Sorry if it misled, their house was in San Francisco.
That makes more sense. SF real estate is so high, it's mind-bogling. Supply and demand. Rentals are very tough, too, because of SF rent control and laws. Landlords have no rights at all, so properties have been selling to developers who refurbish the properties as single-family dwellings or knock down small apartment complexes and develop them as condos for sale. LOL! The socialists who made the laws there to protect tenants only have driven landlords out, which gradually reduces the total number of rentals, driving rents up. Serves the commie activist bastards right, lol.