https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/10/bay-area-home-prices-top-1-million-amid-covid-19-concerns/

Tom Chiu, a pastor at a local church, needed a bigger house to conduct ministerial work – Bible studies, counseling and Christian fellowship.

In Silicon Valley, matching a minister’s salary to a comfortable home with a spacious yard required a minor miracle. Months of searching, lost bids and over-extended budgets led to an all-out plea to his real estate agent and a gracious seller.