Yearly Archives: 2014

WALTHAM, Mass. - February 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Massachusetts REALTORS® applauded U.S. Senate passage today of the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, S. 1926. In a 67-32 bi-partisan vote, the bill would require a four year delay in implementation of costly flood insurance rate increases resulting from the 2012 Biggert-Waters Act.

BOSTON - February 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A real estate developer who allegedly took thousands of dollars in advance payments for new, single-family homes that were never delivered, has repaid more than $525,000 to affected homebuyers, and has been permanently required to protect any future consumer deposits, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today

BOSTON - February 3, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing and the state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced $14.5 million in Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF) loan closings today for affordable housing communities in Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Easthampton, Marion, Revere, Springfield, Westford and Winthrop

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 3, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Martin J. Walsh visited a city-run shelter at Long Island today to meet guests and staff, to learn more about programs, and to release the findings of Boston’s 34^thAnnual Homeless Census. Conducted six weeks ago by city officials, community leaders, and more than 350 volunteers, this year’s results show a 3.8% increase in the number of homeless men, women, and children in the City of Boston. The point-in-time count found 7,255 homeless persons, compared to 6,992 the previous year

BOSTON - January 31, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The owner of a highly contaminated property along the Crane River in Danvers has agreed to pay $387,500 over allegations that he failed to clean up soils and sediments at the site, which contain high levels of arsenic and dioxin, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today

BOSTON - January 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced a loan closing today of $7.1 million to preserve affordability for senior citizens at the 125-unit Tecumseh Mill in Fall River. As a condition of the MassHousing financing, Tecumseh Holdings LLC, the property owner, will extended the HUD Section 8 Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) contract and the affordability on 124 apartments for 20 years when the current HAP contract expires March 1. One of the building's apartments is occupied by a resident superintendent.

BOSTON - January 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that it has closed $33 million in loans for the acquisition and renovation of the 146-unit Historic South End Apartments in Boston.

WALTHAM, Mass. - January 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that pending home sales for both single-family homes and condominiums went up again in December compared to the year before. For the entire year, the number of single-family homes put under agreement in 2013 was up 11.3 percent over 2012. Pending sales figures (also called homes under agreement) are a leading indicator of actual housing sales in Massachusetts for the following 2-3 months.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Boston-area housing providers have agreed to pay $12,500, attend fair housing training, and implement new policies to avoid future fair housing violations to resolve allegations of discrimination against families with children as well as violations of the lead paint laws, Attorney General Coakley announced today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) seeks to create a pool of qualified housing search entities (HSEs) to perform specific housing search tasks to assist in finding community-based housing for adults with disabilities and elders served by the Money Follows the Person (MFP) Demonstration grant, the Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waivers, and MRC state-funded programs

WALTHAM, Mass. - January 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Corinne Fitzgerald of Northfield, Broker/Owner of Fitzgerald Real Estate in Greenfield, was installed on December 3, 2013, as president-elect of the 19,000-member Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) for 2014. The event took place at the Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. and included the installation of the MAR Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Fitzgerald’s term officially begins on January 1, 2014.