Exclusionary Zoning Gave Us the Housing Crisis. MBTA Zoning Can Get Us Out
Restrictive zoning has locked many out of opportunity, with dire consequences for our communities and our environment.
Is This Another Crash in the Making?
It’s getting harder to write off two recent bank failures as outliers. But it’s unclear if that means it’s 2008 all over again or events are rhyming with a different financial crisis.
Spring Market to Open on a Confusing Note
Housing forecasters sure picked a great time to stop drinking. Markets around the country are headed into confusing territory just as the spring homebuying season is about to get underway.
CDFIs Can Lead the Charge on Equity in Community Development
Business leaders must continue to focus on communities of color, understanding that ongoing commitment to affordable housing and economic development is vital for equity.
Resident Services in Affordable Housing Vital to Health Care Access
As Gov. Maura Healey begins the process of creating a new Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, she should look to promote this important tool that affordable housing property managers provide.
Accusations Sow Doubt About Return-to-Office Data
Two of the region’s largest owners of office buildings and towers have a bone to pick with Kastle, the company which tracks office building occupancy, saying it’s reporting overly pessimistic data.
Other States’ Listings Services Stick with Old Tech
Whether old-fashioned or tech-savvy, though, some agents are being held back from the best, newest versions of their greatest tool: their local multiple listing service, or MLS.
Letter to the Editor: Become Part of the Solution to the Racial Homeownership Gap
We are inviting the Massachusetts real estate community to join us in our efforts to close the racial wealth and homeownership gap with a fund whose results have already been transformative for those it has already helped.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: It’s Not a Question of If
It’s not a question of if you’ll be laid off, economic policymakers are telling workers. It’s a question of when.
Rubber Meets Road in Sullivan Square
It’s hard not to see the proposed One Mystic residential tower in Boston’s Sullivan Square as a test case for whether the Wu administration can follow through on its housing production rhetoric.
Full Floors of Fun at Boston Towers
Hundreds of millions of dollars of renovation and repositioning projects planned downtown could leave Boston’s best office towers stronger than ever despite office market upheaval.
Fraud, Fraud, Everywhere Fraud
While late-night TV scams and robocall schemes are coming under increased scrutiny by state and federal officials, new real estate-related swindles continue to come to light.
With Adjusted Expectations, Homebuyers and Sellers Return to Market
Our agents are reporting busy open houses and motivated buyers, even as contingencies and home inspections are back. The value of a home will hinge on price and condition.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Climate Adaptation
We all have to get creative in adapting to climate change.
We’re Making the Four-Day Week Work in Retail Banking
We’re committed to remaining nimble and responsive so that we can always deliver exceptional service to our members and provide employees with the flexibility they need to be happy and healthy.
Modest Investments Can Jump-Start Housing
If Gov. Maura Healey wants to make the most of landmark zoning reforms and the grand project to transform the MBTA commuter rail system, an infusion of HDIP housing production funds is needed.
Two Rapid Solutions to Boston’s Apartment Supply Problem
Boston’s housing supply shortage has reached a tipping point. Allowing landlords to add bedrooms to apartments without the slow, confusing and expensive variance process will rapidly address this vast need.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: A Little Trip to Middleborough
Attorney General Andrea Campbell is going on a trip…and packing a sizable toolbox to deal with towns that haven’t yet complied with MBTA Communities zoning reforms.
Future of Rent Acceleration Clauses in Doubt
Commercial leases typically give landlords several rights and remedies when tenants default. But for some landlords these remedies are not enough, so they add rent acceleration as an additional remedy.
Office Designs with a Sense of Purpose
For too long, office design was about a kit of parts – matching desks, file cabinets, chairs – all easily rearranged on a dime. The advent of hybrid work changed all that.
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