Yearly Archives: 2012

EUGENE, OR - June 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Patricia Jackson has become the latest real estate professional to integrate a customized IDX solution onto her website, thanks to IDX, Inc. and the extraordinary IDX Broker software. Jackson, a Norwell, Massachusetts-based Realtor, now hosts a dynamic search page which extracts raw listing data from the Massachusetts MLS Property Information Network (MLSPIN) database and seamlessly syncs it to the comprehensive listings database she supports on her website. Potential buyers and clients are able to scan the MLSPIN listings knowing they have the most up-to-the-minute data from MLSPIN right on Jackson’s website

June 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that Boston Properties’ Atlantic Wharf, Boston’s first green skyscraper has been designated LEED Platinum under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED Core & Shell program. Roger Platt, Senior Vice President, Global Policy & Law for the USGBC presented the LEED Platinum plaque to Bryan Koop, Senior Vice President & Regional Manager of Boston Properties and Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino at a ceremony at Atlantic Wharf located on the Fort Point Channel near Boston’s Innovation District

Concord, MA - June 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With the addition of Docusign, Barrett & Company (http://barrettandco.com) today continues their 30 year legacy of innovation in customer service and forward-thinking real estate.

BOSTON, MA - May 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Dorchester House Apartments (a.k.a. The James Kelly House Apartments), a 91-unit apartment complex for Dorchester Seniors will continue to provide affordable rents well into the future thanks to a new loan from MassHousing, the state's affordable housing bank

BOSTON - May 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has awarded $350,000 in financing to help create 47 new units of affordable sober housing in Boston, Chelmsford, Somerville and Westford

Beverly, MA - May 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray today announced $105 million in affordable housing resources and tax credits to support the construction of 36 housing developments in 28 communities across the Commonwealth. The announcement was made at the Pleasant Street Apartments for veterans in Beverly, which is receiving $2.5 million. The projects will build or preserve 2,196 housing units and create an estimated 3,000 construction jobs.

EUGENE, OR - May 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Realtor Gabriel Freitas of Prime Choice Real Estate has opted to integrate the premier IDX technology, IDX Broker software, for his professional real estate website. Now, thousands of Massachusetts MLS Property Info Network MLS (MLSPIN) listings are displayed conveniently on the search page that he hosts. Freitas has chosen an IDX solution for his website, and in the process he has changed the online real estate market for himself, his business and countless potential Massachusetts buyers.

April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Menino today kicked off the “You Have Rights” public education campaign that aims to raise awareness about tenant rights and the importance of reporting substandard housing without fear of retribution. The campaign follows the evacuation of residents at 25 Harrison Avenue, the Chinatown building that was found in February to be housing tenants in unsafe living conditions. It is estimated that just over 67% of the occupied housing units in the City of Boston are renter-occupied.

Boston, MA - April 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A once-thriving shovel factory in Massachusetts, which was instrumental in the California Gold Rush, the...

BOSTON, MA - April 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced a loan closing today of $9.1 million to preserve affordability for predominantly low-income senior citizens and some disabled residents at the 100-unit Wait Street Apartments in Boston.

March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Thomas M. Menino hosted hundreds of homeowners and potential homebuyers at the Boston Home Center’s Housing Expo at the Perkins Community Center where he launched the new $3M 3D Campaign. The 3D Campaign is designed to preserve Boston’s iconic triple-deckers.

BOSTON, MA - March 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that it has closed a $6.1 million loan for the acquisition, preservation and renovation of the 45-unit Lucerne Gardens in Dorchester.

BOSTON, MA - March 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- WSP Flack + Kurtz, the international engineering firm, has promoted both Robert Goossens and Anastasia Vassos to vice president and William Hooley to senior associate, announces Allan J. Montpellier, PE, LEED® AP, managing director of the Boston office.

BOSTON, MA - March 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Senators John Kerry and Scott Brown, along with Congressmen Edward Markey, John Olver, James McGovern, and Stephen F. Lynch, today announced that Massachusetts will receive more than $3.5 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for housing counseling services.

Concord, CA - March 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- With 35 years of real estate experience, Barrett & Company Real Estate today continues their legacy of innovation with the launch of a new website at