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Real Estate Industry Applauds Biden Admin's Recovery Efforts By Cooper Smith

A broad real estate coalition today applauded the measures President Biden has taken to stabilize the housing sector and urged the administration to sunset the federal moratorium on evictions on June 30, 2021. In a joint letter to Presiden…

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10/24/2025 Evacuated Cambridge Riverview Condominium building will finally be demolished starting in December - WCVB

Nearly a year after residents of a Cambridge condominium overlooking the Charles River were evacuated from their homes, work to demolish the unsafe structure is nearly ready to begin. Plans presented this week show that pre-demolition surveys will begin next week, followed by contractor preparations starting during the week of Nov. 3. Equipment is expected to arrive starting in mid-November, with the actual demolition scheduled to begin on Dec. 1.
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10/17/2025 A Luxury Condo in Boston Now Costs Over $1 Million More Than it Did Last Year - Mansion Global

Tight housing supply in Boston despite a spate of new luxury development has driven home prices through the roof, data released Thursday shows. The median condo price hit $4.25 million in the third quarter of 2019, a surge of 55% compared to a year ago, according to market data prepared by real estate agency Douglas Elliman and New York-based appraisal firm Miller Samuel. Put another way, the median condo buyer paid $1.51 million more this past summer than they did in 2018.
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10/14/2025 Winthrop Condo Conversion Points to Bigger Boston-Area Trend - Banker & Tradesman

Interest rates have risen significantly in the five years since The Procopio Companies broke ground on The Somerset, a 29-unit apartment complex in downtown Winthrop. The changing capital markets conditions have depressed investment sales pricing for investors interested in acquiring the property as rentals. The Middleton-based developer opted for a condominium conversion for The Somerset, betting that the relative scarcity of new construction for-sale units in Winthrop will make The Somerset a desirable address and receive strong demand.
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10/8/2025 Massachusetts Law Boosts Tenant Protections as Boston Sees Condo Conversion Surge - Rock929Rocks

Interest rates have surged over the past five years, significantly impacting real estate investment sales. The rise in interest rates has prompted developers like The Procopio Companies to pursue condo conversions of properties such as The Somerset in downtown Winthrop as an alternative to rental sales.
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10/6/2025 Connecticut condos making comeback as builders bet on buyers - CT Insider

It was a risky foray for Matt Gilchrist more than a dozen years ago, when he decided to leave his job with a national home builder and go into housing development on his own Connecticut. At the time, condominiums made a lot more sense to him than apartments, allowing him to sell units as they were completed and put that cash to use with fresh construction.
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9/30/2025 Are condos finally becoming more available — and less expensive — in Mass.? - Boston.com

After years of soaring prices and scarce options, Massachusetts condo buyers are finally seeing some relief with more inventory and slightly lower costs — but experts warn the state’s housing shortage remains far from solved.
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9/25/2025 Financial coaching opens doors to home ownership for Boston zoo worker - NBC Boston

With the median price of a single-family home in Boston soaring past $1 million this summer, the dream of homeownership feels increasingly out of reach for many longtime residents.
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9/22/2025 Manchester OKs 148-unit condo complex on Oakland Street after contentious hearing - CT Post

Town officials approved plans for a 148-unit condo complex with up to 412 bedrooms on Oakland Street after a public hearing that lasted more than three hours.
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9/15/2025 This Back Bay Condo Is a Masterclass in Feminine Glam - Boston Magazine

When a high-powered professional bought a home in the Back Bay, she had a clear vision when she hired Jill Litner Kaplan to design the interior.
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9/11/2025 $75M condo project, Ernst & Young relocation highlight West Hartford’s appeal - Hartford Business Journal

Construction activity in West Hartford Center reflects the area’s strong investment appeal, and an office space shortage, contrasting with national vacancy trends.
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9/9/2025 Two-unit combined Comm Ave condo led week's highest-price luxury home sales - Boston Business Journal

A combined pair of upper-floor condominiums in a building that overlooks the Boston Public Garden and the Commonwealth Avenue Mall has sold for $11 million — the highest luxury-home sale in Massachusetts recorded this past week.
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9/4/2025 Median condo price tops $1M in these seven Mass. towns - Boston Business Journal

Condos can often be a more affordable way to become a homeowner than a single-family home. But Boston-area prices have risen so high, even condos in many neighborhoods are too expensive for many.
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9/2/2025 Cambridge condo at center of Trump's push to remove Fed Gov. Lisa Cook - NBC

A quiet street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is folding into a high-profile political fight. President Donald Trump is attempting to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from her position, citing allegations from Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte that she listed two properties as her primary residence on mortgage documents.
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8/29/2025 Six-story condo building with a ground-floor Dunkin’ approved for Brighton - Boston Agent Magazine

A newly-approved housing project in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood will add nearly 20 condos and feature a Dunkin’ restaurant. Plans designate the condos as home-ownership opportunities that will be listed for sale, not rent.
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8/26/2025 At summer’s close, prices cool, homes linger on market in Greater Boston - Boston Agent Magazine

Median single-family home prices dipped below $1 million again in July after June’s surge. Meanwhile, sales for both condos and single-family homes rose on a yearly basis, according to new data from the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS®.
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8/22/2025 Home of the Week: An updated, no-fee Boston condo with parking - Boston.com

From the front steps of this home, it’s about a five-minute walk to Lower Mills and its supermarket, restaurants, and the justly famous and tasty landmark, the Ice Creamsmith.
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8/20/2025 The two interior design decisions that doomed swanky new Boston St Regis condos and forced developer to hand keys to bank - Daily Mail

A series of odd design choices has doomed a luxury condominium building on the waterfront in Boston, with the developer now forced to throw in the towel.
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8/18/2025 Affordable Homeownership Opportunity in Dorchester: First-come, First-served Condo At 120-122 Hancock Street - Boston.gov

120-122 Hancock Street is a newly built fifteen unit elevator building of one- and two-bedroom condominiums with one bathroom per unit. All condos have central AC, stainless steel appliances, and a laundry hook up. In addition, the building has a bike storage room, an amenity room, and a mail/package room.
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8/14/2025 St. Regis developer Cronin sued by brokerage for breach of contract - Boston

As Jon Cronin loses ownership of the luxury condo tower in the Seaport, a brokerage firm is suing him for breach of contract regarding the settlement of an earlier legal battle.
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8/7/2025 Amid strong multifamily demand, Long Island investor expands CT portfolio with $6.7M Hartford apartment purchase - Hartford Business Journal

Long Island real estate investor Shlomo “Sam” Sarot expanded his Hartford portfolio in early July with the $6.7 million purchase of an 80-unit apartment building in the city’s Asylum Hill neighborhood.
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