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MassHousing Loan Closings of $16.6 Million Will Preserve Affordability for Senior Citizens Living at...
BOSTON - August 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Affordability for senior citizens living at the 135-unit Beacon House on Beacon Hill has been extended in perpetuity by the new ownership as a result of $16.6 million in MassHousing financing
Mayor Walsh Announces Multi-Faceted
BOSTON - August 28, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a comprehensive strategy to assist students moving into off-campus housing in Boston’s neighborhoods for the 2014-2015 academic year. Representatives from several Ci...
Abandoned Worcester Factory to be Converted into 94 Affordable Apartments with $17 Million in...
BOSTON - August 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- An abandoned factory building in Worcester will be converted into 94 new affordable apartments as a result of $17 million in MassHousing loans.
Patrick Administration Announces Expansion Of Housing Development Incentive Program To Support Housing In Gateway...
BOSTON - August 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Housing and Economic Development Secretary Greg Bialecki today announced the start of the application process for state tax credits for developers with qualifying proposals for larger market rate housing p...
Mayor Walsh Announces the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building
BOSTON - August 1, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that the Ferdinand Building will be renamed the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building. Bolling was a staunch supporter of equal access to jobs and housing as a City Councilor a...
Gardner and Methuen receive CDBG funding
WASHINGTON, DC - July 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Third District communities Gardner and Methuen will receive $900,000 and $417,295, respectively, in federal Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to support housing rehabilitation, public service...
GOVERNOR PATRICK ANNOUNCES NEW SUPPORT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH
SPRINGFIELD - July 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Deval Patrick today announced $83.6 million in funding to create 24 affordable housing projects across the state, building on the Patrick Administration’s commitment to improving housing infra...
Mayor Walsh Announces New Federal Funding to Assist Boston’s Homeless
BOSTON - June 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Martin J. Walsh, along with Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Deputy Regional Administrator Kristine Foye and Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development Director Sheila Dillon, a...
KENNEDY, KEATING ANNOUNCE $3.6 MILLION IN HUD GRANTS FOR FALL RIVER
Washington, DC - June 23, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Joe Kennedy (MA-4) and Congressman Bill Keating (MA-9) today announced that Fall River will receive $3,600,739 in federal grants from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (...
SunTrust Mortgage to Pay $550 Million in Federal-State Deal Over Unlawful Foreclosures, Loan Servicing
BOSTON - June 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A $550 million nationwide federal-state settlement with mortgage lender and servicer SunTrust Mortgage Inc. over mortgage origination, servicing, and foreclosure abuses will provide direct payments to eligib...
HOME FULLY RESTORED BY PUTNAM VOCATIONAL STUDENTS TO BE AUCTIONED ON TUESDAY
Springfield, MA - June 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Domenic J. Sarno will be on hand to showcase a home completely restored by Springfield high school students as an outcome of collaboration between the City of Springfield and Roger L. Putnam V...
Homeowners to Save $16 Million with Rejection of FAIR Plan’s Home Insurance Rate Increase
BOSTON - June 16, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- After arguing that the FAIR Plan’s proposed home insurance rate increases for more than 150,000 Massachusetts families were excessive, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced that the Division of Insuran...
MassHousing Awards $200,000 for Affordable Sober Housing
BOSTON - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has awarded $200,000 to support affordable sober housing programs for men in Fitchburg and veterans and their families in Quincy. The MassHousing grants will come from the Center for Community Rec...
Distressed Affordable Housing Property in Middleborough to Receive Substantial Renovation as a Result of...
BOSTON - May 22, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents of the 64-unit Middlebury Arms apartment community in Middleborough will see major renovations to the property as a result of $9.2 million in MassHousing financing.
AG Coakley Urges FHFA to Use Buyback Programs and Principal Reductions to Keep People...
BOSTON - May 16, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Saying in a letter file size 2MB today that the use of buyback programs and principal reductions are “key to helping homeowners recover from this foreclosure crisis,” Attorney General Martha Coakley urge...
GOVERNOR PATRICK CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF FIRST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM PROJECT IN CHELSEA
CHELSEA - May 15, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Deval Patrick today joined local officials at the ribbon cutting ceremony of Flats at 44, the first Housing Development Incentive Program (HDIP) project to be completed.
GOVERNOR PATRICK ANNOUNCES NEW SUPPORT FOR JOB TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT READINESS SKILLS FOR HOMELESS AND...
BOSTON - April 24, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Deval Patrick today announced $1 million in funding to connect homeless and low-income families with services to help some of the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable citizens overcome barriers to work...
MassHousing Honors its Top-Producing Partner Lenders for Their Commitment to Affordable Homeownership in Massachusetts
BOSTON - April 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has honored its 2013 top-producing lenders for their commitment to affordable homeownership in Massachusetts while helping to provide more than $1 billion in MassHousing Mortgage loans to nearly...
Mayor Walsh Announces Mayor’s Carbon Cup to Encourage Large Building Portfolios to Commit to...
Boston - April 9, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the Greenovate Boston Mayor’s Carbon Cup, a voluntary recognition program for large hospitals, universities, and commercial building portfolios committed to reducing t...
Fairies Possibly Sighted in Franklin Park
WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 7, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Are there fairies and elves living in Franklin Park? While City officials will not speak on the record, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department appears to be hedging its bets by co-hosting a Fa...
MassHousing to Host Major Conference on Hoarding April 2 in Marlborough
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- WHAT: MassHousing’s Community Services Department is hosting a major conference on hoarding that will feature a number of nationally renowned experts who will discuss their strategies to better ...
Boston Homeowners Embrace Solar Power
WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced 106 Boston homeowners have signed contracts to install solar power through the 2013 Renew Boston Solarize program, a community bulk pricing program. A high rat...
REALTORS® Felt Confident about Prices in January, but Not as Positive about the Market
WALTHAM, Mass. - February 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported today that the January REALTOR® Market Confidence Index (RMCI) was down for the third straight month in January. The REALTOR® Price Co...
Charities Say Lower Threshold for Specialty Plates Would Lift Donations
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, - February 19, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- ......Saying it will help with donations, Massachusetts charities want the Legislature to lower the limit on the number of specialty license plates organizations must sell before the Regist...
MassHousing Awards $290,000 for Affordable Sober Housing
BOSTON - February 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing has awarded $290,000 to support sober housing programs in Boston, Dartmouth, Norton and Worcester
Village Mortgage is a MassHousing Approved Lender
BOSTON - February 18, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that Village Mortgage is now an approved lender of MassHousing’s family of affordable, fixed-rate, home loan products for low- and moderate-income homebuyers.
Dedham Savings Enhances Website to Generate MassHousing Loans
BOSTON - February 13, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- Dedham Savings has enhanced its website to include more information for consumers who are interested in MassHousing's family of quality, fixed-rate home mortgage products for low and moderate-income home...
Heating Contractor Pleads Guilty, Sentenced for Illegally Removing Asbestos From Medway Rental Property
DEDHAM - February 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A Plainville-based heating contractor has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to jail in connection with the improper removal of asbestos in a single-family rental property in Medway and for witness intimi...
MassHousing Closes $8.9 Million in Loans for the Renovation and Preservation of Affordability at...
BOSTON - February 10, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- MassHousing announced today that it has closed $8.9 million in financing for the renovation and preservation of affordability at the 101-unit Central Annex Apartments for elderly and disabled residents i...
Real Estate Developer Sued for Taking Advantage of Sharon Homebuyers
BOSTON - February 4, 2014 - (RealEstateRama) -- A real estate developer has been sued for allegedly taking more than $200,000 in advance payments for new, single-family homes in Sharon that were never provided, and refusing to return the deposits, Atto...
