
Kraft Outlines Voluntary Rent Control Plan, Pledges IDP Cut
Boston mayoral challenger Josh Kraft would create a city registry of rent-controlled apartments to bypass brokers under a voluntary proposal to rein in rent increases.
Boston mayoral challenger Josh Kraft would create a city registry of rent-controlled apartments to bypass brokers under a voluntary proposal to rein in rent increases.
Cambridge officials gave final approval to expansion of multifamily housing under a zoning change that enables the construction of 4- to 6-story buildings across the city.
Advocates for ditching the penny cite its high production cost – currently almost 4 cents per penny, according to the U.S. Mint – and limited utility.
A Boston real estate firm that specializes in major waterfront developments is seeking to begin the next phase of its Plymouth Station project overlooking Cape Cod Bay.
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s our weekly Personnel File roundup.
A Sunday night email ordered the bureau to “cease all supervision and examination activity,” effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.
Greater Boston is a region of big ideas. The MBTA, however, isn’t thinking big enough, and its leaders need the CRE industry’s help to expand their horizons.
As a developer prepares to submit a 500-unit apartment tower proposal in Davis Square, a new coalition of Somerville merchants and residents is mobilizing to have a bigger say over the neighborhood’s direction
Collectively, real estate agents don’t always have the greatest reputation, even if it’s undeserved in many cases. But some agents really cross the line. Here’s a listing of some of the biggest red flags.
With Boston’s mayor being challenged on her housing record, she seems to be trying to burnish her credentials by taking credit for homes permitted under her predecessors.
Timothy Mansfield, a 31-year CambridgeSeven employee, takes the helm at the storied design firm as it and demands from one of its traditional client bases – higher education – are in transition.
Slower home-price growth this year should provide some breathing room for financially stressed buyers. But affordability will remain a major problem.
The word of the year is uncertainty. And while interest rates are always a major factor in the market, this year interest rates for mortgage loans are only part of a much larger story.
Even the high end of the Massachusetts housing market is feeling the pressure as constrained inventory keeps pushing prices up. And those luxury buyers are feeling disappointed what they can get for their money.
The broker-owner of one of New England’s largest realty firms says President Donald Trump needs to intervene to break a deadlock over a proposed legal settlement that would let a major regional MLS keep posting agent commission offers.
Boston-based WinnDevelopment and Arch Communities of Needham have broken ground on The Eastwalk, a $47 million mixed-income community near the MBTA’s Weymouth Landing/East Braintree commuter rail station.
The luxury real estate market in Massachusetts has shown remarkable resilience and strength as we begin 2025, even as the broader national market faces challenges.
Supporters and opponents of Boston’s proposed downtown rezoning will get additional time to weigh on a plan to hike maximum building heights to 500 feet.
Developers sold an Uxbridge distribution center that was completed in mid-2023 for $120 million to Boston-based Rockpoint Group.
IC Credit Union made the biggest single philanthropic gift in its history, to a local Catholic high school trying to build an endowment to secure its financial future. See who else gave back.