LuxRECapeCod Cuts Ties With Gibson Sotheby’s
The LuxRECapeCod team has cut its ties with Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty and opened a new office as an independent brokerage.
Narrowland Group Joins Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties has added The Narrowland Group to its Cape Cod team.
Cape Cod Housing Market Seeing Price Correction
The Cape Cod housing market saw a price correction in November, with a list to sale price ratio of 95.5 percent.
Tackling Cape Cod’s Housing Crisis Through Community-Centered Design
Housing alone isn’t sufficient; it must be integrated into the social and civic fabric of a town. That’s where designers can help do more than build housing: they can help build community.
Faced with a Housing Crunch, Cape Cod Makes Move to ‘Do Something’
Prices are ballooning, unit construction is stagnating, populations are declining and a housing crisis deserves to be treated as such, Barnstable County’s legislature said last week.
FEMA Quietly Removes Access to New England Coastal Erosion Hazard Tool
At some point between February and early March, as seasonal wind and rain hammered New England coasts, a relatively new but enthusiastically embraced tool for predicting erosion slipped off the Federal Emergency Management Agency website.
New Poll: Mass. Residents Want Back-Up Plan for Funding Transpo. Projects
The survey indicated residents remain in a fiscally conservative mood, but they are open to studying other ways to pay for transportation upgrades and improvements, such as congestion pricing.
Wealthy Vacation Home Buyers Add to Cape, Berkshires Rental Crunch
Vacation home-owners once rented to year-round residents in the off-season. Now they lean toward short-term rentals, and it’s pulled at least 9,000 homes off the rental market.
Communities Already Own a Key Tool to Help Alleviate Housing Crisis: Municipal Property
Municipalities throughout New England have long struggled to create opportunities to help alleviate the region’s severe housing crisis, without realizing potential solutions may already be within their control.
BankFive Set to Open Retail Branches on Cape, in RI in 2024
BankFive is planning to open two full-service branches on Cape Cod and in Rhode Island next year after it saw the success its loan offices had in the area.
No September Inventory Bump on Cape Cod
Anecdotally, a number of industry players say they’re seeing a somewhat impressive post-Labor Day bump in the number of homes for sale on the rustic peninsula. But the latest real estate stats aren’t picking that up – at least not yet.
Cape Lawmakers Make Pitch for Commuter Rail Service
Around 50 percent of the Cape and Islands’ workers travel over the bridges to come to work, Rep. Dylan Fernandes said: “Anything we can do to have fewer cars on the Cape gives residents more transportation options to choose from.”
Cape Cod Five Predicts Only ‘Modest’ Decline in 2023 Profits
The top executive at Hyannis-based Cape Cod 5 foresees a “better than expected” drop in profits for the bank this year, given the current economic turmoil pressuring all banks’ finances.
Development and Environmentalism Shouldn’t Be Enemies
If we listen more closely to grandstanding at public hearings about new housing’s environmental impact, we often find the assertions brought by opponents are fraught with misinformation and bad assumptions.
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Why Are Cape Vacation Rentals So Empty?
It’s so apparent, even the sharks are taking notice.
Cape Landowners Face Steep Septic Upgrade Bills
Cape Cod communities will have two years to opt into a new watershed permitting process intended to reverse nitrogen pollution and restore the region’s estuaries to their natural state, according to final regulations released Wednesday by the Healey administration.
Housing Shortage Drowns Out Buyers’ Climate Fears
Intense competition to buy homes may be overriding any concerns buyers might have about climate-driven property risks in Massachusetts. But homes’ climate change adaptations are starting to become selling points.
Healey Ups Ante in Pursuit of Cape Bridge Dollars
Beacon Hill has struggled to secure federal funds for the nearly $4 billion project to replace the Cape Cod Bridges, and Gov. Maura Healey now thinks there’s enough financial bandwidth to commit twice as many state dollars toward the crucial work.
Feds Again Reject Cape Bridge Replacement Funds
The federal government has denied an application for $1.88 billion to replace the Bourne and Sagamore bridges.
Shortage Means Long-Term Homes for MV Refugees Still Missing
Most of the roughly 50 Venezuelan migrants who were flown to Martha’s Vineyard last month at the behest of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are still being lodged at Joint Base Cape Cod.
