Healey’s Housing Plan Is Long on Carrots, Short on Sticks
Can a public relations campaign talking up the need for new housing, coupled with some modest incentives, convince NIMBY suburbs to change their ways? Count me as skeptical.
Is Your Gas Stove Bad for Your Health?
Gas stoves can release hazardous air pollutants while they’re operating, even when they’re turned off, and research shows unventilated kitchens can put their users at risk.
Crack the Code for Lab Control Areas
Construction of new lab buildings and renovations to existing structures both require attention to fire and building codes designed to limit risks from chemicals and gases used in life science research.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: 62F? More Like 62FTW
Gov. Charlie Baker is having some extra fun giving out the state’s big tax refund checks this fall.
Optimizing Space Requirements for Cell Therapy Manufacturing
Conducting throughput analyses can determine the optimal equipment required for meeting a tenant’s target production goals.
Multiple NSF Fees for Re-Presented Transactions Pose Compliance Challenges
Fresh attention from financial regulators towards non-sufficient funds fees for re-presented transactions is pushing banks to eliminate or dramatically cut these NSF charges.
The Only Fix for Housing Woes: Plan, and Build
There’s no savior waiting in the wings for Massachusetts’ housing market. Instead, we have to build one ourselves.
Look at Multiple Bottom Lines in Fair Share Amendment Fight
Rather than just dismiss the issues or the amendment, this may be an opportunity for the business community to highlight its solutions to Massachusetts’ ongoing problems.
What Buyers of New Construction Are Really Looking For
When it comes to new homes, the savvy buyer knows what they want. But buyer desires have some big differences depending on the type of property they’re hunting for.
In Shifting Market, Leadership and Communication Are Key
It’s time for brokers and team leaders to shine as they guide their agents through the challenging time in residential real estate. Here’s how you can do it, too.
Rent Stabilization Is a False Hope
Applicants of color cannot compete in a market made even more restrictive by rent control. Let us create more rental housing to solve both high rents and housing inequality.
How to Exit a Sales Contract
There are a bunch of ways to get out of your contract if you get cold feet. But failing to show up at the scheduled closing is not one of them. It’s wrong, and you could open yourself up to lawsuits.
How the Act of Speculating Became a Financial Mania
Today, there are manias in everything from bitcoin to meme stocks. But financial speculation hasn’t always been understood as a widespread craze – or even outside of individual choice.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Biden’s Moonshot Ride
Joe Biden’s riding a rocket to the moon.
The Daily Office Commute Is Dead. Now What?
We are about to see whether Boston Mayor Michelle Wu can make some headway on bringing new life to storefronts emptied out by the pandemic.
150 Years Young
On this, our anniversary, we say a hearty “thank you” to the generations of businesspeople and workers who’ve read our pages and stood by us through the economy’s many ups and downs.
Boston: A Contingent History
Welcome to Boston, the city that reinvents itself every century or so. A new history of the city by a leading real estate attorney is a good reminder that its current success is by no means cast in stone.
Stop Wasting Money on Tech You’re Not Using
As we move into a market with fewer transactions and potentially falling prices, it’s more important than ever to zero in on what works and eliminate every unnecessary cost in your business.
Rent Control Is Not the Answer to Our Housing Crisis
Affordable and middle-income workforce housing is critical to the region’s competitiveness, and NAIOP believes that solutions focused on housing production and expanding rental assistance are a better focus for policymakers.
Will FHFA Let Lenders Take Bite Out of Jumbo Market?
The mortgage market is in for another big shift in a few months. That’s when a sizable increase – roughly 12 percent or 13 percent – in the conforming loan limit appears likely to be announced.
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