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3/5/2021 Councilor Edwards Looks to Pass Revamped Condo Conversion Laws—Charlestown Patriot-Bridge

As Chair of the City Council’s Committee on Government Operations, Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards will recommend passage of an ordinance extending and enhancing protections for tenants facing displacement by condominium or cooperative conversion, during Wednesday’s weekly Council meeting – which came beyond deadlines for the paper.
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3/3/2021 Board approves condos nestled into the side of Tommy's Rock in Roxbury—Universal Hub

The Zoning Board of Appeal this week approved plans for a four-story, 40-unit condo building at Fountain and Regent streets in Roxbury.
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3/3/2021 Massachusetts home sales stayed hot in January—Boston.com

The resurgent real estate market that bloomed late last spring has shown no sign of letting up, remaining red-hot through the cold depths of winter.
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2/25/2021 Condo project seeks to return Doyle's Cafe to its 'former glory'—Boston Business Journal

A condo project in Boston's Jamaica Plain neighborhood would restore historic Doyle's Cafe to its "former glory," according to its developers.
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2/24/2021 Has COVID Mover’s Remorse Already Set in?—Boston Magazine

Laura Aberle had been living in the same apartment near Alewife for around seven years when she decided it was time for her soon-to-be-husband, Tyner Lawrence, to move in.
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2/24/2021 South Boston residents displaced after brick façade collapse—Boston 25 News

About a dozen South Boston residents have been temporarily displaced after a portion of a brick façade collapsed. It happened sometime after 4 p.m. on Athens Street.
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2/23/2021 Four Things to Know About the Housing Market in 2021—Barron's

Last year was an exceptional one for the housing market, which boomed in the second half.
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2/22/2021 MAR: 2021 home sales surge; increase in spring sellers expected—Boston Agent Magazine

A cold winter is no match for home sales as they continued to increase last month despite all-time high prices and record low inventory.
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2/22/2021 New Listings Still Down as 2021 Gets Underway—Banker & Tradesman

Even as the state began to slowly ramp up its COVID-19 vaccines last month and an the coming end of the pandemic became a little more believable, many homeowners still were reluctant to list.
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2/17/2021 ‘People Didn’t Want To Leave’: Firefighters Battle Massive Fire At Boxboro Condo Complex—CBS News Boston

Dozens of people have been displaced by a massive fire at a condo building in Boxboro.
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2/11/2021 The pandemic isn’t a deterrent (mostly) for Boston’s luxury condo developers—Boston.com

It’s a little too easy for some to say the luxury real estate market is taking a pandemic plunge: Bidding wars are now more of a thing in the suburbs than in the city.
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2/11/2021 Has The COVID Exodus Ended? Buyers Are Flooding Back To These 3 Major Cities—Forbes

When COVID-19 closures first began back in March, residents of major cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Boston started heading out of town—some temporarily, some permanently.
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2/11/2021 Cab-company owner seeks to replace his Allston garage with condos with roof-top gardens—Universal Hub

Felix Shneur, owner of Metro Cab at 120 Braintree Street, has filed plans with the BPDA to get in on the Boston Landing residential development boom - he's proposing to replace his cab garage there with a five-story, 32-unit condo building that would include "garden plots for growing vegetables and flowers" on the roof.
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2/11/2021 Developer that put up one condo building on Centre Street in West Roxbury proposes another—Universal Hub

CAD Builders of Canton this week filed plans for a 21-unit condo building to replace the former Peoples Federal Savings Bank bunker and the old Gilmore place on Centre Street.
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2/3/2021 Massachusetts Enacts Significant Zoning Changes as Part of Economic Stimulus Legislation—Lexology

On January 14, 2021, Governor Charlie Baker signed into law An Act Enabling Partnerships for Growth (the “Act”). The Act is a comprehensive economic relief and stimulus bill that will affect a multitude of industries across the Commonwealth.
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2/3/2021 Covid-ready condos approved in South Boston—Universal Hub

The Zoning Board of Appeal today approved a five-story, 30-unit condo building on East Second Street in South Boston that will feature patios and roof decks large enough to give residents a breather but too small to support the sort of boisterous large parties that have become technically illegal in the midst of the pandemic.
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1/28/2021 Boston to launch new program to break down barriers to home buying—Boston Globe

With median home prices in Boston climbing for eight straight years, it’s hard enough for any buyer to purchase a home in the city. But for home buyers of color and new immigrants, it’s even more daunting.
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1/25/2021 Mass. home, condo prices surge amid coronavirus pandemic—Boston.com

The Massachusetts residential real estate market is flourishing as single-family and condo sale prices soar amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report by The Warren Group.
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1/25/2021 2020 – A Very Good Year for Greenwich Condo Sales—Greenwich Sentinel

Like the single-family home market, 2020 was a very good year for the condo market. Our unit sales were up 51% to 220 sales in 2020 compared to only 159 sales in 2019.
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1/22/2021 New York Flight Boosts Connecticut Demand—Multi-Housing News

New York City’s apartment market continues to struggle after a tumultuous year, but the Big Apple’s losses may be driving suburban gains.
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