Investing more in pre-apprenticeship programs and working with builders and contractors to hire more tradeswomen can help us meet the state’s requirements for workforce participation diversity.
The numbers for the state’s capital and economic engine, while still far from robust, are also improving. Still, it’s worth asking why the housing numbers in Boston are stuck at very low levels.
Transportation is one of the cornerstones of our economy and without safe, reliable and affordable public transit service, our economic growth will be threatened.
No newly constructed house is perfect. That’s why builders employ customer service teams to go back after customers move in and rectify whatever issues have popped up.
Changes designed to streamline Boston’s complex and often unpredictable development review process will get a first public airing at a series of neighborhood meetings starting this weekend.
Homeowners have been spending more on home renovations in recent years, as high interest rates and stubbornly high inflation drove up costs for everything from flooring to refrigerators.
MBTA officials are eyeing a $3 billion budget for the next year that would drain a final tranche of savings to ramp up spending despite a persistent, and growing, mismatch between the agency’s projected revenues and spending.
The process of buying a house may seem foreign to someone who is doing it for the first time. Without knowing all the mortgage lingo or documents, it can feel scary signing your name to something. That’s why Webster First has tried to break down the process in a simple way that first time buyers can understand.
The expansion of the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett has been suspended as the casino and city can’t come to terms over things like taxes and impact fees.
Steward’s eight hospitals in Massachusetts include St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Carney Hospital, both in Boston.
A Billerica hydrogen technology company that received $44 million in federal funding this spring renewed its lease for a Rivertech Park property as it ramps up production.
Greater Boston’s apartment market has the highest rent increases among the 30 largest metro areas in the U.S., reflecting increases in both the high-end and “rent-by-necessity” categories.
An independent review of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s workplace culture describes an environment that fostered “hostile, abusive, unprofessional or inappropriate conduct.”
A partnership that owns a Peabody distribution center leased to an e-commerce company refinanced its debt with $52.7 million from MassMutual’s Barings subsidiary.
NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said he expects interest rates to fall in the long term, and that home sales will rise this year and continue to increase next year.
The Massachusetts economy “seems fairly healthy on balance” one quarter into 2024, but gross state product and job growth have both slowed recently.
Existing homeowners continue to reap the benefits of historically strong price gains.
A Southborough-based real estate developer wants to rezone a Marlborough office park to allow construction of residential condominiums.
WeWork locations totaling nearly 275,000 square feet in downtown Boston and Back Bay would remain open under a motion submitted in the coworking provider’s bankruptcy case.
Redfin has agreed to pay $9.25 million to settle federal lawsuits that claim U.S. homeowners were saddled with artificially inflated broker commissions when they sold their home as a result of longstanding real estate industry practices.
