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A new Help to Buy scheme should include the existing housing stock and be more targeted at helping the most in-need first-time buyers, brokers have argued.

Mortgage brokers have warned that while overall product numbers have increased to the highest level in a year, there remain distinct gaps which could be filled by lenders looking to increase market share.

New York has 123 homes constructed under the environmentally friendly "passive house" building standard certified by Passive House Institute US. But architects and environmental experts say it should become the norm, especially for affordable projects in New York City.

The developer seeking to build an affordable housing complex next to Shawmut MBTA Station has reworked the proposal to drop all parking spaces after a request from city officials. Boston-based Trinity Financial, which has spent years seeking to develop the 150 Centre St. parcel long occupied by an auto body shop, unveiled the latest update to its proposal at a Monday night

The year has been stronger than expected so far for the mortgage market, brokers have suggested, with stabilising interest rates meaning that borrowers who ‘disappeared’ following the mini-Budget are back exploring their options.

Chancellor to forge ahead with tax rises despite more benign backdrop

The proposal to build 74 residential rental units, roughly 60 percent of them marked for affordable housing, next to the Shawmut MBTA Station drew roughly 130 people to an online meeting last week as city planning and development officials weigh whether to sign off on the project. The comment period on the project, proposed by developer Trinity Financial for 150 Centre St.,

The pages of this local paper have been full to bursting the last few months with reporting and opinion pieces about the many proposals currently making their way through the city’s permitting process to build much-needed housing in Dorchester.

HSBC increases fixed-rate deals as lenders price in higher borrowing costs

Projects in Dorchester and Mattapan are set to receive millions in funding as part of a City Hall effort to create and preserve hundreds of income-restricted housing units. Mayor Wu last week announced $67 million in new funding, spread to 17 projects across 8 neighborhoods. The money, which comes primarily from three sources — the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Community