A sweeping new planning initiative could transform vacant industrial parcels along Fort Channel into residential, retail and office space, but not without community pushback.
As median prices across Boston breach $780,000, Jamaica Plain's tree-lined streets and transit access are drawing savvy buyers and developers seeking value before the inevitable correction.
As the city fast-tracks housing approvals and relaxes development rules, savvy investors are recalibrating yields—and missing the window could cost them.
As first-home grants reshape buyer profiles across the city, landlords and investors are recalculating returns—and the data shows winners and losers emerging in unexpected neighbourhoods.
With the median home price sitting at $780k, here's how new buyers can navigate assistance programmes, emerging neighbourhoods, and policy shifts to break into the market.
With major approvals reshaping the Mystic River precinct, developers and buyers are quietly positioning themselves in a neighbourhood that's about to rival Beacon Hill valuations.
Transit access, indie culture and prices still below city limits are drawing 25-to-40-year-olds to a neighbourhood that looked nothing like this five years ago.
Recent planning reforms are opening up growth corridors in Somerville and Cambridge while restricting supply in traditionally premium areas, forcing renters to rethink neighborhood priorities.
With median prices climbing across Boston neighbourhoods, first-time buyers need to understand the full toolkit of grants and programs available to make homeownership achievable.
A 28-storey development at the edge of the Financial District promises 340 apartments and 15,000 square metres of retail and office space, marking a turning point for the neighbourhood's ongoing transformation.
For young buyers priced out of Beacon Hill, mortgage insurance might be the key to owning in Somerville or South Boston—here's how to know if paying it is worth it.
