The Impact of Changing Mortgage Rates

Some Highlights

If you’re looking to buy a home, you should know even a small change in mortgage rates has an impact on your purchasing power.

These charts show how rates generally affect your monthly payment.

The best way to navigate changing mortgage rates and make an informed buying decision is to rely on the expertise of a local real estate professional and mortgage lender.

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Take a look at this compiled list of Bay Area entertainment, wellness tips, and recipes.

Healdsburg Wine & Food Experience

Through May 21 Healdsburg
The festival will showcase the region’s makers – farmers, growers, winemakers and chefs – alongside globally recognized wines from the greatest wine regions of the world.

Art, Wine & Music Festival

Sat-Sun, May 20-21, 10-6 Pleasant Hill

Vendors, artists, beer & wine, live music, kidszone games and performances, food trucks and more! Don’t miss Saturday Evening’s Concert featuring Salvage Title at 6:30 PM.

The Crucible’s Fire & Light Soirée and Art Auction

Saturday, May 20, 6-10pm Oakland

An unforgettable evening full of delicious food, craft cocktails, fiery demonstrations, captivating performances, and a live auction featuring luxury experiences and stunning work by local artists.

Art in the Garden Tour

Saturday, May 20, 10-3 Berkeley

Artwork from more than 16 artists will be on display and for sale in the tour gardens. The tour will also have a variety of art demonstrations. Both artists and gardeners will be available for information. Expect to have fun!

Bay to Breakers

Sunday, May 21, 8-12:30San Francisco

Welcome back to “Bay to Breakers,” the crown jewel of San Francisco events since 1912 with over 30,000+ people racing (and 100,000+ watching) from the Bay to the Breakers at the western end of Golden Gate Park.

Jurassic NightLife

Thursday, May 25, 6pm San Francisco

Be one of the first to experience this mega-sized exhibit and meet the largest land animals that ever lived: long-necked and long-tailed sauropods (some of which grew to be longer than 150 feet!). Plus, learn about paleoart, play dinosaur trivia, listen to dino-mite live music, and more.

Peninsula Restaurant Week

May 19-27 Various locations

Celebrate local Peninsula restaurants and give back to the community. Nine days of special menu items from 114 restaurants. Help support your local dining scene during Peninsula Restaurant Week.

Agua Fresca Is the Most Versatile Drink You Can Make This Summer

Whether you’re the kind of person who loses themselves in the bounty of fruits and vegetables at the farmer’s market, or simply want to find more creative ways to hydrate as the temperatures rise, aguas frescas belong in your recipe rotation.

Shortcut Banh Mi With Pickled Carrots and Daikon

Authenticity is not the goal of this banh mi. Nor is coming up with a newfangled variation. This is a sandwich that, with quick work, maintains the porky-pickled-fiery essence of a classic banh mi with easy-to-find ingredients.

9 Reasons Dancing Is Good for Your Health

Dancing can be many things: An expression of art, a fun hobby, a representation of culture, and a great form of exercise.

How to fall back asleep

Here we are in the dark at 3 am with eyes wide open, struggling to fall back asleep. Anyone who’s experienced significant bouts of sleeplessness knows the havoc this can wreak on our energy, mood, and cognition.

10 Ways to Improve Your Eye Health

Habits like getting important nutrients from your diet and wearing protective eyewear, among others, can help support eye health.