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Massachusetts Data Centers: The Risk Is Your Electric Bill
Healey's Executive Order 658 makes big data centers harder to build in Massachusetts. The land was never the risk here. Your electric bill is.
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Massachusetts Affordable Housing Funding Skips Resale Buyers
Massachusetts made its largest housing award in a decade and 578 homes landed in Newton, Cambridge and Brookline. Not one of them…
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Massachusetts New Construction Costs: Tariffs Outrun Zoning
Massachusetts zoning reform fixed permission, not cost. Tariffs add about 45% to Canadian framing lumber, and MLS PIN shows where the new…
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South Coast Rail Added 600,000 Trips and Zero Price Premium
South Coast Rail ridership is up 37%, but closed sales within a mile of every station show no premium. Why East Taunton…
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Massachusetts Luxury Real Estate After a $43 Million Record
The $43 million Edgartown record was two deeds. Here is what the MLS PIN book says Greater Boston luxury sellers actually got…
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Massachusetts Gas Ban: The Expansion Died, Newton’s Didn’t
The bill adding 10 more Massachusetts gas ban towns died in April. Newton's all-electric renovation rule took full effect January 1. What…
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Sept 15 Ends Boston’s Down Payment Grant for Non-Residents
Boston's first-time homebuyer grant becomes a 0% deferred loan for non-residents on September 15, 2026. What it really costs and how to…
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Why Beacon Park Yard Won’t Reprice Allston for a Decade
Beacon Park Yard lost $327M of a $335M federal grant. Why Allston-Brighton multifamily owners keep pricing power while the next supply wave…
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Triple-Decker Construction Cost: The Third Unit Adds $70,000
Massachusetts made the triple-decker legal again, but the building code still splits at three units and adds $40,000 to $70,000 before construction…
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Boston Home Affordability: 19 Years at This Rate of Relief
Redfin says the income needed to buy a Greater Boston home fell 2.8% to $216,995. Our closed-sale data shows why that is…
