Yearly Archives: 2010

November 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino has announced the newest initiative in moving forward his plan to make Boston one of the greenest cities in America. The City has released a comprehensive Solar Permitting Guide and Mayor Menino has filed a new ordinance that will reduce building permit fees for building owners implementing solar rooftop technologies. The announcement was made at A View from the Top: Sustainable Roofs in Boston, an event hosted by the Mayor’s Office of Environmental and Energy Services and the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

November 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), New Atlantic Development Corporation (NADC), Harvard University officials, and community members in celebrating the new Doña Betsaida Gutiérrez Housing Cooperative, located at the corner of Centre and Creighton Streets. The mixed-use building, named for a long time Jamaica Plain activist, is the latest completed phase of affordable housing development at the $50 million Blessed Sacrament parish site

BOSTON , MA - October 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Michael J. Dirrane has been reappointed by Governor Deval Patrick to a new 7-year term on the MassHousing Board of Directors. Mr. Dirrane, a South Boston native, is the longest-serving Board Member in MassHousing's 44-year history. He was first named to the Board in 1993 and currently serves as Vice Chairman. From 1995 to 2009 he served as Chairman of the Agency.

BOSTON, MA - October 29, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Deval Patrick today announced that the state will target $2,513,973 in federal weatherization recovery funds to replace old, inefficient heating systems with new state-of-the-art units for public housing authorities in Chicopee, Hopkinton, Leominster, Lunenburg, Mansfield, Middleboro, Provincetown, Randolph, Reading, Spencer, Wakefield, Whitman, Winchendon, Winchester and Woburn

October 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino and members of his Foreclosure Intervention Team today visited a city-owned foreclosed home in Dorchester where a group of local teens, dubbed the “Mayor’s Clean Team,” who are helping the City maintain foreclosed properties, were cleaning the property of debris and trash, landscaping the grounds, and performing minor repairs to the house’ exterior. The single-family property at 40 Mountain Avenue is being readied for sale through a Request for Proposals (RFP) process to a developer to be rehabbed and sold to a homebuyer

BOSTON, MA - October 25, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing recently recognized the efforts of 95 property management companies that make a concerted effort to do business with Minority and Women-Owned Businesses (M/WBEs).

EUGENE, OR - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to announce Brett Freedman of New England Home Realty as the latest real estate professional to enable a dynamic IDX solution onto his website. Thousands of Massachusetts MLS Property Information Network (MLSPIN) listings are now effortlessly integrated onto the search capability IDX Broker has synced with the website of Freedman. Home seekers can experience a Worcester, Massachusetts property search comparable to none with the IDX enabled website Freedman hosts.

BOSTON, MA - October 21, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing was honored with a Leader in Diversity Award today by the Boston Business Journal for the Agency’s dedication and success in promoting the use of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs)

EUGENE, OR - October 19, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. has uploaded its revolutionary IDX Broker software to the website of real estate broker Louis Stephan, in an effort to make his professional search page easier to use. Now, the simple IDX enabled search allows home seekers to quickly and effortlessly craft their own personalized search on the website of Stephan. Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings have never been as simplified as they are for potential buyers with online real estate solution Stephan supports. With the tools IDX Broker software syncs to his search page, home seekers can browse thousands of MLSPIN listings at a time

BOSTON, MA - October 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined with 49 other Attorneys General and state banking and mortgage regulators from 30 states to form a bi-partisan multistate group to explore whether or not individual mortgage servicers have improperly submitted affidavits or other documents in support of foreclosures without first verifying their accuracy.

BOSTON, MA - October 18, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA) recently presented MassHousing with three awards for program excellence at the NCSHA’s 40th annual conference in Boston

WALTHAM, MA - October 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) today announced that the September REALTOR® Market Index (RMI) was down for the fourth straight month compared to the same time last year. While the September REALTOR® Price Index was also down again for the third straight month, it was up compared to this past August.“Uncertainty continues to be the theme echoed by REALTOR® members who responded to the September housing survey,” said 2010 MAR President Kevin Sears, broker/co-owner of Sears Real Estate in Springfield. “While their expectations on prices are down from last year, when activity amidst the first-time homebuyer tax credit was gaining critical mass, the RPI is up from August, most likely due to dropping interest rates.”

Bostn, MA - October 11, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tomorrow, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the City of Boston’s Waste Reduction Division will provide Boston residents a way to rid their homes of unwanted electronics, confidential documents, and hazardous waste in an environmentally safe manner

October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Community development organization Urban Edge honored MassHousing with a Service to Youth Award at the organization's annual meeting, September 28. The award was largely due to MassHousing's ongoing support of employment and leadership programs for at-risk youth at MassHousing and Urban Edge housing communities.

EUGENE, OR - October 8, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Suburban properties have long been the coveted prize for Boston, Massachusetts area home seekers. Now, IDX, Inc. and real estate agent Nikki Devaux have revolutionized the way potential buyers search for homes online with her IDX enabled website. Massachusetts MLS (MLSPIN) listings are seamlessly integrated onto the search page Devaux hosts, bringing thousands of Boston homes to the fingertips of buyers. The convenience and ease that her website brings to home seekers has forever changed the way buyers search for homes online.