by Diane McLaughlin | Mar 2, 2022
Everett Bank, a cooperative bank with about $666 million in assets and two branches, has hired former executives from Century Bank and East Boston Savings Bank after both banks were acquired in November.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 2, 2022
Boston design firm Utile has been chosen to head up a newly-launched citywide planning effort in Worcester, just as the city seems poised to enter an economic boom period.
by Steve Adams | Mar 2, 2022
A New York developer proposes a 519,000-square-foot high-bay distribution and warehouse facility on an 84-acre site near the New Hampshire border in Tyngsborough.
by James Sanna | Mar 2, 2022
So many people moved last year, they caused the overall median length of tenure in an American home to stay nearly constant, bucking a longstanding trend that saw more and more homeowners preferring to stay put.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 2, 2022
A Boston architectural firm’s latest educational sector project includes renovations and a new building at a Marlborough charter school.
by The Associated Press | Mar 2, 2022
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear Wednesday that the Fed will begin raising interest rates this month in a high-stakes effort to restrain surging inflation.
by State House News Service | Mar 2, 2022
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Chris Doughty, a political outsider, aligned his campaign with a former member of the legislature on Tuesday as he introduced Kate Campanale as his informal running mate, giving the Wrentham businessman an entree to the establishment wing of the Republican Party.
by Diane McLaughlin | Mar 1, 2022
More than a year after announcing plans to acquire Connecticut-based People’s United Bank, the CEO of Buffalo-based M&T Bank remains committed to the merger and to maintaining a presence at People’s United’s Connecticut headquarters.
by Banker & Tradesman | Mar 1, 2022
Central One Federal Credit Union’s longtime leader, David A. L’Ecuyer, plans to retire from the Shrewsbury-based credit union this year.
by Steve Adams | Mar 1, 2022
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is seeking to extend urban renewal powers in nine areas through December as city officials study how to protect affordable housing and open space.
by State House News Service | Mar 1, 2022
The Pioneer Institute, a conservative public policy think tank known for its research and advocacy on issues like school choice, is launching a nonprofit law firm to be called PioneerLegal that will give the organization a new set of tools to further its mission.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 28, 2022
From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: it’s The Personnel File.
by Steve Adams | Feb 28, 2022
The acquisition of a Chinatown apartment building is a milestone for the neighborhood’s attempts to fight displacement and loss of housing affordability, according to a local nonprofit that took ownership this month.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 28, 2022
Blackstone, a private equity firm already known for its large investments in single-family rental housing, launched an affordable housing arm last week.
by The Associated Press | Feb 28, 2022
A Massachusetts businessman has been convicted of fraudulently seeking more than $13 million in federal coronavirus pandemic relief loans, federal prosecutors said.
by James Sanna | Feb 28, 2022
Massachusetts’ Black households appear to have been left behind by a record jump in the nation’s homeownership rate, a new study by the National Association of Realtors has found, and the soaring price of homes is likely to blame.
by Steve Adams | Feb 28, 2022
Allston Yards developers are accelerating plans for condo construction after reaching agreement with the owners of a neighboring property, bringing the project’s housing component to more than 1,000 units.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 28, 2022
The parent company of TD Bank has agreed to acquire a Tennessee-based regional bank in a deal that will make it the sixth largest bank in the United States.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 25, 2022
The pace of mortgages coming out of forbearance remained slow in January, while new forbearance requests and re-entries increased, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
by Banker & Tradesman | Feb 25, 2022
A Hull man was sentenced to two years in prison for submitting fraudulent documentation to receive pandemic-related U.S. Small Business Administration loans.