https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog Boston real estate market notes, neighborhood news and advice for buyers and sellers. en-us Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/multi-family-boston-live-in-one-unit-2026 https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/multi-family-boston-live-in-one-unit-2026 Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT Buying a two- to four-unit property, living in one unit, and renting the others is one of the most practical ways to own in Greater Boston. Rent from the other units helps cover the mortgage, you can buy with a low down payment, and you're building equity instead of paying someone else's mortgage. Grace Pettengill https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/buy-boston-condo-now-or-wait-2026 https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/buy-boston-condo-now-or-wait-2026 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT If you're waiting for spring or for rates to come down, you may be giving up leverage you have right now. There's a real opportunity for Boston condo buyers today, even with mortgage rates high. There are more condos for sale than a year ago, about one in three listings has adjusted its price, and in each of the past two years, buyers in the fall and winter negotiated more off asking prices than buyers in spring. Buyers have real leverage right now to ask for a lower price, seller credits, or help buying down their rate. Grace Pettengill https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/boston-residential-exemption-2026 https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/boston-residential-exemption-2026 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT If you own a home in Boston and live in it as your primary residence, you may qualify for the residential exemption, which lowers your property tax bill by taking part of your home's value off the taxable amount. Last fiscal year, it saved qualifying homeowners up to $4,353.74, according to the City of Boston. Grace Pettengill https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/companies-moving-to-boston-2026-2027 https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/companies-moving-to-boston-2026-2027 Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A wave of companies are moving headquarters to Greater Boston or expanding here, including Hasbro, LEGO, Panera, JPMorgan Chase and Boston Dynamics. Hasbro, LEGO, JPMorgan Chase and Boston Dynamics alone plan roughly 3,000 jobs here over the next several years, and others are moving into bigger offices in the city. Many of those employees will need a place to live. Grace Pettengill https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/kendall-square-condos-2026 https://www.thepettengillgroup.com/blog/kendall-square-condos-2026 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Kendall Square is adding about 1,400 new homes, four parks, a new Biogen headquarters and a wave of AI employers over the next few years. Almost none of that adds for-sale condos, so condos in and around Kendall stay scarce: an opportunity for buyers, and a reason for sellers to get pricing and financing right in today's slower condo market. Grace Pettengill