Christine Quinn and Davina Portratz in season 2 of Netflix’s real-estate reality television series Selling Sunset [Photo: Netflix]
02Sep
Will Silicon Valley put real estate brokers out of business?
Technology

A real estate CEO explains why traditional brokerages must “reinvent or die.” By Jason S. Weissman | Fast Company | September 2, 2020 Silicon Valley is catching up to the real estate industry. Over the past decade, more than $30 billion has poured into PropTech, a new generation of startups at the intersection of property […]

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28Aug
There’s More Driving The Boston Suburban Renaissance Then COVID Panic
Suburban Office

By Dees Stribling | Bisnow | August 24, 2020 During the 2010s, suburban office space lost its luster to the activity of the city and the charms of walkable neighborhoods. Downtown Boston and its tall towers all seemed shiny and new. A few months of pandemic has suddenly refocused companies and their workers back to the suburbs, but […]

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24Aug
Developer plans to raze Midtown Hotel to make way for an apartment building
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By Tim Logan | Boston Globe | August 12, 2020 It’s another sign of continued confidence in Boston’s housing market, despite the pandemic The Midtown Hotel could soon be no more. Developers on Wednesday filed plans with the city to tear down the mid-century motor inn on Huntington Avenue and replace it with a 10-story apartment […]

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19Aug
Boston Neighborhoods and Beyond
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As markets across the U.S. adjust to the new normal, developers and investors are looking for development opportunities outside of major cities, and Boston is no exception. Neighborhoods like Newton or Waltham are seeing a surge of investment during the pandemic. Why now? Join Bisnow, Patrick Mulvhill, SVP of Leasing at Boston Properties, Ginger Dhaliwal, co-founder […]

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13Aug
The demise of cities? Not so fast: Metro home prices skyrocket in Q2
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Despite forecasts of people fleeing cities en masse, home prices grew in 96% of metros in the second quarter, according to the National Association of Realtors BY PATRICK KEARNS | INMAN | August 12, 2020 Prices for single-family homes grew annually in 96 percent of metro markets tracked by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in the second […]

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