Should Luxury Condos Subsidize Affordability?
Anecdotal evidence that many of Boston’s newly built luxury condos sit unoccupied as part-time residences or “wealth storage lockers” for out-of-town investors is bolstered by the findings of a new housing market study. ...
NIMBYs Paralyze Housing Development
A relatively small group of NIMBY homeowners has paralyzed the housing market in the suburbs of Boston, choking off new construction and driving up prices and rents....
An Appetite for New Restaurant Designs
Dyer Brown’s restaurant practice has a long list of reservations. The Boston-based architecture firm recently completed projects for Red Heat Tavern’s newest location...
OCC Requests Public Comment on CRA Updates
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency at the end of August published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, calling for public comment on ways to modernize and transform the Community Reinvestment Act. ...
Editorial Cartoon: Boston’s Resident Identity
New development in Boston may be geared towards global elites, and Bostonians aren't having it. ...
Banks’ Readiness for B2B Real-Time Payments
Banks hesitate to make a large technology investment to accommodate a new payment workstream without fully understanding the market demand and having a realistic expectation for adoption. ...
Should Ethics Violations Be Available to the Public?
In an era when you can find almost anything you want to know online about real estate – the estimated market value of a house, the rankings of neighborhood schools, crime rates, walkability and much more – there’s one important subject that’s difficult for consumers to check out: Ethics infr...
A Story of Survival: Harold Brown Steps Down
Despite his more than nine decades on this earth, it seemed like Harold Brown was never going to retire. ...
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