Guv Appeals to Biz to Join Housing Fight

As more communities in eastern Massachusetts show a willingness to defy the state’s new multifamily zoning law, Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday tried to draft business executives into her efforts to shore up support for measures meant to spur badly-needed housing production.

Court Rulings May Force Action On Home Equity Theft

After a state judge ruled this month that Massachusetts law governing municipal home equity takings “requires Legislative correction,” a state senator who has filed a related bill for years said Monday that he was ready to start demanding roll call votes on his proposal.

NAR Settlement Gets Preliminary OK

The judge in the lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors over real estate agent commissions has given his preliminary approval to a settlement in the case, signalling that a new future for how agents are compensated is clearly on the horizon.

Greater Boston Luxury Listings on the Rise

Numbers of new listings at the very high end of the Greater Boston home-sale market are on the rise, even as sales totals lagged in the market’s traditional downtown-area core in the first quarter.

GSIR, Cronin Group Settle Lawsuit

One of Boston’s prominent luxury brokerages and the developer behind a new Seaport District condominium tower have buried the hatchet in a dispute over allegedly unpaid sales commissions.