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 Issue of July 24, 2006 
   
Statistics for Massachusetts single-family median home prices in the first half of each year represented. Source: The Warren Group


After Steep Climb, Massachusetts Home Prices Slide in First Half of Year
By Aglaia Pikounis
Home sales in Massachusetts fell sharply during the first half of the year as the median selling price for single-family homes slipped 3 percent and condominium prices remained flat.



BPG Takes Plunge at Totten Pond
By Joe Clements
In the Massachusetts commercial real estate world of give-and-take, BPG Properties Ltd. has been doing plenty of the former this year, but the Philadelphia-based investor is now preparing to take something locally as well.



Questions Surround Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
By Andrea Gregory
At least two Massachusetts banks are contemplating stock buy-back plans to avoid being subject to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s new guidance regarding small public companies’ compliance with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.



Voice Verification Banking Is Sound Wave of the Future
By Andrea Gregory
When Germano Di Mambro met with a Lithuanian forensic scientist at a symposium in New Hampshire, something sparked: A business plan formed in his mind and his instincts told him that the Lithuanian man held the power to take remote banking to a new level. Di Mambro decided he and his business partner could deliver this technology to the masses.



$50M Medford Office Building Sale Shows Continued Market Health
By Joe Clements
A prominent office building in Medford is the latest Massachusetts commercial real estate asset to change hands, with 1 Cabot Road being purchased last week by VEF Advisors, an Atlanta-based real estate investment firm.



FTC Delivers Blow to Policies Blocking Limited-Service Listings
By Aglaia Pikounis
The Federal Trade Commission’s recent charges that a policy adopted by the Austin Board of Realtors violated anti-trust laws and hurt consumers drew the attention of Realtors across the country, but local Realtors say such practices aren’t employed in Massachusetts.




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