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Powerful realtor group agrees to slash commissions to settle lawsuits
The National Association of Realtors, a powerful organization that has set the guidelines for home sales for decades, has agreed to settle a series of lawsuits by paying $418 million in damages and by eliminating its rules on commissions.
Campbell wants to accelerate Milton housing lawsuit. Milton has other plans.
The attorney general has moved to have the high-profile lawsuit heard by the Supreme Judicial Court, this spring, to send a message to other towns considering plans of their own.
US contributes $335 million for realignment of Mass. Pike in Allston, critical financing for ‘transformational project’
The state still is expected to pay for the bulk of the project’s nearly $2 billion price tag, and Governor Maura Healey hopes to start work in 2027.
This Cape Cod golf course was going to be 300-plus apartments. Now, it’s set to be a private school.
The project ignited a contentious debate that pitted housing advocates and environmental interests against each other, and framed a broader conversation about the future of the Cape.
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Revs stadium plan will finally get its day on Beacon Hill
After years of quiet lobbying, a bill to enable a soccer stadium on the Mystic River will get a public hearing within a month.
As budget season looms, Boston councilors push to examine future of downtown, and city’s tax base
One recent study estimated that if Boston office values drop by 20 percent to 30 percent, tax revenue could fall $1.5 billion below prior projections over the next five years.
‘It’s an invasion.’ In towns across Eastern Mass., resistance grows against ambitious state housing law.
The state’s new housing law challenges Massachusetts’ long, proud history of letting towns control their own zoning, and resistance is growing fast.
It’s Massachusetts v. Milton in a key test of state’s ambitious new housing law
Amid mounting resistance to the state’s push to compel cities and towns to build more housing, Attorney General Andrea Campbell on Tuesday sued the Town of Milton for failing to comply with a controversial new zoning law.