Another housing-related showdown between the city of Boston and the state Legislature is poised to unfold next year if city councilors embrace a push to shield renters from paying broker’s fees.
Cambridge politicians are the first out of the gate in trying to follow their New York City peers’ lead in banning apartment broker fees. The catch: They’re not quite sure if they can do it.
The most prominent symbol of Union Square’s transformation is getting ready for its first set of residents.
Assembly Row developer Federal Realty Investment Trust will add seven new tenants this summer at its 500,000-square-foot retail component.
Users of the state’s largest MLS website now have a new tool at their disposal for real estate agents marketing apartments for rent.
Miscela, Assembly Row’s newest apartment tower that began leasing in preparation for July move-ins, maximizes its status as Somerville’s tallest building with a 24th-floor roof deck featuring Boston skyline views.
Lynnfield developer Procopio Cos.’ newest multifamily project on the Beverly waterfront is offering up to two months free on some units as it opens its second phase.
The sudden plunge in rents amid these students’ exodus has nonetheless provided a vivid illustration as to just how much our local universities distort the local rental market.
The newest residential building at Boston’s EchelonSeaport includes 270 apartments with studios starting at $2,400 – and offers for up to two months free rent.
Just as COVID-19 has widened inequities throughout the U.S. economy, the pandemic is separating commercial real estate sectors into stark categories of haves and have-nots.
Boston rents have dropped 2 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, and August rents are down over 3 percent year-over-year, a new report from Apartment List shows.
Uncertainty about international college students’ return to Boston and cutbacks by corporate extended-stay providers have pushed up vacancies in the portfolio of one of the city’s largest apartment landlords.
Prosecutors say a Malden man tried to defraud a special unemployment fund for victims of the state’s coronavirus lockdown using identities he stole from a real estate firm.
Owners of new apartment buildings in the Boston area are facing unprecedented times trying to fill units amid the coronavirus outbreak and economic downturn that’s left many would-be tenants wary of moving into unfamiliar and oftentimes more expensive living quarters.
A new survey from the National Association of Realtors weighted towards buyers and sellers in metro areas heavily hit by the coronavirus has found indications many would be ready to visit an open house today, despite the pandemic.
