Letter to the Editor: Eviction Sealing Bill Hurts Good Renters
Mar 17, 2024 | Reprints
It would cause landlords statewide to raise application minimums for income, credit and other screening metrics. It would ignore the clear alternative to the problem of discrimination based on past evictions....
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Barriers to Building
By Peter Paul Payack | Banker & Tradesman Cartoonist | Mar 17, 2024 | Reprints
Local officials are getting creative with efforts to prevent development of new housing within their borders. Just answer these riddles, solve this Rubik's cube, then......
Which Comes First? A Buyer’s Dilemma
By Lew Sichelman | Special to Banker & Tradesman | Mar 17, 2024 | Reprints
Young people have many options when it comes to homeownership – perhaps too many. Should they get married first or buy their first home? Buy a dream car or a house? Find a dream house or a dream mortgage rate?...
Be Bolder, Think Bigger to Solve Our Region’s Housing Crisis
By Jonathan Berk | Special to Banker & Tradesman | Mar 17, 2024 | Reprints
Even if every possible new unit is built under the MBTA Communities reforms, we’d just end up right back where we are today, without housing policy in place to support the sustainable long-term growth of this region....
What’s Next for the Spring Market?
By Bernice Ross | Special To Banker & Tradesman | Mar 17, 2024 | Reprints | Unlock Link
Whether you’re a brand-new agent or a 40-year veteran, I sat down with market intelligence expert Rick Sharga to get the answers you need to cope with what’s ahead....
Letter to the Editor: Federal I-90 Grant Deserves Celebration
Mar 17, 2024 | Reprints
The recent news that Massachusetts will receive a $335 million infrastructure grant for the Allston Multimodal Project is a massive victory for the Greater Boston economy....
Pull Together to Fix Downtown Boston
Mar 3, 2024 | Reprints
Is Boston headed for a fiscal cliff or a fiscal hiccup thanks to falling office utilization? Two things are for sure: no one should take fears of a calamity lightly, and everyone should use this threat as an occasion to fix what’s long been broken....
Banker & Tradesman’s Editorial Cartoon: Milton, Check Your Mailbox
By Peter Paul Payack | Banker & Tradesman Cartoonist | Mar 3, 2024 | Reprints | Unlock Link
Attorney General Andrea Campbell is paying a visit to Boston's southern neighbor with a special delivery....