Greater Boston's development boom is putting more people to work, fueling one of the biggest recoveries in construction jobs in the nation, according to a new report.
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A dramatic increase in flood insurance rates under a new federal law and a redrawing of flood lines by the Federal Emergency Management Agency could harm property values and lead to a new spate of foreclosures just as Massachusetts is beginning to recover from the Great Recession, several speakers told a state legislative panel
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[...]More than 60 towns and urban neighborhoods have already blown past previous price peaks set in 2005 at the height of the housing bubble, the story notes, citing stats from The Warren
