Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Our Towns: Hints of Fear in the Land of Mansions
In Greenwich, Conn., megahomes sit on the market like beached yachts, another reminder of just how far the subprime loan contagion has spread.
Archive for April 17th, 2008
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Lender to auction Brookline project
The Longwood Towers complex in Brookline is being seized by its mortgage holder, which said it plans to complete its conversion from apartments to luxury condominiums.
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Local-access TV programs home in on real estate issues
Earlier this month, when a home sale in Uxbridge fell through due to what she called “an increasingly common” mortgage snag in Worcester County, realtor Kelley Byrnes-Benkart was one of the first to hear. One week later, she was explaining the cause - not at a seminar, but on public-access television.
Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Cost of housing projects could rise
Builders of large affordable housing projects in Massachusetts would be required to pay construction workers higher wages, based on a little-noticed amendment to a housing bond bill moving through Beacon Hill.
