Boston Wins Top Bond Rating as Questions Surround Downtown Property Values
Both Moody’s Analytics and S&P Global said office tower values could fall further, but many homeowners can afford to pick up the slack in city property tax collections.
Apartments Approved at South Shore Plaza, with Benefits
by Steve Adams | May 15, 2025
Braintree OK’d a 325-unit apartment complex following a fight pitting warnings of “overdevelopment” against the need for housing production.
LeaderBank Adds Escrow Payment Option
by Sam Minton | May 15, 2025
DepositLink allows real estate brokerages, agents and escrow holders to request time-sensitive payments digitally from homebuyers.
Tesla-Leased Property Trades for $26M in Walpole
by Steve Adams | May 15, 2025
A recently repositioned industrial property leased to credit tenants including Tesla, Home Depot and Goodyear traded for $26 million.
Homeowners’ Climate Risk in Boston Doesn’t Discriminate
by Sam Minton | May 14, 2025
While across the nation homeowners of color are more likely to face major climate hazards, in Greater Boston climate risk is largely the same across racial demographics.
Boston Developer Buys Somerville Industrial Park
by Steve Adams | May 14, 2025
A Boston-based real estate investor acquired a Somerville industrial park located in a neighborhood that’s attracted large-scale development proposals in recent years.
Developer Proposes Condos Near Gillette Campus
by Steve Adams | May 14, 2025
A South Boston developer submitted plans for a condominium project replacing an office building near the Gillette campus.
Outside MBTA Zone, Transit Services Seen as ‘Lifelines’
by State House News Service | May 14, 2025
Beacon Hill is immersed in debate over how many more millions of dollars to devote to the MBTA, but transit services outside of the T region are absorbed in their own challenges they must face with even less funding.
Why It Matters that Recently Sold Mass. Homes Are So Old
by Sam Minton | May 13, 2025
The rising age of homes sold in Massachusetts is a sign of how far housing production has fallen in the state’s biggest metro areas.
Mass. Economists Project Weak Growth Ahead
by State House News Service | May 13, 2025
Lagging job growth in the state is seen as the big reason the state’s economy appears likely to slow down through the third quarter.
Poll Finds Strong Support for More Housing Development
by Steve Adams | May 13, 2025
Voters strongly support land use policy changes that would make multifamily development easier in Massachusetts, according to a statewide survey commissioned by Abundant Housing Massachusetts (AHMA).
Another Big Office Landlord Tests Sales Climate
by Steve Adams | May 12, 2025
Blackstone’s office real estate arm is testing the investment sales climate in Boston with plans to sell a Back Bay multitenant building after an 11-year ownership period.
Boston Rental Affordability Remains Among Worst in Nation
by Sam Minton | May 12, 2025
Renters in Greater Boston continue to have to deal with high prices and require some of the highest incomes in the nation to afford to rent in the Massachusetts capital region.
Personnel File – No. 405
by Banker & Tradesman | May 12, 2025
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s our weekly Personnel File roundup.
New GOP Guv Candidate Wants to Repeal MBTA Communities
by State House News Service | May 12, 2025
Brian Shortsleeve, a former Baker administration MBTA executive, venture capitalist and Marine Corps veteran, announced his candidacy for governor a platform to “bring commonsense conservative leadership to Beacon Hill.”
Would You Pay $5M for This Property?
by Steve Adams | May 11, 2025
With its windowless peeling brick facade, the former VFW hall tucked behind the subway station in South Boston’s Andrew Square seems like an unlikely locus for a high-stakes legal battle.
Inventory Is Climbing, But Not Enough to Help First-Time Buyers
by Sam Minton | May 11, 2025
Massachusetts’ first-time buyers seem to be facing the loosest market in many years, potentially giving hope to homebuying dreams – provided they can afford today’s home prices in the first place.
Rent Control Won’t Help Mass. Become More Affordable. Expanding Rental Vouchers Will
by Banker & Tradesman | May 11, 2025
Building our way out of the housing crisis will take too long to help those suffering now. But rent control will halt the real long-term fix – building more homes – in its tracks.
Here Comes Trump to Further Wreck Boston’s Lab Real Estate Market
by Scott Van Voorhis | May 11, 2025
The battered life sciences sector is already sitting on enough empty lab space to fill 16 Prudential towers. Now, the Trump administration’s plans to cut billions in research grants will make the sector even worse.
Future-Proofing a Bank with Physical Investments
by Sam Minton | May 11, 2025
BankFive COO Catherine Dillon says the Fall River lender is stepping into a new era with its renovated headquarters as it celebrates 170 years in business.
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