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BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick this month outlined initiatives designed to produce 10,000 multifamily units of housing per year, the first production goal of this kind set by any state in the country.
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11/19/12
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Could the popular $250,000-$500,000 tax-free exclusion of capital gains on sales of homes be a target in any broad-scale, post-election effort to reduce the federal debt and deficit?
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11/19/12
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The Warren Group has revised its September Massachusetts foreclosure start figures, acknowledging that the totals it initially released were incomplete.
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By PBN Staff
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If planners and architects had their way, when people start building large residential projects again they would look something like the
By Patrick Anderson |
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You may have seen headlines last week about the Federal Housing Administration needing a taxpayer “bailout” by the Treasury and wondered: Uh oh. Is the FHA heading down the fiscal drain like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have required billions in federal assistance just to stay in business?
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12/3/12
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At a time when small and simple are fashionable, the owner of the
By Patrick Anderson |
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With the House and Senate back on Capitol Hill for the lame-duck session, preliminary negotiations aimed at keeping the country from careening off the “fiscal cliff” began in earnest this past week.
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11/26/12
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U.S. banks that have been earning record profits from home loans are adding or transferring thousands of staff to catch up with demand for refinancing after shortages blocked homeowners from getting lower rates.
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Bloomberg News
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11/26/12
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The executive vice president of commercial lending at BankNewport talks about the effects of low interest rates on residential lending.
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By Rhonda Miller |
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Bristol County, Mass., foreclosure starts rose 16.4 percent in October compared with the same period last year. At the same time, the number of completed foreclosures fell, The Warren Group said Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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