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PMI says Boston MSA at less risk of market decline

The PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. is out with its Spring 2008 U.S. Market Risk Index. The organization estimates that the chance of housing prices being lower in two years has declined in 32 of the 50 largest US housing markets, during the fourth quarter, 2007. This is...

Boston Fed Gov’nor: market should have stabilized by now

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Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren expressed surprise that the U.S. housing market had not begun to show signs of recovery as of yet. “People have been expecting a recovery in housing much sooner than it has offered and...

Settlement reached by couple suing neighbor over second-hand smoke

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We can all sleep peacefully tonight. A couple at the Ansonia, a historic Upper West Side apartment building, who had sued a neighbor over her wafting cigarette smoke have agreed to settle their lawsuit, one of the plaintiffs said on Monday. The plaintiffs — Jonathan...

Pine Street Inn holds online auction fundraiser

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Pine Street Inn, Boston’s most important shelter providing services for homeless men and women, is holding an online auction to raise funds for the Inn’s programs. Popular items available include a night at The Ritz, dinner at Banq, and a VIP tour of The...

City Council makes poor decision regarding student housing

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I am traveling on business today and tomorrow, so limited posts. Lemme just say I think the City Council vote to restrict the number of students in an apartment is flat out stupid and will do nothing to address the problems the councilors profess to be concerned...

Home inventory remains flat in much of state; in wealthy cities, down

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Banker & Tradesman says there is a shortage of listings inventory in some of the Commonwealth’s tonier communities. Statewide, there were 26,583 single-family homes for sale as of last Thursday, up 1.4 percent from the 26,217 listings during the same time in...