NAHB Survey: Confidence Falls as Rates, Costs Rise

For the 18th consecutive month, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) indicates a sentiment that market conditions for new housing development are “more poor than good.” The study cites supply-side constraints like increasing materials costs, as well as mortgage rate increases and reduced consumer confidence. Additionally, the study notes that…

On October 8, 2026, Fierce Biotech interviewed GBREB CEO Greg Vasil in its feature on the history and outlook for biotech and lab office space in the Greater Boston region. Greg described the recent history of significant expansion, then contraction, of this space, and described the challenges of renovating specialized lab space for other uses…

October 2025 On behalf of the twelve thousand members of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB), the organization would like to express its support for the PLAN: Downtown Draft Downtown zoning amendments before this Commission. These amendments take vital steps to strengthen protections for Downtown’s historic and cultural assets, streamline pathways for adaptive reuse,…