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Evolution of Boston's Home Financing: Analyzing Changes in Mortgage Applicants

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Age, Education, Foreign-born, Gender, Households & Families, Income & Poverty, Language, Race, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
02/22/2024
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This presentation explores Boston's home purchase mortgage environment to understand the trends and changes in mortgage applicant composition by income and race/ethnicity from 2007 to 2022, using HMDA data from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Business Establishments in Boston: Detailed Industry Trends

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Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
11/27/2023
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This presentation explores detailed industry trends in Boston's business establishments, tracking numbers of employer and non-employer businesses in particular sectors over time by size and neighborhood while also analyzing broader shifts in business dynamics coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Business Establishments in Boston: Citywide Trends

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Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
11/27/2023
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This presentation explores citywide trends in business establishments in Boston, providing some pre-pandemic background on business dynamics by firm age and size and giving an overview of the effects of COVID-19 on businesses by neighborhood, size, and industry.

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Shaping Boston: Trends in Land Use and Land Value

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Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
10/12/2023
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This presentation explores spatial patterns and temporal trends in land use and assesses land values by analyzing the City of Boston's property assessment data. A summarizing infographic is available here.

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Boston's Economy 2023

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Income & Poverty, Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
05/12/2023
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Boston's Economy 2023 covers trends in employment, wages, housing prices, and real estate.

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Trends in Article 80 Development

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Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
01/04/2019
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This Report analyzes development trends in five sub-markets (housing, office, hotel, industrial, and institutional) while describing concurrent economic and demographic trends that may influence development. Together, these data depict the recent cycle of real estate development in Boston, from the beginning of Article 80 in 1996 through the development downturn during the 2008-2009 recession to the recent development boom coinciding with the city’s economic recovery.

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RKG Associates Chapter 91 MHP Substitute Provision Mitigation Analysis

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Analysis or Study, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
04/14/2016

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RKG Associates Chapter 91 MHP Substitute Provision Mitigation Analysis 2016-04

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Boston's Economy - 2015

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Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
10/19/2015
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Boston's economy has grown steadily since the end of the Great Recession in mid-2009, outperforming both Massachusetts and the nation with annual job growth of 2.0 percent between 2010 and 2014. This report describes Boston's economy in terms of jobs, unemployment, wages, key industries, and real estate.

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Boston's Growing Economy

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Industry Profiles, Labor Market, Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
10/16/2015
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This presentation provides statistics showing historical trends that shaped the economy of Boston. Presentation sections include A Growing Economy, Strong Core Industries, A Vibrant Labor Market (Jobs in Boston), A Productive Resident Labor Force, and A Booming Real Estate Market.

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Hotels in Boston PowerPoint

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Real Estate & Development

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Document Date:
09/29/2014
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This PowerPoint presentation includes highlights from the BRA Research Division's 2014 Hotels in Boston report.

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