By now, as the holiday rush winds down and Christmas draws closer, you probably are in need of some de-stressing. What better way to get away from all of the season's stresses and still have some quality time with your family or friends than to take a look around the city for some wonderfully decorated holiday homes. Perhaps take some [...]

In our previous post, we gave you tips on how to locate the best walkable neighborhood. This time, we thought we'd focus on something else that Bostonians know a little (or, actually, a lot) about: walk-up [...]

En el año 1630 con la llegada de los colonos puritanos emergería Boston, una de las ciudades más antiguas e históricas del continente norte americano. Aunque Boston es una ciudad pequeña se encuentra entre los lugares mas poblados de Nueva Inglaterra. Es por ello, que este municipio se considera el centro cultural y económico de la [...]

What distinguishes a great neighborhood from the merely meh? It's a difficult question, encompassing everything from physical attributes such as good design to the right number of parks and public [...]

As inventory housing is quickly rising in most major metropolitan cities save for Boston, the city is up in arms in building more housing units to host the growing number of students, professionals, locals, as well as internationals relocating to the hub. Early this year, Gov. Deval Patrick, together with Mayor Menino signed a monumental [...]

With three back-to-back winter weekends, it's not at all hard to imagine why Bostonians are raring for Springtime to hit the city. And with sunnier days fast approaching, everyone's looking forward to new beginnings - especially at home. While completely redoing that old kitchen or adding use to an old room might run you into some serious [...]

The first long weekend of the year is coming up, do you have any plans? Although MLK weekend is traditionally celebrated with people tuned into their television sets for the Presidential Inauguration, it might be a good idea to skip this one and pamper yourself while the weather is still warm-ish. There's also a good chance that you're still [...]

Twenty twelve has come and gone, and though it was a tough year, it was a good one for real estate, to say the least. With all the positive news in the property sector last year - ranging from news highlights about increases in property prices in Greater Boston neighborhoods as well as the record quick snap-up of condominium units emptying [...]

As we've written in our past articles, Downtown Boston is experiencing a resurgence in developments and improvements. As tall high-rise buildings and highbrow hotels are slowly but surely inching their way into the district, improvements on the streetscape are also on the way, with the rehabilitation of Downtown Crossing's commercial and [...]

Many people associate the South End with its beautiful brownstone buildings and picturesque streets. In fact, you could even say that the district is one of the most lively neighborhoods in America. To add a little mix to this distinction, upscale property developer Normandy Partners is teaming up with Gerding Edlen to jointly develop 275 [...]