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Money, projects starting to flow at Suffolk Downs

Developers at Suffolk Downs, the 161-acre former horse racing track that straddles East Boston and Revere, have landed major financing deals to move forward with a lab and biomanufacturing facility and several thousand housing units.

Airbnbs outnumber New York City apartments in hot housing market

The number of short-term rentals in New York City is outpacing the number of available apartments, putting a pinch on renters who are looking for space in a hot housing market.

Vertex doubles down on Seaport lab space

Now that Vertex is getting closer to commercializing its cutting-edge cell and gene therapies, it will have an ambitious manufacturing and research campus to its ambitious vision.

How one state representative is stymying Harvard’s Allston plans

Mike Moran, a state representative for Allston and Brighton, continues his campaign for more information on Harvard University's development plans in Allston by now taking umbrage with its plans to build above the future path of the Mass. Pike.

‘We walked into a buzzsaw’: This spring, Greater Boston’s housing market is tougher than ever
Prices have risen to record highs — with the typical single-family house in Greater Boston now routinely topping $750,000 — and once unthinkable steps, such as waiving inspections or mortgage contingencies, are now commonplace.

Bank regulators overhaul lending rules biased by class and race
The three major US banking regulators said Thursday they a plan to rewrite much of the outdated regulations tied to a decades-old banking law designed to encourage lending to the poor and racial minorities in the areas where banks have branches.

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Neal Tewksbury lives adjacent to county property that has been proposed as the site of a horse racing track in Plymouth.

A horse racing track in Plymouth? Don’t bet on it.

Local opposition is mounting following a vote by county commissioners to let a developer explore the possibility.

7Ink is the last building of the mixed-use Ink Block development. They are calling it inclusive living — furnished apartments that can be rented by bedroom, with all utilities — and a cleaning service — included in rent, along with shared kitchen and amenities spaces.

Ink Block is finished, and the South End has never been the same

The last building in the seven-building complex that transformed the “New York Streets” — and ushered in a wave of mixed-use mega-developments — is complete.

The Cape’s housing inventory has hit a historic low.

Want to buy a house on Cape Cod? Better hurry!

The Cape’s housing inventory has hit a historic low. In March, 149 houses were for sale under $1 million. Two years ago, that number topped 1,000.

A Redfin "for sale" sign stood in front of a house on Oct. 28, 2020, in Seattle. The National Fair Housing Alliance on Friday, April 29, 2022, announced a settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit against Redfin that will expand housing opportunities for consumers in communities of color in major cities. Under the agreement, Seattle-based Redfin will change its minimum housing price policy, alter other practices, and pay $4 million.

Redfin settles lawsuit alleging redlining promotion and housing discrimination

The lawsuit alleged Redfin’s minimum home price policy violated the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against sellers and buyers of homes in communities of color. NFHA and the other plaintiffs alleged that policies that limit or deny services for homes priced under certain values can perpetuate racial segregation and contribute to the racial wealth gap.

A new apartment building under construction in Woburn, near the Anderson commuter rail station. A new state law will require 175 cities and towns served by the MBTA to build denser multifamily housing in at least one place near stations.

Charlie Baker wants lots of new housing around MBTA stations. Not so fast, towns say.

Dozens of communities are pushing back against an ambitious new housing law that sets the stage for potentially hundreds of thousands of new apartments and condos to be built across Eastern Massachusetts in the coming years.

Larry Edelman
Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell has set the central bank on a course to raise interest rates. Mortgage rates have already moved sharply higher.

How high will mortgage rates go? It depends on the Fed’s inflation fight.

Here’s why home loans rushed past 5 percent and what may be in store for buyers and sellers.

Single-family homes are seen in this aerial photograph taken over a Lennar Corp. development in San Diego, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.

US mortgage rates hit 5 percent for the first time since early 2011

Higher mortgage rates are adding to pressure on would-be buyers in a market where purchase prices are still skyrocketing two years into the pandemic housing boom.

The condo overlooking Boston Public Garden at the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences on Boylston Street that car magnate Herb Chambers is selling.

Herb Chambers, car mogul, listing Four Seasons condo for $18 million

Car mogul Herb Chambers is listing his condo overlooking Boston Public Garden at the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences on Boylston Street for $18 million, the Wall Street Journal reported.