Bringing Foodie Crazes to the National Stage
Jessica Curtis helps small restaurant groups make the leap to the national stage.
Digital Matchmaker Pairs Mortgage Seekers with Trusted Lenders
As the head of residential lending at Leader Bank from 2010 to 2015, Patrick Boyaggi was responsible for close to 30,000 transactions worth over $11 million.
Can 495 Bounce Back?
Savvy commercial real estate investors love a bargain and discounts abound on the Route 495 belt, where sprawling former tech campuses can sell for the price of a luxury condominium in Boston.
Separating What’s Trendy from What’s Right
With unemployment at very low levels on the North Shore and throughout Greater Boston, companies are looking for ways to enhance their facilities or even relocate in an effort to recruit and maintain talent.
ATTOM Data Solutions Releases 2018 Housing Report
Millennials named Dylan are buying far more homes than Gen-Xers named Kurt, according to an analysis of first names of homebuyers in 2017 from ATTOM Data Solutions’ 2018 housing report.
The Kids Are All Right
If the blogosphere is to be believed, the Millennial generation is comprised of lazy, selfish, unfocused nitwits addicted to their smartphones.
Kids These Days
Have you heard? Fire is hot; water is wet; and the gulf between the old guard and the new recruits is wide.
Demolishing First-Time Buyer Myths
Numerous articles have been written proclaiming that it’s cheaper to rent than to buy, that today’s high prices are preventing first-time buyers from purchasing, and that Millennials aren’t nearly as motivated to purchase homes as the Baby Boomers were. The next time you hear one of these
If You Build It, How Will They Get There?
The Boston metro region has a lot to recommend it. The economy is thriving, neighborhoods are revitalizing and, despite the natives’ predilection for complaint, the weather isn’t actually that bad.
Millennials Anxious About Down Payments
Anxiety about having enough money for a down payment is one of the factors keeping Millennial renters from buying a home, according to a new national survey by LoanDepot cited in the September 2017 Down Payment Report.
Millennials Opt For Personal Loans At Higher Rates Than Previous Generations
The explosion of fintech has credit cards declining and personal loans trending.
Editorial Cartoon
For a generation that often prefers technology, it looks like some things still remain personal.
We Didn’t Start The Fire
Have you heard? According to media reports, the Millennials are responsible for the death of pretty much everything. Wine corks, napkins, the American Dream, the beer industry, homeownership – it’s a pretty long list.
Editorial Cartoon
It can be easy for one generation to transfer blame to another, but the Millennials may be pulling their weight more than Baby Boomers think.
Boomers To Blame For Ownership Inequity
The American Dream of homeownership is on life support, and who’s to blame? Certainly not the Greatest Generation, which beat the Depression, trounced the Nazis and built the suburbs.
Millennials Spend More, Borrow More And Pay More In Interest
Millennials are pumping more money into the real estate economy than they were a year ago, according to the August 2017 Down Payment Report from Down Payment Resource.
Industry Focus On The Wrong Generation
After all that griping about how Millennials are ruining the housing market, it turns out they’re barely involved at all.
Creating Millennium-Friendly Financial Advising
Today’s guest post comes from researchers at Ohio University’s online master of financial economics program, sharing tips for successfully advising Millennials in their financial decisions.
Down Payment Programs Decline, Millennials Need A Decade To Save
The number of total programs decreased to 2,454 in the first quarter of 2017, down nine programs from the previous quarter, according to the First Quarter 2017 Homeownership Program Index report from Down Payment Resource.
Millennials Rise
It’s tough out there for a 25-year-old. Boston is in a many ways a wonderful city with a lot to recommend it – which may be why it has the highest concentration of Millennials of the 25 largest cities in the U.S.
