneMedAll, an oral wellness and health consulting company, plans to open its first customer-facing location in downtown San Jose where a Safeway closed more than four years ago. Photo by Lorraine Gabbert.
Resident Manuel Ojeda (left) lost his job during the COVID-19 pandemic. He and his wife came to the city’s eviction help center in East San Jose to apply for rent relief in late 2021. File photo.
Sam’s Downtown Feed and Pet Supply, located on West San Carlos Street in San Jose, is one of eight endangered buildings listed by the Preservation Action Council of San Jose. Photo by Madison Wilber.