December data are down
— By: Marilyn JacksonDecember home sales data reflect a slow market with soft prices, according to Timothy M. Warren Jr., CEO of the Warren Group, which publishes Banker & Tradesman. Its report was released Jan. 24. Home sales of single-family homes across the state dropped 5 percent in December in a year-over-year comparison, while condo sales dropped 15.75 [...]
City collects $9.4 million from non-profits
— By: Marilyn JacksonThe city has collected $9.4 million from non-profit, tax-exempt organizations for the first half of fiscal year 2012, a 24 percent increase from fiscal year 2011, Mayor Thomas M. Menino stated in a press release Friday. The city had requested $10.8 million. Guidelines for the PILOT or payment in lieu of taxes program were revised [...]
Before the nine-story brick and limestone building at 90 Commonwealth Ave. in the Back Bay was constructed as one of the very fashionable apartment hotels, two elegant townhouses stood on the site. No. 88 was built in 1881, and No. 90 was constructed in 1879.
A rare event is happening in Jamaica Plain: Construction of new condominiums that are centrally located and will be move-in ready this spring. 
In just eight months, the Modern 2.0, the new 37-unit condo development in the South End, has been sold out, said Ricardo Rodriguez who, along with his colleague Sophie Westra of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, marketed 30 of the one- and two-bedroom residences.
Median selling prices of condominiums in December inceased in five of he neighborhoods covered by Boston Homes in a year-over-year comparison.
