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7/30/2020 Condo Market Displaying Signs of Vulnerability (Podcast)—Bloomberg

Jason Gell, president of the Greater Boston Association of Realtors, tells Bloomberg Baystate Business that condo prices are softening in Boston and elsewhere, as home buyers try to avoid shared spaces. Bloomberg Radio's Denise Pellegrini reports.
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7/30/2020 Developer files plans for Gillette site on Fort Point Channel—Boston Herald

The developer behind a 1.1 million-square-foot complex planned for the old Gillette property along the Fort Point Channel revealed the first glimpse this week of what could soon take over the site: a 17-story residential tower, a 13-floor office building and 8 stories of lab space.
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7/30/2020 State probes worker's 2-story fall in Haverhill—The Eagle-Tribune

The state is investigating why a worker fell two stories from a ladder Tuesday morning on a job site at the West Meadow Hill condominium complex, officials said.
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7/24/2020 Governor Baker Extends Massachusetts’ Eviction and Mortgage Foreclosure Moratorium By Sixty Days until October 17, 2020—Lexology

We previously reported that on April 20, 2020, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted emergency legislation imposing moratoriums on certain evictions and foreclosures of primarily residential properties and some commercial properties due to Governor Baker’s “COVID-19 Emergency Declaration.” The aptly-named Eviction and Mortgage Foreclosure Moratorium Act (the “EMFM Act”) was an emergency law that took effect immediately, providing restrictions on covered eviction and foreclosure activities generally for a period of 120 days, or until 45 days after the COVID-19 Emergency Declaration was lifted, whichever occurred sooner.[1] The EMFM Act’s eviction and foreclosure moratorium provisions were slated to expire on August 18, 2020.
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7/24/2020 Massachusetts home sales have dropped for the third straight month — and so have condo prices—Boston.com

The state’s housing market has continued to slide amid COVID-19‘s stranglehold on the economy, household incomes, and social interaction, according to two reports released Wednesday.
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7/22/2020 District attorney identifies 17-year-old killed in shooting at Stoughton condo complex—WCVB News

Police are searching for two suspects following a fatal shooting at a condominium complex located between the Stoughton Public Library and an early childhood center.
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7/16/2020 BPDA could give green light Thursday to stalled Winthrop Center skyscraper—Boston Globe

Work has stopped on one of the highest-profile construction projects in the city. And it’s up to the city to help get it restarted.
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7/15/2020 COVID-19: Quick State by State Reference Tool Regarding Reopening in New England States—Lexology

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its threat to public health from in-person contact, every state in New England issued orders closing or otherwise limiting business operations. As more is known about the spread of the virus, states have begun to develop phased plans to reopen their economies. A summary of the current key orders and various reopening plans is outlined below.
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7/8/2020 A luxury home-buying boom is throttling Boston through the pandemic shutdown—Boston.com

If you’re looking for signs of a negative economic impact from coronavirus, you won’t find it in Greater Boston’s high-end housing market.
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7/6/2020 Residents evacuated from Bellingham condo complex following gas leak—WHDH News 7

Roughly 30 residents were evacuated from a condominium complex in Bellingham on Thursday after gas began leaking nearby.
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7/2/2020 Trump denounces ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural outside Trump Tower—Boston.com

President Donald Trump criticized New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to paint a Black Lives Matter mural on the street outside Trump Tower, saying the effort will antagonize police and will be “denigrating this luxury Avenue.”
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6/30/2020 Report: The Boston housing market is ripe for a quick recovery—Boston.com

Realtor.com, a national site for real estate listings and information, found that the Boston housing market is the second most recovered out of the 50 largest metro areas in the country as of the week that ended June 13.
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6/30/2020 3 Reasons to Buy a Condo — and 3 Reasons to Beware—WTOP News

If you’re contemplating buying a house, especially in an urban area, you may be asking yourself: Is buying a condo a better deal?
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6/29/2020 War of the Roses, Caddyshack? These condo tales are even better—Fosters.com

It has been a bit of a bad time for many lately with the pandemic limiting activities for some and having much more extreme effects on other families in condos and elsewhere. So I thought a bit of lightness may help.
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6/25/2020 Massachusetts saw a sharp decline in condo sales in May amid COVID-19 lockdowns—Boston.com

Amid state COVID-19 restrictions, condo and single-family home sales in Massachusetts took a hit last month, according to reports released Wednesday.
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6/24/2020 Amid COVID-19, Mass. Home Sales Plummeted in May—Banker & Tradesman

Amid the statewide COVID-19 lockdown, the number of single-family home and condominium sales declined significantly on a year-over-year basis, according to a new report from The Warren Group, publisher of Banker & Tradesman.
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6/18/2020 StoneTurn Exec Says Force Majeure Clauses Lack Specificity—Law360

Many real estate owners, lenders and tenants — as well as buyers and sellers — are finding their force majeure contract clauses to be too broad as the COVID-19 pandemic brings increased scrutiny to such clauses, StoneTurn partner and law firm expert Jeffrey Matthews told Law360 in a recent interview.
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6/18/2020 Housing Tax Credit Tenants Brace For Evictions Due To Virus—Law360

Thousands of cash-strapped apartment dwellers are bracing for a wave of evictions next month that could worsen the national affordable housing shortage, placing pressure on owners of housing tax credit properties seeking to maintain financial solvency during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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6/16/2020 Four Banks Join Boston’s New Mortgage, Down Payment Program—Banker & Tradesman

Four community banks have joined a new program that offers down payment assistance and discounted mortgage rates to Boston residents who are first-time homebuyers.
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6/15/2020 Condos a Vital and Growing Part of the Greenwich Real Estate Market—Greenwich Sentinel

Condos have been quietly playing a bigger and bigger role in Greenwich. in 2012 condos were only 22% of our market by 2017 they had soared to over 36% of our residential market. Since 2012, they have continued each year to be over 30% of sales compared to single family home sales.
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