Massachusetts RealEstateRama

WALTHAM, Mass. - September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the August REALTOR® Market Confidence Index (RMCI) and the August REALTOR® Price Confidence Index (RPCI) were both up again compared to the same month in 2012. The results of the August “Hot Topic” question show that REALTORS® are split on the impact that increasing interest rates are having on buyers in the market.

Boston, MA - September 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Boston Public Library continues its series of roundtables to update library users and interested residents on the Johnson Building Improvement Project.

BOSTON, MA - September 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Barclays Bank PLC (Barclays) will pay $36.1 million to settle allegations that it financed, purchased, and securitized residential loans that were presumptively unfair under Massachusetts law, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Standing with members of his Housing Advisory Panel, Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced a plan to build 30,000 units of housing in the City of Boston by the year 2020.

Boston - September 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Strong consumer demand for a unique home mortgage loan with no mortgage insurance requirement and a solid multi-family financing year propelled MassHousing (The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency) to a record lending year in fiscal year 2013.

BOSTON - September 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing and the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $11.5 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loan closings today for affordable housing communities in Boston, Cambridge, Chicopee, Lawrence, Mashpee, Springfield and Stow. The AHTF financing will help create or substantially rehabilitate and preserve the affordability of 1,506 apartments in the seven communities. “Affordable housing is always in high demand across Massachusetts," said Aaron Gornstein, Undersecretary for Housing and Community Development.

EUGENE, OR - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Plymouth, Massachusetts homes just became easier to search for online, with the latest partnership between IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Cherie Poirier. Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network (MLSPIN) property listings are now conveniently displayed on the website of Poirier, giving her clients access to thousands of detailed property listings, which they can search through. Poirier, the number one real estate agent in Plymouth, has once again made the right decision for her real estate business and for her clients, by adding a customizable IDX solution to her professional website.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 27, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the launch of Renew Boston Solarize, a three-month campaign to make solar panels more affordable and accessible for Boston homeowners and small businesses. Mayor Menino, who had solar panels installed on his home in Hyde Park last year, has set a goal of 150 new residential-scale solar power installations in Boston, representing a 50 percent increase from last year’s campaign.

Boston, MA - August 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to ensure compliance of the Rental Registration and Inspection Program, Boston Inspectional Services Department (ISD) office will be open on the following Saturday’s , August 17th & August 24, 2013, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. During this time staff will be on hand to provide assistance to property owners with registering their rental units.

BOSTON - August 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing's David Keene has been elected to serve a one-year term as Vice President on the National Leased Housing Association Board of Directors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that 37 Hendry Street, a property key to the revitalization of Dorchester’s formerly-blighted Hendry Street, has been sold to Urban Neighborhood Homes, LLC, a local community developer with a long history of working in the neighborhood. The sale, which went to record last week, marks the return of the last of the street’s “Problem Properties” to local ownership

BOSTON - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Springfield, Massachusetts Housing Authority will pay an $11,000 penalty for failing to inform tenants their apartments may contain lead-based paint, as required by law. In addition, the housing authority agreed to render apartment buildings at four of its properties lead safe at a cost of more than $49,500.

Boston, MA - July 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development today announced that the Springfield, Mass. Housing Authority will pay an $11,000 penalty for failing to inform tenants their apartments may contain lead-based paint, as required by law. In addition, the housing authority agreed to render apartment buildings at four of its properties lead safe at a cost of more than $49,500.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08) issued the following statement after voting against H.R. 2767, the so-called Protecting American Taxpayers and Homeowners (PATH) Act, a Republican bill to privatize the mortgage finance market

WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced the selection of retail real estate firm CB Richard Ellis/Grossman Retail Advisors (CBRE/GRA) for advisory services in leasing retail space at the future Dudley Square Municipal Center. CBRE/GRA will build on Dudley Square’s existing retail offerings by assisting the City of Boston’s project team with securing exciting retailers to further activate the street and provide amenities to the new facility.