Realtors spend millions of dollars every year for their websites and online marketing. On April 21, 2015, Google began using “mobile friendliness” as part of their algorithm for determining search results. If your website is not mobile friendly, you need to take...

The impacts from a changing climate are happening now and projections indicate the region will continue to experience rising summer temperatures, increased storm intensity and higher sea levels. Over just the last few years we have experienced record-breaking...

How much is global and how much is local in terms of reducing carbon emissions at Logan International Airport to combat the effects of rising sea levels? The prognosis: sea levels will rise two to six feet by the end of this century, with storm surges adding another...

Could some of the nearly 67 million Americans who live in communities governed by homeowner associations – condominiums, master-planned developments, cooperatives and others – face much tougher underwriting and higher interest rates when they apply for a mortgage?...

On Jan. 30 in Houston, Texas, I participated in what the ABA Tax Section styled a “Lincoln-Douglas Debate” on the future of Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 – the extremely popular provision that permits tax-free exchanges of real estate as well as other business...

Philip Koether, an architect for 30 years, told me that before the recession rental properties were different than condominiums, that they were ”quite a bit lesser.” But post-recession, Koether who designed the common space at the new Batchyard apartments in Everett,...

Last week’s contentious panel discussion on how to fix the MBTA highlighted the difficulties that will be faced by those who would propose a remedy. The findings of a panel appointed by Gov. Charlie Baker to examine the T’s operations revealed some basic third rail...

Anyone who has taken out a home mortgage knows that one of the borrower’s key responsibilities is to pay hazard insurance premiums on the property and not let the policy lapse. But are you aware that if you fail to keep the insurance current, or the premiums aren’t...

Over the past decade, the biopharmaceutical industry has grown by 40 percent in Massachusetts, reaching 58,000 employees and contributing over $7 billion in Massachusetts-based payroll in 2013.  It’s a great story.  Biotech is a homegrown industry, with a strong...

The recent release of the action plan prepared Gov. Baker’s special panel to review the MBTA presents many opportunities to improve the beleaguered transit agency. As a follow up to the publication of the action plan, Gov. Baker has filed legislation to reform the...

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake that decimated Nepal on April 25, causing grievous loss of life and destruction of national cultural treasures, also revealed deep fissures in a fragile national economy highlighted by contrasts between rich and poor. We know about the...

Could there be a way to help senior homeowners with their cash flow needs without saddling them – and ultimately their families – with high costs? That’s a key question at a time when millions of seniors are flooding into their post-retirement years, many of them with...

Bright and early one February morning, a group of five AP Economics students from Boston Latin School – clad in jackets and ties – stood before a city council. In front of them was a large piece of foam core with a printed, six-block urban site plan and decorated with...

For community financial institutions, success starts with growth. In a recent op-ed, The Wall Street Journal opined on the unlikely alignment of Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the issue of more regulations demanded by the Dodd-Frank...

As an institutional investor, Massachusetts’ Pension Reserves Investment Management Board (PRIM), with a $62 billion portfolio, holds voting clout at proxy time. It has a stake in 9,000 boards, though it does not hold a majority position, and hires a firm to count...