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| This preliminary rendering depicts the 9-story research laboratory, Longwood Center, which has been proposed for the Longwood Medical Area in Boston. |
Mixed Results Expected for GSE Changes
By Amy Wyeth
Changes under way at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac inspired by the housing market decline will have a mixed effect on the Bay State, local lenders and advocates say, helping borrowers with better credit but hindering those who want to buy in lower-income areas.
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Menino Calls for Tower Compromise
By Thomas Grillo
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino wants the two sides debating over a proposed 19-story office tower for the city’s Prudential Center to settle their differences.
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Lenders File 55 Percent More Petitions to Foreclose
By Amy Wyeth
Lenders initiated 29,607 petitions to foreclose on Massachusetts properties in 2007, or 55 percent more than the 19,112 filed in Land Court the year before, according to new statistics from The Warren Group, parent company of Banker & Tradesman.
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Coakley: Subprime ‘Avalanche’ Could Have Been Prevented
By Amy Wyeth
The chance to hear Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley discuss her first year in office drew a crowd of more than 300, including a handful of local bankers, to a Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Boston on Tuesday morning.
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