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Mortgage rates drop sharply, with 30-year at 6.47 percent

Mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest level in more than a year, a balm for prospective homebuyers and sellers in a challenging real estate market.

In the Massachusetts suburbs, mansions are taking over
The trend of building properties clocking in at 4,000, 7,500, or even 10,000 square feet bodes ill for the state’s efforts to solve, or at least ease, its housing crisis.

Bain Capital inks deal to expand headquarters at 200 Clarendon
It's one of the largest office space deals since the pandemic.

In Worcester, a ballpark and a neighborhood rise together

As with many stadium deals that require public financing, building Polar Park, home of the Worcester Red Sox, was controversial. But so far, the bet seems to be paying off.

Wu’s planning czar, Arthur Jemison, to step down
The move comes amid major transition in Boston’s approach to planning and building, as well as a broad development slowdown.

Kraft Group ‘deeply disappointed’ after state fails to move on Revolution stadium
A measure that could have paved the way for the Patriots owners to build a 25,000-seat soccer stadium in Everett died as the legislative session expired.

Mass. lawmakers didn’t do much last night. But they did pass a $5.2 billion housing bill and legalize ‘granny flats’ across the state
The bill, the Legislature’s first major housing bill in three years, marks a victory for some advocates, particularly zoning reform proponents and affordable housing supporters. But it left others disappointed.

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MBTA eyes redevelopment of crumbling Alewife garage
The agency is seeking partners to redo the massive site at the northern end of the Red Line.

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In Roxbury, Warren announces bid to fix federal housing policy

New legislation would direct nearly $550 billion to housing construction, encourage looser zoning, and boost programs to assist lower-income buyers.

This family wants to redevelop their Roxbury home into much-needed housing. It isn’t working.

Amid a citywide housing crisis, the Webster family hoped to turn their single-family home on Elmwood Street into 47 mini-apartments. Then neighbors got involved.

Healey administration puts Hurley complex out for redevelopment — again

On Wednesday, state officials announced a new redevelopment effort for the Charles F. Hurley and Erich Lindemann buildings, which sprawl across a massive block between Cambridge and Merrimac streets, with an eye to addressing the “urgent need for housing.”

Mass. makes progress on racial homeownership gap, study says, but disparities persist

Massachusetts made progress toward reducing racial disparities in home buying in 2022, but Black and Latino buyers remain largely confined to the state’s poorer cities and urban neighborhoods, according to a new report on lending out Wednesday.

How a construction apprenticeship requirement could impede the $2 billion repair of the state’s public housing

Those training programs are broadly popular, but housing authorities warn the requirement would dramatically escalate the cost and complexity of rehabilitating units.

See inside the Duxbury oceanfront estate on the market for $40 million

John Reed, the former chairman of Citigroup and the New York Stock Exchange, and his wife are selling their sprawling oceanfront property on Goose Point.

Greater Boston median home prices topped $960,000 in June

The new record is yet another sobering reminder of how dire the housing affordability crisis has become.