The Kensington in Boston was one of a handful of new apartment buildings to open in the third quarter. Thomas Grillo Real Estate Editor- Boston Business Journal Email  | Twitter The good news is that Greater Boston’s multifamily housing market continued Continue reading >>>

  Hospice of the North Shore and Greater Boston has come a long way from the all-volunteer company that began in a two-family house in downtown Beverly in 1978. Today it has 385 employees, offers a range of services, not just hospice, helping 550 people each day while serving about 90 cities and towns from the New Hampshire border to Norfolk County communities just south of Boston. And starting Jan. 1, the Hospice will take on a new name — Care Dimensions. Part of the reason for the new name, was the length of the old name. “We realized that that’s kind of Continue reading >>>

Area Four Apple crumble and pumpkin pies are available from Area Four; order at the café or hostess stand at their Kendall Square location by 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22, and pick up by 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, or Wednesday, Nov. 27. 500 Technology Sq., Cambridge, 617-758-4444 Ashmont Grill This Dorchester restaurant has five delicious desserts for pick-up on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Pumpkin cheesecake, sweet potato pecan pie, apple cranberry crumb pie, carrot cake, and sticky toffee pudding will be offered. Order by Sunday, Nov. 24. Payment due at time of order, phone orders accepted.See desserts Continue reading >>>

Welcome to Triple-Decker Thursday, a new feature on that Greater Boston institution, the three-level apartment building. Click here to view the full photogallery. We'd heard of New York style. Or, even more specifically, Manhattan style. Now this number just north of Teele Square, which hit the sales market earlier this month, is described as a "spacious Philadelphia-style, three-family home." Any Philly transplants wanna take a stab as to what that means? Continue reading >>>

The number of Greater Boston homeowners who are “underwater” on mortgages — meaning they owe more than their properties are worth — keeps falling. Zillow, the online real estate data company, reported Thursday that the percentage of homeowners with negative equity fell to 12 percent in the third quarter — nearly 45,000 homes — compared with 17.5 percent during the same period last year. The chart shows the downward trend in selected municipalities.