This article doesn’t make any sense!
The article begins, "Skyrocketing housing prices are driving people from San Francisco, Boston and other big cities."
However, nowhere does the reporter state where this conclusion comes from – she quotes census figures showing that the big cities are losing residents, but gives no data to support her conclusion that [...]

More on the delayed renovation project on Cambridge Street:

The idea first came up 10 years ago as a way to improve business along the edge of Beacon Hill. But now, three years after construction began, it’s still going on and patience is wearing thin.

NewsCenter 5’s Pam Cross reported that the Cambridge Street improvement project has [...]

I must repeat my earlier praise of Holden Lewis’ "Mortgage Matters" column, at bankrate.com.  He seems to have a very good grasp of what drives mortgage rates, and presents his information with lots of relevant data.

Neat idea.  Cities looking to attract young, first-time homebuyers are finding new ways to market their appeal:
By Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe
It’s just past 9 p.m. at Vox Populi, a martini bar in Boston’s Back Bay. As the well-coiffed crowd swarms the bar, a young man in an unbuttoned polo shirt stands back, notices a brochure [...]

I don’t think the West End was really worth saving, but here’s a story about someone getting kicked out by the BRA who worries about similar things happening in Boston, in the future, following last week’s Supreme Court decision.
Sad Ending to a West End Story, By Peter Gelzinis, Boston Herald
In the 1955 class photo of [...]

1) Has the increase in dual-income families (with the number of working women increasing from 30% to 60% over the past sixty years) actually caused a higher cost of living?
2) Is the rental vs. buying expense comparison a valid way to measure high housing costs?
3) Do real estate agents try to convince their clients to [...]

By Tina Cassidy, Boston Globe
Panos Demeter is sitting on a white, molded-plastic chair near a fluffy fur ottoman and a rococo mirror that keeps flashing the word ‘’sexy" in pink neon. So when he talks about being part of the development team that is turning the South End’s former Area D-4 police station on Berkeley [...]

Whoa. Guess I’m not the only one thinking about the powers of eminent domain.
From the Globe:
Boston City Council President Michael Flaherty said yesterday that Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s efforts to spur development of Fan Pier do not go far enough, and he again called on the city to consider seizing the South Boston waterfront [...]

I read about three new developments under construction in Boston.  First, there is the new Greenway Place development, overlooking the Rose Kennedy Parkway.  Very weak name, although I realize, of course, why they named it that.  Second, a new development on Newbury Street, called, The Dubarry.  Suspiciously, the artist’s drawings don’t show the big mural [...]

Remember the post I wrote earlier today about people getting down to the Seaport District by way of spaceship?  Read on for another example.  Different neighborhood, same pipe dream:

For decades the green and pink Italian cookies and shimmering marzipan fruit in the window of Maria’s Pastry Shop could do little to brighten the dank underpinnings [...]