What’s Driving the Market

Question 7 results graphic: 49.4% yes, 50.6% no statewide, with close votes in Hull, Avon and Stoughton Decided by a handful of votes Question 7, the statewide “starter homes” ballot measure, lost by about 32,000 votes out of roughly 2.5 million cast, 50.6% to 49.4%. It was the tightest of all nine ballot questions, and the AP didn’t call it until Friday, three days after Election Day. Here on the South Shore, some towns came down to a few hundred votes, or fewer. Hull voted

Brockton City Hall stands majestically amid a vibrant bloom of white flowering trees, highlighting its historic architecture under a clear blue sky. Greater Boston just earned a title worth talking about. According to a recent analysis by Redfin and Glassdoor, Boston ranked third among the nation's largest cities as a top destination for recent college graduates and early career professionals. The drivers behind that ranking are ones anyone who lives here already knows: stron

Armstrong Park closed to the public, as indicated by a prominent sign at the entrance. If you've driven past the old Armstrong flooring plant off Plain Street in Braintree lately, you've probably noticed what's been there for decades: chain-link fences, crumbling pavement, and a shuttered factory shell sitting on more than 30 acres of prime South Shore land less than a mile from the Red Line. That's about to change in a big way. National developer Trammell Crow has received P