Beacon Hill Democrats decided that they should head off for winter vacation instead of finishing their work on a bill to direct sorely needed federal relief money to a wide range of uses to help Bay Staters hurt by the pandemic.
If judged only by the headlines in the industry press, you would think the Boston office market is positively cooking. But how hot can the office market truly be when the actual offices remain devoid of actual flesh-and-blood human beings?
If you think the slog of going out week after week to find a house, and then beat competitors, is a marathon, get ready for the sprint.
State and local officials have been kind to us this year, producing a bumper crop of overcooked ideas, from sitting on billions of federal relief dollars to pushing for a return of rent control.
It’s labs all the way down in Boston’s commercial real estate scene.
The housing market is not likely to implode like it did in 2008, when it ushered in what’s now known as the Great Recession. But could a price correction be coming?
The latest evidence indicates the market is tightening again – not loosening, as had been expected. At this writing, the number of new listings has declined for the seventh straight week. So, it’s time for serious buyers to start knocking on doors.
As hotel owners and operators across Massachusetts struggle to stay afloat, it’s a fair question to ask whether the top legislative brass on Beacon Hill care all that much about the industry and the vital tourism sector it supports.
Christmas has come early for some in Massachusetts, thanks to Santa Joe.
Having trouble deciding his next political move, Gov. Charlie Baker is turning to an old standby for advice about the future.
A referendum in Maine spells big trouble for both office building owners and developers in Boston as they scramble to meet the city’s tough, new carbon emissions rules.
The closing is the last step in the long, sometimes difficult, almost always anxious journey in buying and selling a house. And it can be just as ripe for pitfalls as any other part of the process.
Wu has pledged to rezone the entire city, with new rules of the road for developers, set by people who live in the Boston’s many neighborhoods. But there are two very different versions of how that could turn out.
Many state regulators of real estate agents are supposed to look out for buyers and sellers. But not one such institution has the authority to provide restitution to consumers who are found to have been treated unfairly or unlawfully.
It’s time for incoming Boston Mayor Michelle Wu to act on some campaign pledges.
The two large resort-style casinos won approval from state regulators in no small part due to their perceived potential to be engines of economic development. A new study throws doubt on that hope.
The Patriots’ newest quarterback has signed with a second local team: HarborOne Bank.
There are “haunted houses” – you know, the ones that pop up this time of year where you pay to have the bejesus frightened out of you. And then there are “real” haunted houses – the ones where ghastly spooks supposedly live on, long after they should have transferred into the afterlife.
The Red Sox may have missed their shot at the World Series, but Boston was awarded another important trophy recently from the Urban Land Institute. Too bad the city’s running out of space on its awards shelf.
Elder abuse takes many forms. But seniors are especially vulnerable when it comes to financial abuse and scams. Here are some of the most likely ways seniors are victimized.
