Real Estate
Low Supply, High Demand Means All-Time Peak Prices for Rentals
Renting in Boston: Low Supply, High Demand Means All-Time Peak Prices. Some people, desperate to find a place to live, even take a unit sight […]
Hush-Hush Home Sales
Every once in a while, a seller might ask us to let our possible buyers clients know that they’ll be selling their house soon. Usually […]
Living Large: Just a Little Pied-à-Terre
Rachel Slade’s off-kilter take on Hub dwellings.
Cambridge Tops City's Most Expensive Neighborhoods for Renters
Cambridge Tops City’s Most Expensive Neighborhoods for Renters. Charlestown, the Seaport District, the Downtown Waterfront, and the Financial District also made the list. [BizJournals.com]
The New Northern Avenue
I had to look up to a street sign to know where I was for a moment, as I did not recognize the street. Northern […]
iPad's Big Changes for Real Estate Agents
One year in, and I can’t imagine living without my iPad. I am old enough to remember a time before fax machines. I was not […]
Boston's Empty-Nesters Say 'Adios!' to Suburbs
Young families moving out of urban neighborhoods and into the suburbs has been a predictable pattern for almost a century. Empty-nesters cashing out of their […]
The JP Whole Foods: A Whole Mess of Requests
Just in case you haven’t had enough of the brouhaha surrounding the Hi-Lo/Whole Foods debate that’s been festering in Jamaica Plain, let’s get up to […]
Nantucket, Barely a 'Part Time' Crowd for Rock
BOSTON — When my wife was a kid, she misheard the KISS song “Rock & Roll All Night” lyric. It famously goes, “I wanna rock […]
Philly Style … in Davis Square
Ask anyone from the Philadelphia or southern New Jersey region what they long for most from home, and a few items usually pop up. First […]
Convention Center Chronicles – Marginal Impact and Demand
What do we get? And who will come? Those are the questions that have not been properly answered despite reams of Powerpoints and consultants reports. […]
Q&A: Walter Pierce, Lexington-Based Pioneering Architect
Some years back, the architect and Lexington resident, Walter Pierce was quoted in the Boston Globe, describing Peacock Farm, a pioneering modernist neighborhood in Lexington […]
Q&A: Walter Pierce, Lexington-Based Pioneering Architect
Some years back, the architect and Lexington resident, Walter Pierce was quoted in the Boston Globe, describing Peacock Farm, a pioneering modernist neighborhood in Lexington that […]
The Real Estate Heretic
Yesterday I sat down with Walter Pierce, a 90-something year-old architect who designed the “Peacock Farm” house and developed one of the first modernist/progressive neighborhoods […]
Somerville Street Art
It’s tough to know exactly what to call Somerville resident Tim Devin. Is he a street artist? A demographer? Or kind of a mix of […]