What Corporate Allyship Looks Like

From chocolate chip to blue chips, Massachusetts business leaders have local and national role models for doing the work needed to authentically live, not hide their corporate values.

A Missed Opportunity for CRE Industry

In the Boston-area commercial real estate development, brokerage and architecture sectors, equity and inclusion efforts have been slow to gain traction despite a decade-long economic expansion and steady job growth.

Homeowner Equity Increased by $908B in 2017

In the fourth quarter of 2017, U.S. homeowners with mortgages (which account for roughly 63 percent of all properties, according to a 2016 American Community Survey) have seen their equity increase 12.2 percent year over year, representing a gain of $908.4 billion since the fourth quarter of 2016, according to a report released today from CoreLogic, a global property information provider.

HELOCs Will Survive Despite New Tax Law

It’s a big and confusing question for many homeowners in the wake of the December tax law changes: Are new interest-deductible home equity credit lines (HELOCs) and second mortgages now totally out of reach going forward?

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Editorial Cartoon

“We also have medical bills to pay off . . . want to buy shares of my left kidney? You’ll get dibs if your renal system ever goes pear-shaped.”

U.S. Homeowners Gained $13K In Equity On Average Last Year

U.S. residents with mortgages (roughly 63 percent of all homeowners) have seen their equity increase by a total of $766.4 billion in the year since the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 11.2 percent, according to a recent report from CoreLogic, a global property analytics firm.