Boston, MA was ranked 4th as the Best City in the US by business news agency Bloomberg. In its annual 50 best Cities in the United States, Beantown was bestowed this title based on its leisure attributes (the number of restaurants, bars, libraries, museums, professional sports teams, and park acres by population), educational attributes [...]
After a year in limbo, a proposed development in East Boston is proceeding as planned. Located in between Marginal and Lewis streets, the project is one of four proposed developments in the Portside area in Eastie. The developers, New Jersey-based Roseland Property Co., is planning to break ground later this year. Once completed, the [...]
Another good news of the housing market's recovery came in yesterday, as Bloomberg reported sales of new homes hovered close to its two-year high. According to the article, the rise in sales of new US homes was fueled both by record-low borrowing costs, as well as the decrease in the supply of foreclosed [...]
With the Boston property market on the rebound, many - perhaps you're one of them, are contemplating on investing in a property and catch the mortgage wave while it's still low enough to mount. And with Boston having one of the highest returns in rental properties, be it condominiums or single-detach homes, investing now is indeed a [...]
The month of August marks the 14th straight month that home sales in Massachusetts have gone up, both from previous years as well as previous months. Sales of single-family homes passed the 5,000-mark for only the second time since June 2010. Total single-detached homes that were sold last year number to 4,136, compared to 5,077 of August [...]
Boston, along with Dallas, Houston, and Los Angeles, is expected to experience the most in Class-A (Commercial & retail properties) rental price increases next year, a study by Cushman & Wakefield finds. The study, entitled [...]
There are plenty of reasons why home improvements take place - it could be that the space doesn't quite agree with the current tenants anymore and needs to be remodeled and reconfigured. It could also be that there's just the itch to redesign for a fresh new look. Regardless of what the reason may be, the foremost motivation for major [...]
Regardless of where you come from, city living is always more expensive than suburban settings; properties tend to skyrocket, the closer you are to convenience. However Boston, one can say, is an exception - especially if you know where to [...]
Like any other housing market, Boston has seen its fair share of ups and downs throughout the years, most notably during the recent recession. But with the numerous reports recently coming in about the local market's upshift, there are indeed concrete signs that Boston is recovering -- and in greater and faster leaps than ever [...]
There are many reasons why this week's debut of Apple Inc.'s newest iteration of its overly popular smartphone, the iPhone 5, comes in a good time. Perhaps there is the need to upgrade your phone, or perhaps there is the want to be technologically-savvy. Either way, a better and more relevant reason is because of the smartphone's capability [...]
