Residential Real Estate
Healey Files Reorg Plan to Create Housing Secretariat
As she unveiled a $55.5 billion annual budget to lay out plans that back up some of her campaign promises, Gov. Maura Healey is also filing promised legislation to create a standalone housing secretary in her executive branch.
Healey: Tax Changes Intended to Keep Residents in Mass.
Building out her budget-week media blitz, Gov. Maura Healey ventured before a new audience Monday night in her first appearance on WBZ NewsRadio’s NightSide with Dan Rea, where she discussed tax relief, problems with new Red and Orange Line cars and the state’s burdensome cost of living.
Personnel File – No. 323
Who’s on the move? From new VPs to fresh project managers, see who’s been hired, promoted and honored: It’s the latest issue of Banker & Tradesman’s Personnel File.
LandVest to Open Boston Office
Luxury brokerage LandVest, perhaps best known locally for the multi-million-dollar homes its agents regularly sell on Martha’s Vineyard, is trying to break into the Boston luxury market with a new office in Back Bay.
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.
Loan Comparison Sites Not All Fair
Uncle Sam’s chief financial watchdog agency has fired a warning shot across the bow of consumer-facing comparison sites and mobile apps that steer consumers to the lenders that pay the sites the most.
Cambridge Team Again Claims Top Spot at Coldwell Banker
For the fifth consecutive year, Gail Roberts, Ed Feijo & Team has earned its spot as the No.1 small sales team nationwide at Coldwell Banker.
January Sales Show Homebuyers Returning, Observers Say
Home sales activity plunged again in January, new data shows, but an uptick in pending sales has some observers wondering if buyer demand will return this spring stronger than fall’s weak showing.
Healey to Take Budget, Tax Message to Biz Groups
The first-ever state budget season for Gov. Maura Healey will feature a pair of addresses before audiences eager for her and the Legislature to enact long-sought tax reform.
Home Depot’s Strong Quarter Overshadowed by 2023 Remodeling Outlook
The Home Depot posted strong profits in its final quarter of 2022 but said it expects profits to slip this year, sending shares of the home improvement retailer skidding at the opening bell Tuesday.
How to Prep a Home for the All-Electric Future
The shift toward all-electric living is underway. But if you are a buyer in today’s new home market, how do you navigate the transition to make sure your house is not outdated before you’ve hardly settled in?
Boston Brokerage Partners for Bruins ‘Hype Videos’
Boston real estate firm Senné has inked a deal with the Boston Bruins to be named the team's only "official real estate partner." The deal comes with the ability to run ads on the Boston Garden's two ribbon LED screens that wrap around the arena around the box seats...
Redfin Offers Luxury Homebuyer Service in Boston
Redfin has happily represented luxury home sellers in the Boston area for some time. Now, it’s opening up its services to luxury buyers, too.
GSIR Opens New Office in South Dartmouth
One of the biggest residential brokerages in Greater Boston and on Cape Cod is expanding its reach into the territory between the two regions.
Fix for $600M Surtax ‘Loophole’ Proposed
If high-income households employ a legal tax avoidance strategy, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center says the state legislature should require that Bay Staters use the same filing status for their federal and state income taxes.
Housing Secretary Might Not Be on Board ‘Til Summer
Gov. Maura Healey will file long-promised legislation in March to create a standalone housing secretariat in her executive branch, and the head of that proposed office is not likely to start their work until “closer to the fiscal year” that starts July 1, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll said Tuesday.
Analysis: Lower Rates Boost Size of What Homebuyers Can Afford
Recent declines in mortgage rates have helped improve affordability somewhat according to a new analysis by economists at real estate listings portal Zillow.
Wu Submits Rent Control Plan to City Council
After 15 months in office, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday finally unveiled a proposal to cap rent increases across the city at a maximum of 10 percent in high-inflation years, filing a multi-faceted rent control revival measure that will first go before the Boston City Council.
New Home Search Portal Set to Launch
Homebuyers and agents alike could soon benefit from a new listing portal with all the online bells and whistles they’ve come to expect – but with better service on the ground and no-fee leads.
Mortgage Rates Hurt Sellers, Not Just Buyers in 2022
The big drop in home sales last year wasn’t a sign the market is crashing It was a sign Massachusetts was coming off an unsustainable two years. Here’s what that means for the market in 2023.
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