Spotlights

VanValkenburgh of Fishman Property Management named to manage 465 Congress Street - 67,567 s/f office tower

Fishman Property Management was awarded the property management of one of the city's premier office buildings. Located in Monument Sq., the ...

Peabody Properties receives national recognition from National Affordable Housing Management Association

The National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA), headquartered in Alexandria, VA., recently awarded Peabody Properties, Inc. ...

The Mount Vernon Co. to build and manage 500 apartment units in new Allston Green District

Mayor Thomas Menino and The Mount Vernon Co. announced today a new way of sustainable living in Allston being labeled as the Allston Green D...

Company of the Month: United Multi Family, founded in 1998, has closed over 400 multi-family properties in Mass., R.I., Conn. and N.H.

Since its inception in 1998, United Multi Family (UMF) has exclusively represented owners in the sale of their multi-family properties. Foun...

Morrison starts new firm: ABACUS Assset Management

ABACUS Asset Management, a provider of comprehensive commercial real estate asset management services for owners of small to mid-sized offic...

Quest for the Best: Exceed expectations, over deliver and work tirelessly to deliver your product

In 1979 Stanley Marcus published "Quest for the Best" a book about running a high-end retail operation in a first class way. This was his f...

What the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau has in store for our industry

Thinking about what the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has in store for our industry reminds me of what it was like to work on my...

REBA Dispute Resolution: Today's leader in business and real estate mediation

Founded in 1995, Real Estate Bar Association Dispute Resolution (REBA/DR) was established to meet the needs of the real estate, transactiona...

Why it is important to have a good real estate lawyer? Save you time, money and aggravation

So you just purchased your new home and not only did you pay legal fees to the lender's counsel to certify title, but you took the wise extr...

Mass. Supreme Judicial Court rules on title remedy by purchaser from questioned foreclosure

In a widely anticipated sequel to U.S. Bank Nat'l Ass'n v. Ibanez, 458 Mass 637 (2011), which invalidated foreclosures conducted by two bank...