If you’re reading this publication, you likely already know that managing a residential building or association is a high-stakes balancing act. Whether you’re a trustee carrying fiduciary responsibility or a community manager keeping daily …
As fall arrives in New England, the region’s condominium, HOA, and co-op sectors present a complex and competitive landscape. Unlike the single-family home sector, which faces severe inventory constraints, shared-interest communities have b…
Five years after the catastrophic collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida that claimed the lives of 98 people, the 1.8-acre beachfront site is slated for an ultra-luxury redevelopment called The Delmore, designe…
The condo market in Greater Boston is a patchwork of highly localized micro-markets, some of which are currently seeing brisk sales, while others are more subdued. While units in the glass-and-steel luxury towers of the Seaport are experien…
In a rare display of bipartisan cooperation, on June 23 Congress passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act—only to have President Trump scrap the signing of it into law an hour before he was set to do so the following day. Introduced by…
The history of multifamily housing in Boston’s Back Bay is one of reclaimed land, historic prestige, and sky-high property values. Originally a stagnant tidal basin, the area was filled in between 1859 and 1900 to create a French-inspired s…
Over the last 10 years, the Boston metro condo market has moved from a period of dynamic growth to something of a recalibration phase thanks to the pandemic and historically high interest rates. According to the National Association of Real…
What sells a condo or co-op unit? Is it the feel of the space (and the building it’s in), the light, or the layout? Is it the price alone? The realtor’s mantra of ‘location, location, location’? Or something else entirely? Maybe a feeling o…
Homeownership stands as a cornerstone of the American dream, providing individuals and families with the opportunity to accumulate wealth and maintain relatively consistent housing costs over time. The financial stability derived from homeo…
Cities are dynamic and ever-evolving. Buildings go through structural and aesthetic changes, get repurposed or redeveloped, and eventually (in the grand scheme of things, at least) meet their demise. Neighborhood borders fluctuate. Cultural…