housing prices
Landlord pulls another one of his complexes out of housing-subsidy program
By adamg - 4/1/11 - 1:01 pmThe Fenway News reports on First Realty Management, whose 173-unit Burbank Apartments was supposed to go market rate starting today. The city says First Realty owns 896 of the 908 units that have been withdrawn from the federal subsidy program that helped their owners buy them in the first place.
Massachusetts home sales collapsing into singularity
By adamg - 10/26/10 - 7:09 amScott Van Voorhis has to turn to a thesaurus to come up with enough phrases to describe how quickly sales are collapsing in Massachusetts - and to get him to wonder when prices will do the same. "Gruesome" is one of the words.
Housing prices spike downtown
By adamg - 1/27/10 - 2:19 pmChris Lovett reviews 2009 housing sales and prices from Boston neighborhoods.
The condo speculator and his trail of ruin through Dorchester
By adamg - 12/13/09 - 9:58 amThe Globe details the rise and collapse of Michael David Scott's mini-condo empire.
Compare with Dwight Jenkins.
Great news if you missed the chance to live at the Natick Mall
By adamg - 10/9/09 - 3:02 pmErica Farthing reports that for the next 30 days, all units not sold at that recent pin-in-balloon auction will be for sale at auction prices.
Some East Boston properties now selling for more than the asking price
By adamg - 9/22/09 - 12:20 pmTriple deckers, no less, granted, being sold by banks, but still. Anthony Giacalone reports.
The collapsing downtown condo market
By adamg - 9/9/09 - 11:27 amScott Van Vorhis writes the luxo-condo bubble downtown has finally popped.
Goldman Sachs to put up $50 million to help Massachusetts homeowners screwed by its subprime ways
By adamg - 5/11/09 - 11:40 amThe Herald reports on a settlement reached with state Attorney General Martha Coakley. The state gets $10 million for its troubles.
Far more details from the Attorney General's office, including the actual settlement agreement.
Another Back Bay property goes for a fraction of its price just a few years ago
By adamg - 5/2/09 - 6:09 pmBrecht Palombo attended the auction for 441 Stuart St., an office building that sold for $37.5 million in 2004 with the expectation it would be converted into condos. It wasn't, and when the auctioneer started the bidding at $30 million, nobody offered until the price went way, way down.
