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1/23/2020 Mass. median home sale price hits record $400,000—The Salem News

The median sale price for single family homes in Massachusetts set an all-time record last year, and a real-estate industry analyst expects the trend to continue in 2020.
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1/22/2020 Dorchester condo carved out of a single-family on sale for $475,000—Curbed Boston

The property at 66 Edson Street between Codman Square and Lower Mills in mighty, mighty Dorchester had been a single-family home. But it sold in foreclosure in October 2017 for $385,000, and a subsequent owner demolished the house in 2018, replacing it with a three-unit condo development.
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1/21/2020 Dilapidated old factory building on Braintree Street in Allston could be replaced by seven stories of small apartments—Universal Hub

A developer says it will soon file plans with the BPDA for a seven-story building filled with 147 "compact" apartments aimed at people who make a bit more than the area median income but hardly enough more to be considered rich.
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1/21/2020 If Chuck Turner got 3 years for taking a $1,000 bribe, BPDA manager should get at least 4 years for a $50,000 bribe, feds say—Universal Hub

Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send now former BPDA middle manager John Lynch to prison for four years for accepting a $50,000 bribe from a developer to arrange a successful zoning-board vote on a South Boston condo project.
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1/21/2020 The value of Boston-area housing grew to $845 billion during the 2010s, report says—Curbed Boston

The total market value of the Boston area’s housing grew 53.3 percent during the 2010s, to $845 billion, according to a new report from real estate research and listings site Zillow. That’s a $294 billion gain, and means the region accounts for 2.5 percent of the $33.6 trillion national housing market value.
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1/17/2020 Jeffrey T. Shovak (Obituary)—Chicago Tribune

Jeffrey T. Shovak, 53, lifelong resident of Windsor Locks, entered into Eternal Rest on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.
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1/16/2020 Downtown Boston condo prices shatter records as sales surge—Curbed Boston

Whatever the correction the overall Boston housing market appears to be undergoing, its downtown condo market remains scorchingly a seller’s market.
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1/16/2020 Dedham elected official accused of stealing thousands in Rhode Island condo fees—Boston 25 News

The vice chair of the Town of Dedham's Board of Assessors is under investigation, accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from a Rhode Island condo association.
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1/16/2020 On the Market: A Sprawling, Sun-Soaked Stunner in Portland, Maine—Boston Magazine

If you think of condo living as compact living, this sprawling Portland loft is about to shift your paradigm in a big way.
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1/14/2020 Deaths of couple found in condo unit ruled a murder-suicide—7 News Boston

The deaths of a former police officer and his wife have been ruled a murder-suicide, according to Connecticut officials.
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1/14/2020 Would you pay $460K for a parking spot in Boston?—Boston 25 News

How much would you pay for a patch of asphalt in Boston? The going rate is higher than you might expect, with some parking spots being sold at a price you could get a home for, and with some parking spots listed at nearly a half million dollars.
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1/14/2020 The Boston area’s booming life sciences industry and why it matters for real estate—Curbed Boston

Throw a dart at a map of the Boston region at the start of 2020, and you’ll hit one: a planned or under-construction development for the life sciences industry, that umbrella term that covers pharmaceutical, medical, telemedical, and biotechnology companies.
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1/13/2020 $34M Sale of Penthouse Fails to Top Boston Price Record—NECN

One of the penthouse units at the 61-story Four Seasons Hotel & Private Residences, One Dalton St. has sold for $34 million, just missing the Boston record for most-expensive condo sale by $1 million.
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1/10/2020 Developer, unions agree: Suffolk Downs mega-project will be built using all-union labor—Boston Globe

Building a new neighborhood in East Boston and Revere that’s the size of the Back Bay will be a union job. The development firm HYM Investment Group and the region’s major construction unions said Monday that they have reached a long-term labor agreement to build 16 million square feet of housing and office space on the site of the shuttered Suffolk Downs racetrack.
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1/9/2020 Developer seeks new backers for luxury condo complex in Westport—Connecticut Insider

Fresh off building a new office complex on the west bank of the Saugatuck River, a Westport syndicate is seeking new money for a tandem luxury condominium project on the Wilton Road site of the former Save the Children headquarters.
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12/20/2019 Harborwalk Proposal Filed by Commercial Wharf East Condo Assn—North End Waterfront

In a recent filing from Commercial Wharf to the State’s Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), the condominium association (CWECA) has proposed building a new Harborwalk on the southside of the property. The public pathway on edge of Boston Harbor would connect the boardwalk near Joe’s American Bar & Grill on Commercial Street to the section at Boston Yacht Haven.
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12/20/2019 OHNC Members Vote on Whitby Street Project—East Boston Times-Free Press

Orient Heights Neighborhood Council (OHNC) members voted 34 to 6 against the residential development project on Whitby Street at the group’s December meeting Monday night at the Ashley Street YMCA.
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12/17/2019 Old Schoolhouse Condos reopening in early 2020—Daily Times Chronicle

The tragic fire at the Old Schoolhouse Condos began just after 1pm on Thursday June 1, 2017 and displaced about 60 residents occupying 40 units of 1, 2 or 3 bedroom condominiums. It was a 7-alarm fire with more than 100 firefighters from 16 communities as far away as Boston, responded with much energy, expertise and commitment to getting it under control and expeditiously ending. They did so by 11:30pm after pouring 1.5 million gallons of water over it. Fortunately, no lives were lost except for 1 cat.
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12/17/2019 Pot smoking, growing banned at luxury Boston condo building—Livingston Ledger

One of Boston‘s most luxurious condominium buildings has banned pot smoking and growing. Even though Massachusetts has legalized recreational use of marijuana, it‘s not welcome at The Residences at The InterContinental.
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12/17/2019 Boston Loses the Harriet Tubman House as Agency Struggles with Its Finances—Nonprofit Quarterly

In the South End of Boston, which has become increasingly chi-chi and expensive, sits the Harriet Tubman House, previously owned by United South End Settlements (USES). The building was a community cornerstone, home to a well-known multi-service agency. Its location on the South End/Lower Roxbury Line was convenient to many storied low-income neighborhoods. But the organization found itself in increasingly serious financial straits, reflected in rapidly diminishing reserves. It needed to sell, but local residents worried about their loss of the space to yet another high-priced condominium development.
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