25th Boston Jewish Film Festival screens films with local connections

25th Boston Jewish Film Festival screens films with local connections The Boston Jewish Film Festival returns this month to venues throughout the Greater Boston area for its 25th year.The full version of this story is only available to online subscribers. Non-subscribers may access the Candle Lighting Times and events calendars for free; to access all other content, please subscribe by following the link below. Continue reading >>>

Quincy Center for Innovation fills incubator gap south of Boston

The Quincy Center for Innovation opened Oct. 1. Office space geared toward the needs of startups has grown steadily in recent years in communities around Greater Boston — with the notable exception of areas south of the city. But that's changing now, with the opening this month of the Quincy Center for Innovation. Through a partnership between the Quincy Chamber Continue reading >>>

Prices rise while foreclosures fall in Massachusetts

The local housing market continues to gain strength as home prices rose and foreclosure activity plunged in recent months. The value of a home in Greater Boston, seasonally adjusted, increased by a half percent from July to August and 6 percent from a year earlier, according to the SP/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices. The number of foreclosures initiated statewide in September fell 69 percent from a year ago, said Warren Group.

Everyone wants a piece of the casinos

When a casino opens in Greater Boston, that giant sucking sound you will hear won’t be the sound of dollars being taken out of the economy, but rather high rollers enjoying Wellfleet half shells from Union Oyster House. “I don’t think it’s going to hurt anybody,” said Joe Milano, who owns the popular restaurant by Faneuil Hall   that opened in 1826. “It’s an added attraction to history. When you add people, they have to eat.” As communities across the state decide on casinos, businesses from restaurants to florists are lining up for a piece of the action. The anticasino faction Continue reading >>>

Survey shows that Greater Boston’s architectural firms have become more efficient

Jon Chesto Managing Editor, Print- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter  | Google+ Like most industries, architectural firms learned to become more efficient as they bounced back from the blows they suffered in the Great Recession. But it’s rare that we get a glimpse at just how efficient these privately owned businesses have become. The latest annual survey conducted of Continue reading >>>

Wayland resident recognized for service in real estate industry

Longtime Wayland resident Joanne Berry, an agent with Hammond Residential Real Estate, has been recognized by the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) and the Greater Boston Association of REALTORS for 30 years of service in the real estate industry. Berry, who has been an agent with Hammond Residential since 2001, attained designations from the Council of Residential Specialists and Graduate Residential Institute. Buyers and sellers who have worked with Berry have noted her exceptional level of knowledge and personal service in dealing with all phases of the real Continue reading >>>

Greater Boston area multi-family properties continue to be hot commodity, even …

Rich Cawley, United Multi Family Multi-family properties in the Greater Boston area continue to be a hot commodity even with the recent increases in interest rates. Since May rates have climbed almost a percent impacting some deals that were already in process however due to limited inventory of quality properties there hasn't been a negative effect on pricing yet. For the first half of this year there have been 41 transactions, down from the 60 that occurred during the same period in 2012. Most of the decrease can be attributed to the sellers that decided to take advantage of Continue reading >>>