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‘Everything is urgent’: Local rental agents talk jobs, housing market ahead of Sept. 1 lease turnovers

With the housing market facing low inventory, high prices, and a plethora of college students, rental brokers are swamped with transactions.

Boston’s office-to-residential conversion program has only a handful of takers so far. Here’s why.
The Wu administration’s program to help convert underused office space into housing is making progress, but slowly.

A 10,000-unit housing development at Suffolk Downs is on hold indefinitely. Here’s why.
The construction pause is a testament to how high interest rates and materials costs are preventing developers from building much-needed projects.

Empty since 2006, this downtown building is back on the market

The 76,000-square-foot retail and office building at 399 Washington St. is up for sale for the first time since 2017.

Vertex to stay at Fan Pier headquarters after all
Vertex, the most valuable homegrown biotech in the state, had for months been considering vacating its 1.1 million-square-foot headquarters in the Seaport neighborhood.

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Not just big Boston property owners: Small businesses could be hurt by Wu’s tax plan
The controversial proposal to hike commercial real estate taxes, now before the Legislature, could hurt the restaurants, barbershops, and other stores that are tenants in buildings.

From traditional mall to martinis and microscopes, CambridgeSide is unveiling its new look
The East Cambridge mall is overhauling itself into a mixed-use megacampus, complete with cocktails by the canal.

Record-breaking Cape Cod real estate deal: oceanfront home in Barnstable sells for $22.75 million
Built in 2012, the seven-bedroom home offers 15,500 square feet of living space.

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Massport gets $12 million to allow housing near Conley Terminal haul road

The deal will enable massive redevelopment of the old Boston Edison plant in South Boston to move forward.

Suffolk University buys Beantown Pub building, will convert to dorms (but the pub stays)

The $30 million deal highlights the changing nature of downtown's office market.

Private compound in Wellesley hits market for $17.5 million, highest list price in town’s history, real estate agent says

A private compound in Wellesley that has almost all the trappings an athlete could want has hit the market for $17.5 million.

Housing costs so much to build. What if they did it on an assembly line?

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council and a consortium of cities were awarded a $3 million grant to study the idea of bringing a modular housing plant — in other words, a house factory — to Greater Boston.

Healey offers $15 million to help Boston convert downtown office buildings into housing

Developments that have been proposed so far would bring 400 units to the central business district.

Developer once again files plans for controversial housing development behind Braintree’s South Shore Plaza

ZOM Living has filed new plans with Braintree to develop 325 apartments on the nearly nine-acre chunk of land behind the plaza, in hopes of transforming the mall into a bustling mixed-use complex.

Real estate ‘stagers’ prep homes for market. It’s about more than furniture.

Staging is a complex and sought-after industry, especially for luxury homes, which can cost upwards of $30,000 to stage, according to local stagers.

On wealthy Martha’s Vineyard, costly housing is forcing workers out and threatening public safety

A new report lays out in stark terms just how many low- and middle-income folks are being forced to move away from Martha's Vineyard as its popularity with wealthy vacationers soars.