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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

More Housing Headlines

Another month, another home price record for Greater Boston

The mark set in May was yet another historical home price record for the region and a 5.5 percent increase from May of 2023, in what has been a decade-long period of skyrocketing housing costs.

Housing costs take a mounting toll on Boston-area businesses, survey says

More than four-fifths of Mass. Business Roundtable members say the issue affects whether they grow or shrink here.

A tax on high-dollar home sales had a clear path on Beacon Hill. Then the real estate industry stepped in.

After House leaders signaled support for a new fee on pricey real estate, the influential industry kicked into gear to change their minds.

Plympton home built in 17th century on market for $800k. Take a look inside.

The three-bedroom saltbox home was recently featured on Zillow Gone Wild.

New top housing cop: Campbell names head of new unit to enforce state housing laws

Esme Caramello currently oversees Harvard’s legal aid clinic and led a push to seal eviction records.

The YIMBYs are coming, to the suburbs

There's a fast-growing network of new advocacy groups that have sprung up in suburbs across Greater Boston, whose members go to public meetings to say yes to more housing development, instead of no.

Cape Cod mansion owned by Harry Connick Jr. hits market for $12.5 million

The Grammy-winning singer’s Chatham vacation home sits on a bluff offering panoramic views of Oyster Pond and includes a swimming pool, private dock, and boathouse.

Boston’s housing market is through the roof. At least we’re not San Francisco.

In the first quarter of 2024, only four of the 30 largest metro areas in the US eclipsed Boston in terms of median sales price for single-family homes.