Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Strange Times
With Mookie Bets in the World Series without the Red Sox and John Henry dipping his toes into real estate, it’s strange times for a fan, indeed.
With Mookie Bets in the World Series without the Red Sox and John Henry dipping his toes into real estate, it’s strange times for a fan, indeed.
A new Brookings-Boston Foundation report goes beyond bemoaning the sorry state of housing affordability in Boston and other similarly fast-growing cities around the country to propose a truly bold measure.
Is your colleague packing? Not filling boxes to help clients move, but “packing heat” – as in carrying a gun? Many agents are doing just that these days to protect themselves, according to the National Association of Realtors.
There’s good news for mortgage applicants who don’t fit into the precise mold demanded by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: After pulling back at the start of the pandemic in March, other lenders are returning to the market.
Should a high-priced pocket neighborhood be granted veto power over Boston City Hall’s longstanding push to get students out of triple-deckers and into dormitories?
The nation missed a historic opportunity when President Donald Trump mounted the balcony on the south face of the White House following his release from Walter Reed Medical Center.
Home business owners, beware your nosy neighbors.
There are more things you can do with a big pile of cash than make “snow angels.”
Developers rely on hip eateries and a never-ending flow of new trendy new chains to generate the excitement and foot traffic needed get new projects off the ground. Now restaurants need the industry’s help amid a delivery fee battle.
Most professions restrict the payment of referral fees. But they run rampant, and are somewhat controversial, in real estate.
Who do you call when you realize you need to rein in money-laundering megabanks?
The redevelopment of Suffolk Downs promises to be one of the biggest real estate plays in Boston’s history, but amid a dire shortage of middle-class housing, it also represents a massive missed opportunity.
Sellers who need to bring their kitchens up to date, repair foundation cracks or make other fixes before putting their places on the market might not have to reach into their own pockets to do so.
A certain high-ranking official is missing his long chats with a certain famous author.
In Boston, apparently, city officials would rather take the inevitable traffic that will come from Amazon’s push to speed up deliveries while skipping the jobs it would come with.
Add a former get-rich-quick-with-real-estate pitchman on the A&E cable network to the laundry list of realty gurus who have found themselves in the crosshairs of the country’s top consumer watchdog agency.
Her case against Boston Mayor Marty Walsh appears better suited to interviewing to be the executive director of the BPDA, not mayor of one of the nation’s oldest, greatest and most vibrant cities.
Yo Michelle, I’m gonna let you finish, but…
Private contractors operate 202,000 units on 80 bases across the country, often with little or no oversight and not-infrequently unhealthy housing.