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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Foreclosures spike in Mass., fewer petitions filed

BOSTON - Foreclosure deeds spiked more than 24 percent between September and October in Massachusetts, but there were fewer petitions to foreclose, which is...

FDIC chief renews calls for foreclosure relief

BALTIMORE - FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said today she is "still hopeful" of using federal bailout money to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. "The issue is...
Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Slow sales at Clarendon blamed on economy

UPS AND DOWNS: Government officials and construction workers celebrate the topping off of the Clarendon yesterday. At left is an architectural rendering of the Stuart Street building. Developers of luxury housing in the Back Bay yesterday moved closer to a scheduled...

US home construction sinks to new record low

WASHINGTON - Construction of new homes plunged last month to the lowest level on records going back nearly 50 years as U.S. builders slashed production while...
Sunday, November 16, 2008

Credit crisis hits big Hub projects

South Station: 1 million square-foot development at the transit hub, is on hold. Boston is in the midst of a credit crisis that has slowed most commercial real estate...

Steeling themselves: Hub projects in the works

One Franklin Street: The $700 million Filene’s project, is stalled. Some of Boston’s big real estate projects are going ahead, but others are stalled...

Groups eye home-buying incentives

What will it take to get consumers off of the sidelines, buying houses and stimulating the U.S. economy? How about 2.99...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Lynnfield townhouses go green

Unit 58 at Pyburn Mews in Lynnfield features bamboo wood floors in all living spaces and Energy Star-rated lighting appliances and windows. The 20 newly built units at Lynnfield’s Pyburn Mews complex look like traditional...

Boston City Hall named world’s ugliest building

Voters line up in front of City Hall Plaza on Election Day.  It’s official now. Boston City Hall is the ugliest building . . . in the world! ...

Bauhaus on a budget takes research and patience

 Keith Brown looks in his refrigerator while renovating his home in Avondale Estates, Ga. AVONDALE ESTATES, Ga. - Keith Brown and Karen Hennessey wanted to give their ranch house the sleek, modern style they...
Friday, November 14, 2008

Real estate agents see bottom in early 2009, survey says

FORT WORTH, Texas - More than half of real estate agents who responded to a survey believe that the national real estate...

Seller got hosed by dry closing

Q: I recently signed a “preoccupancy agreement” that let the people buying my home move in 180 days ahead of...

Alex Rodriguez: Yankees slugger cuts price on pad

New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez has cut the list price on his Park Avenue condo to $12.5 million, and is also reportedly willing to sell the place...

Don’t blame fair-lending laws

Did a 1977 law called the Community Reinvestment Act cause today’s housing mess? The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s...


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