Navigating Relocation Packages in Boston's Supply-Constrained Market - Citybizlist Real Estate

Navigating Relocation Packages in Boston's Supply-Constrained Market Citybizlist Real Estate Now, it's not only more challenging to live in the city as a result of higher average rents (average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in the greater Boston area jumped to $1803 in the first quarter of 2012, according to The RentJuice Rent Index), ...

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Wonkbook: Obama's gay marriage bump - Washington Post (blog)

Wonkbook: Obama's gay marriage bump Washington Post (blog) President Obama is seen on a monitor in the White House briefing room May 9 in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster - AP) The tweet wasn't attached to a post or to a particular poll, but we can run some of the numbers on our own. As it happens, today is the ... and more »

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Two Years Later, Still Renting With No Regrets - WBUR

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Two Years Later, Still Renting With No Regrets WBUR (Andrew Phelps/WBUR) US homeownership rates have fallen to their lowest point since 1997, despite stabilizing housing prices here in Massachusetts, and enduring low interest rates. Two years ago, as part of a series on homeownership called “The ...

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As US commuter marriages soar, so do costs - Reuters

As US commuter marriages soar, so do costs Reuters In the typical commuter marriage, one spouse will rent an apartment in the city where they work, while the other holds down the home front, whether that is an owned or rented property. Airfare also figures in, between the commuting spouse flying back ... and more »

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As US commuter marriages soar, so do costs - Chicago Tribune

As US commuter marriages soar, so do costs Chicago Tribune In the typical commuter marriage, one spouse will rent an apartment in the city where they work, while the other holds down the home front, whether that is an owned or rented property. Airfare also figures in, between the commuting spouse flying back ... and more »

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Live chat: Matt Yglesias, Wednesday at noon - Greater Greater Washington

Live chat: Matt Yglesias, Wednesday at noon Greater Greater Washington by Miles Grant • May 18, 2012 10:29 am Are the very policies intended to sustain neighborhoods and preserve affordable housing paradoxically the same ones pushing rents up and families out to the suburbs? That's case Slate Moneybox economics writer ...

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Seeing need, food banks target campuses like Bunker Hill Community College in ... - Boston Globe

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Seeing need, food banks target campuses like Bunker Hill Community College in ... Boston Globe They have three little kids, they're paying rent with a credit card, and they're going to have to move out of the place at the end of the month,'' O'Neill said. “Food, of course, is an issue, but so is housing. So is everything. and more »

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