Home values in Greater Boston rose 9.8 percent in November on a year-to-year comparison basis, according to a report on the US housing market issued Tuesday by the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The widely watched indices tracks repeat home sales around the United States. The Boston area’s annual rate of 9.8 percent for November represented an improvement of 1.2 percentage points from the previous month. In the 20-city universe that the indices track, Boston was one of nine cities where values accelerated on an annual basis. From October to November, home values in Greater Boston rose Continue reading >>>

Coastal flooding is dramatic. But now we focus inland on rising water and high insurance rates. The price to innovate our economy: What jobs will vanish in the next 10 years? State of the Art: Leaders of some of the nation’s most prestigious museums gathered in Boston last night to discuss the biggest issues confronting them.   Email us at GreaterBoston@WGBH.org. Continue reading >>>

John blanding, Jim Davis, Barry Chin/ Globe Staff By Christopher Hughes / Boston.com Correspondent The night just got away from you. Your listless friends were finally able to find a babysitter. Or maybe that company get-together turned into one hell of an after-party. Either way, the waiter kept bringing you drinks and you vaguely remember doing shots. Revelry has turned into a painful, cotton-mouthed stupor and you can practically feel the booze seeping from your pores. You’re in no shape to cook. What you’re Continue reading >>>

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Flooding concerns: Is it too risky for Boston to develop its waterfront while preparing for rising tides?  "The Good Jobs Strategy": An MIT professor and author explains how companies can invest more in their workers and get bigger profits. Political muscle: Rep. Peter King on Boston Public Radio. Zev Dickstein: An 11-year-old campaign manager gets invited to the State of the Union address. Email us at GreaterBoston@WGBH.org. Continue reading >>>

75 October Hill Road - Holliston, MA Bret O'Brien, Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc. Holliston, MA Bret O'Brien of Greater Boston Commercial Properties, Inc., recently completed two related transactions in New Englander Industrial Park totaling 21,800 s/f. O'Brien was the sole broker in a 17,000 s/f lease extension of Abbess Instruments at 75 October Hill Rd. The space consists of 5,000 s/f of office space and the balance high bay warehouse space. Abbess Instruments manufactures custom vacuum chambers for small to large organizations with low vacuum degassing through Continue reading >>>

As was recently reported in the Boston Globe this past fall, on a trip to Las Vegas to promote its hometown as a destination for holding conventions, the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau decided to use a slogan conceived of a few years ago: “What Happens in Boston Changes the World.” Never a town to let one past them, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authoritynot only took note; it threatened legal action against the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau in a letter complaining that the phrase bore so much resemblance to its “What Happens in Continue reading >>>

Sunday, January 26, 2014, 3:00am By Rick Dimino Special To Banker Tradesman The Massachusetts Department of Transportation started the new year with the release of the first draft of the five-year capital investment plan. This plan sets the priorities for transportation infrastructure improvements and expansion for the state. A valid subscription is required to read the article or use the tool Continue reading >>>

Highlights from the Boston Real Estate Now blog. You would think that real estate agents across Massachusetts, especially those working within Interstate 495, would be ready to roll out the champagne right now. After all, home and condo prices are soaring and, in Greater Boston’s more affluent suburbs and city neighborhoods, have already blown past highs set during the bubble years. But even as home values rise, the confidence level among realtors is slipping, according to a new survey by the Massachusetts Association of Realtors. MAR’s Realtor Market Confidence Index fell for the second Continue reading >>>

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