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3/31/2020 Experts disagree on whether pandemic will ‘soften’ home prices—Boston Magazine

The median sales prices for condos and single-family homes in Massachusetts climbed in February, but real estate experts are divided on whether the COVID-19 pandemic will curb those increases in the coming months.
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3/30/2020 Baker Orders Boston, Other Municipalities to Allow Construction Amid Pandemic—NBC10 Boston

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration on Wednesday ordered Boston and other communities to end local moratoriums on construction activity, saying the work is essential, despite the growing coronavirus pandemic.
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3/26/2020 5 virtual open houses across Boston right now—Curbed Boston

With the “stay-at-home” advisory in effect to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, open houses in the Boston area are out, and virtual tours via Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and other means are in. Join us now for a vicarious look at six listings, from a newly constructed single-family in Jamaica Plain to a sprawling condo in an 1875 colonial in Dorchester to a sky-high unit in a Frank Gehry-designed building in the heart of Back Bay.
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3/26/2020 People are still putting their mansions on the market—Business Times

Bill Grabowski, the owner of Healthstar Inc a pharmaceutical machinery business, has lived with his wife on the same piece of land in Quincy, Massachusetts, for more than 30 years. Now, with US equities imploding and states of emergency being declared across the country, Mr Grabowski has decided to list his four-bedroom, four-bath house for just under US$2.7 million. "The worst thing that happens is, nobody buys it," he says.
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3/25/2020 Billerica residents take the lead on clearing litter—Lowell Sun

Tires, silverware, nips, bike chains, a car radio — these are all items resident Lance Kelly and his wife Alison Siccone have cleared from the Concord River. On Feb. 29 and March 1, Kelly, Siccone and several fellow residents collected enough trash along Boston Road to fill 30 trash bags.
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3/25/2020 How to keep your Boston-area home organized longterm—Curbed Boston

Many, if not most, Boston-area residents are staying home a lot more due to the novel coronavirus. This is creating challenges as far as organizing residential spaces to accommodate working from home—and oftentimes alongside partners and children.
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3/25/2020 Will the Spring Market Become the Summer Market?—Banker & Tradesman

Everything seemed primed and set for a strong spring real estate market in Massachusetts.
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3/23/2020 Why Isn’t Boston’s Housing Market Slowing Down?—Boston Magazine

As we’ve all been advised to hunker down where we are, going out and buying a new house isn’t front of mind for most of us. And yet, local real estate agents say, the housing market rages on. “People are still coming out in droves wanting to see properties, and some of my busiest buyer’s agents are still super busy,” says Compass sales manager Chris Thoman.
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3/18/2020 Boston millennials lag other generations in homeownership—and a recession won’t help—Curbed Boston

The millennial homeownership rate for millennials in the Boston area is 31 percent, compared with 43 percent nationally, according to a new report from real estate listings and research site ApartmentList. What’s more, any recession due to the fallout from novel coronavirus is unlikely to change the calculus.
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3/17/2020 How are you freeing up space in your Boston-area home?—Curbed Boston

Much of the Boston area is on de facto lockdown in an effort to stem the spread of novel coronavirus, with thousands more people working from home—in many cases, alongside not only their partners but their children due to school systems throughout the region shuttering for weeks.
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3/17/2020 Boston Becomes First City to Shutter Construction Sites Because of Coronavirus—Engineering News-Record

In the middle of a building boom, Boston officials are shutting down all construction in the city over mounting concerns about the spread of the coronavirus.
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3/13/2020 Here’s what Boston planning officials approved at their March meeting—Boston Business Journal

The Boston Planning and Development Agency at its March meeting on Thursday approved five development projects, including downtown condos on the Greenway and an income-restricted apartment complex in Chinatown.
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3/13/2020 Hyde Park development would add 48 condos near two commuter rail stops—Curbed

A development team wants to fill and replace what it describes as vacant land and outdated buildings along Hyde Park’s River Street with a four-story, 48-unit condo complex.
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3/11/2020 2nd Try Adds $1M To Purchase Price—New Haven Independent

The city’s housing authority paid a Long Island-based landlord $1.17 million for a six-acre former nursing home site on the far west side of town —five years after the agency nearly succeeded in purchasing that same vacant site for just $152,000 from the city at a foreclosure sale.
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3/10/2020 South End’s 100 Shawmut tops off, with fall opening expected—Curbed Boston

The 13-story, 138-unit condo building at 100 Shawmut Avenue in Boston’s South End officially topped off on March 9, lead developer the Davis Companies announced. The luxury development in a neighborhood peppered with them is expected to open this fall.
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3/9/2020 Developer lands $19M loan for Eastie condos—Boston Business Journal

Needham Bank has provided an $18.7 million construction loan to the developers of a 49-unit condominium building at 205 Maverick St. in East Boston.
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3/6/2020 James R. Humphrey (Obituary)—Chicago Tribune

James "Jim" Rawson Humphrey, 86, formerly of Cheshire, Conn., passed away at home in Southington, Conn., on Tuesday, February 17, 2020.
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3/3/2020 New to Boston: Tips for living large in a small space—Boston.com

While your Boston apartment or condo may not count as a tiny house, it probably feels like one sometimes, especially on an icy winter day when you’re stuck inside. Boston’s high real estate prices landed it at the top of the list as the city with the highest median price per square foot, according to a Realtor.com report earlier this year. That means you’re likely to be living in tight quarters.
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3/3/2020 Baby In Plymouth Wounded After Neighbor Accidentally Fires Gun—CBS 4 Boston

A baby in Plymouth was wounded after a neighbor accidentally fired a gun over the weekend. Police said the 11-month-old boy was grazed in the foot by a bullet on Sunday morning.
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2/28/2020 Units at Jamaica Plain’s newest condo complex averaging just under $700,000—Curbed Boston

Sales at the 82-unit VITA condo complex at 3531 Washington Street in Jamaica Plain are averaging just under $700,000 each. The highest gross price so far at the six-story building has been $1.293 million.
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