The Greater Boston Association of Realtors presents "Economic Expectations: A Forecast of the 2012 Housing Market" on November 29th
The Greater Boston Association of Realtors (GBAR), together with Guaranteed Rate and Freddie Mac, is hosting "Economic Expectations: A Forecast of the 2012 Housing Market" on Tuesday, November 29th at the Federal Reserve Bank. Keynote speaker Frank Nothaft, chief economist at Freddie Mac, will focus on the global state of the nation's economic climate and what it means for the Greater Boston housing market. Dr. Nothaft will be joined by a group of distinguished panelists, including Paul Bishop, Ph.D., VP of research at the National Association of Realtors, Barry Bluestone, Ph.D., Dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University, Christopher Herbert, Ph.D., research director at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, and Paul Willen, Ph.D., senior economist and policy advisor at the Federal Reserve. Two continuing education credits will be given to real estate agents under the course title: National Economic Trends and the Real Estate Professional. Pre-registration is required for this event, and will close on November 21st. A networking breakfast reception will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the program will go from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Providence, RI Shawmut Design and Construction celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking for the 195 District Park Pavilion, marking the start of construction on a facility that will feature year-round dining and support space for park operations. In addition to the 3,500 s/f building, the project will include infrastructure upgrades
The New England Real Estate proud to showcase the remarkable projects that have graced the cover and center spread of NEREJ this year, all made possible by the collaboration of outstanding project teams. Now, it's time to recognize the top project of 2024, and we need your vote!
Long-term interest rates have fallen by 100 basis points, and the market is normalizing. In December of 2022 I wrote an article about investing in a high interest rate, high inflation market. Since then, inflation has cooled off, and the Fed has begun lowering their funds rate.
The industrial markets have never been stronger. What has happened is that the build out of Devens with new high-tech biotech manufacturing with housing to service these buildings serves as the connector required to really make the I-495 West market sizzle. Worcester has been the beneficiary