
Why walkable cities are good for the economy, according to a city planner People spend more money when cities are less vehicle-oriented.
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Why walkable cities are good for the economy, according to a city planner People spend more money when cities are less vehicle-oriented.
Opinion | Housing Is Tanking in the U.S. Northeast. Guess Why. Losing big deductions for state and local property taxes is having the expected effect.
There will be a RELS meeting tonight 9/26, at 6pm! Please meet in the commons!
"Many buyers of condominiums in the new luxury towers sprouting around Boston are either part-time residents or investors — sometimes with no clear connections to Boston — according to a study published that argues the city’s high-end building boom is doing little to help local residents."
Boston’s new luxury towers appear to house few Bostonians - The Boston Globe A think tank’s report says luxury towers are occupied mostly by part-time residents or owned by shell companies.
Real Estate Law Society will be co-hosting the first BAR REVIEW of the quarter! Join us tomorrow at Two Saints Tavern (where Our House East used to be located) from 6-8pm. There will be appetizers served!
Tomorrow in Dockser Commons RELS will be having a Bake Sale from 10-3. There will be a variety of treats to satisfy anyone with a mid day sweet tooth. Anyone and everyone invited!
Meeting tomorrow at 6pm in the Dockser Commons, room tbd upon availability at that time.
Something recent about the impact Hurricane Season may have on Real Estate in Boston, with discussion from city planners: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/05/31/storms-pound-boston-putting-real-estate-at-risk.html
Storms pound Boston putting real estate at risk CNBC's Diana Olick reports on what's being done to deal with heavy storms damaging real estate in Boston.
"[City Councilor] O’Malley has requested a council hearing to examine how the city can collect data on how many storefronts and luxury apartments over 50,000-square-feet remain vacant, for how long, and whether the city can issue a fee for landlords who choose to keep properties empty."
Proposal could charge landlords for vacant storefronts and luxury units - The Boston Globe Landlords have kept storefronts in business districts and luxury apartments vacant as they wait for the promise of tenants who would be willing to pay higher rents.
"These stories and others like them are the visible roots of a nascent tenants’-rights movement taking form across America today. From Massachusetts and Minnesota to California and Colorado, renters are in revolt. They are organizing in individual cities from coast to coast to form tenants’ unions and push new rent regulations, including rent control, just-cause eviction and similar policies. They are working in state legislatures to overturn long-standing bans on commonsense tenant protections."
A New Housing-Rights Movement Has the Real-Estate Industry Running Scared In cities across the country, tenants are demanding robust regulations to keep rents affordable and stop unjust evictions.
Judge Marylou Muirhead, Gina Powers, and Benjamin O. Adeyinka participated in a panel discussion on the variety of legal careers related to real estate.
Real Estate Law Society will be meeting tomorrow, 11/1 at 6pm in DK 250!
Real Estate Law Society will be meeting tomorrow, 10/18 at 6pm in DK 230!
Real Estate Law Society will be meeting this Wednesday, Oct. 4th at 6pm in the moot court room!
"Exclusionary zoning creates a troubling cycle: Where people live determines many other aspects of their lives — access to transportation, good jobs, decent health care and, most critically, good schools. They make it more likely that children in poor neighborhoods will only be able to afford those same neighborhoods when they grow up."
Analysis | ‘Snob zoning’ is racial housing segregation by another name The housing rules don't explicitly target people by race, but they often achieve the same results as the segregation policies of old.
Real Estate Law Society will be meeting tomorrow, 9/20 at 6pm in the moot court room!
Come join Business Law Society and Real Estate Law Society for the first BAR REVIEW of the quarter this Thursday 9/14, 6pm at Conor Larkins!
"Sprawling Houston is a can-do city whose attitude is grow first, ask questions later. It’s the only major U.S. city without a zoning code saying what types of buildings can go where, so skyscrapers sometimes sprout next to split-levels."
Harvey Wasn’t Just Bad Weather. It Was Bad City Planning Houston exulted in sprawling, hands-off growth. That’s no way to prepare for natural catastrophes.