Multifamily housing is vital to expanding upon the diversification of a community, local economy and environment. And following years of racial inequities, cities across the U.S. are working to make progress in their diversity, equity and inclusion strategies.
Boston is an attractive city with many desirable attributes, but it remains scarred by the 20th century public transportation project known as the Massachusetts Turnpike, an urban canyon that separates the Back Bay and South End.
An investigation highlights that four prominent fintech companies were nothing more than loan approval factories that lacked the resources and the acumen to detect fraud.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has rolled the dice on maybe one of the biggest gambles she’ll take in office. But Cambridge’s and San Francisco’s experiences with similar affordability mandates suggest Wu risks curtailing Boston housing construction.
Great design can transform lives. One way to pursue this is through thoughtfully designed urban multifamily properties – they have the ability to begin to act like a modern village, tapping into an inherent vibrancy and deeper ideas around sustainability.
A dramatic hike in Boston’s linkage fees for all types of new commercial projects, with a big penalty aimed at biolabs will benefit Boston’s neighbors.
At the close of 2022, statistics on the performance of the Boston metro area multifamily housing market in the first three quarters are in, along with predictions for what’s to come next year.
A planned 70-unit active adult community in Northampton is designed to make the math work for cash-poor seniors seeking to downsize and sell their homes.
Gov.-elect Maura Healey is scanning the horizon for a new leader for one of the state’s most important institutions.
Will next year see a collapse in American home prices, or a modest uptick? Will sales crater or hold firm? This year, professional forecasts are all over the place.
These DEI resolutions for 2023 make sense for businesses not only socially, but also economically. And why wouldn’t they? Increasingly, those two goals are one in the same.
In a perfect world, a couple in the midst of a divorce would sit down together and calmly figure out what to do with their house. But, of course, this is not a perfect world.
Has the launch of the cannabis industry in the state degenerated into the same old, very Massachusetts game of political insiders and companies with the best-connected lobbyists grabbing the choicest opportunities for themselves?
It has never been more expensive to produce housing in the commonwealth. Fortunately, the incoming Healey-Driscoll administration has three big opportunities to help.
Housing markets everywhere are in a tough way. Prices and interest rates are so high that most first-time buyers don’t have a prayer. But this coming year, state legislators could put a potentially powerful tool in buyers’ hands.
Only 3 percent of Massachusetts mortgaged homes bought this year are underwater on their loans, versus 8 percent nation-wide. But is the water coming closer?
If you thought bosses would give up on getting workers back into the office without a fight, you were sorely mistaken. Big employers are gearing up for a big push next year, and the future of downtown Boston may hang in the balance
There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to real estate. Each deal is different, and rarely does one go off without a hitch. But when it comes to divorce, selling a house becomes that much more complicated.
