From Realtor.org:
In a report for Forbes.com, Hotpads.com, an aggregator of rental listings, produced a price-to-earnings spread for each ZIP code in the country’s 40 largest cities by comparing rental costs with buying costs for similar properties, based on number of bedrooms, location, and price per square foot.
A price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E, expresses how much a [...]

The Globe profiles the Seaport District. Or, where the “Seaport District” may someday rise. Plans are for several new mega-billion, multi-use projects to fill the space.
In the meantime, the vast, windblown streets are often lonesome between destinations, making the waterfront feel like an amalgam of disparate elements - convention center, hotel bars, a [...]

Scott Van Voorhis writes a column about whether or not we should call the Seaport District the “Seaport District”.
Answer: Yes.
Development is booming along the waterfront by Fan Pier and the Moakley federal courthouse. But confusion reigns over the area’s name and even its brand identity.
City Hall is preparing to roll out dozens of signs for [...]

A new neighborhood is under development, near North Station, much of it on created land.
* First General Realty will soon release plans for a multi-use project at the corner of Causeway and Beverly streets, which will include two Marriott hotels, office space, ground-floor retail and over 200 parking spaces.
* Construction is underway on an apartment [...]

I was quoted in a story in today’s Boston Globe. The article was about Boston’s Downtown Crossing neighborhood, which borders the Financial District, Waterfront, Midtown, and Ladder District neighborhoods.
The neighborhood is home to 6,000 residents, and many more are on the way, including people moving into 45 Province, the attractive residential tower rising over [...]

Great site describing many of Boston’s great neighborhoods, along with a huge number of great photos.
A little about the South End, the best neighborhood in America!
The South End’s population has been diverse since the 1880s when Irish, Jewish, African-American, Greek, Syrian, and Lebanese populations began to settle in the neighborhood. In the 1930 a substantial [...]