Realtors in the New Bedford and Fall River areas are bracing for a potential surge in homebuying after the new South Coast Rail commuter lines finally opens next spring, barring yet another delay.
A former church in Fall River will be converted into 46 new market-rate homes thanks to a loan from Rockland Trust.
Experts say South Coast Rail will operate so infrequently, and will be so expensive to ride, that few developers will have an incentive to build speculative housing developments near its far-flung stations.
Rockland Trust has provided $7.4 million in financing to Hajjar Management Co. Inc. to redevelop a vacant Fall River school into an apartment building.
Massachusetts’ South Coast will not see MBTA commuter rail service until the end of next year, but the train is already making waves in the region’s housing market.
Swansea-based BayCoast Bank has opened a new branch in Fall River, the bank’s 25th branch.
Local real estate markets have been sorting out the effects of the pandemic and changing buyer preferences for the new rules of living and work agreements, leading to strength in some surprising places.
House Speaker Ronald Mariano outlined plans on Thursday for a $10 million job training program and long-term borrowing effort to fuel an offshore wind energy boom assisted by a Biden administration friendly to clean energy.
The Massachusetts home where Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother were murdered with an ax has been listed for sale.
Buyers with a keen eye for local history beware: You may face lots of competition in bidding for a Fall River home that’s just hit the market.
The new South Coast line and it’s 90-minute end-to-end journey will suddenly open up the region’s mix of outer suburbs, old industrial cities and rural towns – and their significantly lower home and condo prices.
A pair of Fall River multifamily properties, one of which is a converted cotton mill, have sold for $13.7 million.
A medical office building across the street from Fall River’s largest hospital has sold to a healthcare real estate-focused private equity firm Hammes Partners for $16.07 million.
State and local leaders gathered just north of New Bedford in Freetown to celebrate the start of construction on the first phase of the South Coast Rail expansion project.
A project to reconstruct and expand commuter rail lines to the South Coast has cleared important hurdles after receiving a federal permit and full state funding, officials announced Monday.
Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island marijuana consumers could have another retail store to patronize as soon as Sunday.
A handful of the marijuana businesses granted provisional licenses have informed the Cannabis Control Commission they are ready to be inspected, one of the final steps before retail sales of marijuana, approved by voters almost two years ago, can begin.
New Bedford and Fall River are ranked at the bottom of WalletHub’s newest ranking of real estate markets in the country. Out of 300 cities, Fall River ranked 287, New Bedford ranked 288 and Brockton ranked 276.
When President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act late last year, it created the most significant changes the U.S. federal income tax laws have seen in over three decades.
MassDevelopment has issued $24.5 million in tax-exempt bonds for Atlantis Charter School in Fall River. The School is using bond proceeds to build, furnish and equip a 98,000-square-foot, 3-story building that will house classrooms, a gymnasium, administrative offices and common areas. Atlantis Charter School is also using bond proceeds to build and equip an outdoor athletic field.
