The Obvious Report: SF Rents are (Still) Rising

14.4 percent. That, friends, is how much rental prices shot up in San Francisco over the past year; we're looking at an average of $2,326 these days, no doubt due to the volatile housing market that transformed owners into renters virtually overnight, it seems. Despise the East Bay? Perhaps you might reconsider your position: Oakland only (only) rose 4.4 percent to $1,435. Adding insult to injury, occupancy rates are hovering at 94.8%. We cry mercy. You? [SF Gate]