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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by fennecfoxen on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:14PM (#25560922)
> Naive question maybe, but if demand is that high, why don't prices rise even higher to balance it out a bit?

It's not always legal to charge more in San Francisco.

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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by standardUser on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:53PM (#25561327)
Rent control does not apply to vacant units in SF.
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Re:Average Rent in San Francisco Has Dropped $1k This Year by jefftk on Monday December 28, 2020 @01:43PM (#25561860)
What are you referring to?

(SF rent control does not apply when you're bringing in a new tenant)

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