Greater Boston Real Estate Board

02/26/2025

The Greater Boston Real Estate Board has announced its 2025 leadership team.The new leadership team will represent all sectors of the industry, including commercial and residential property owners, brokers, REALTORS and financiers.

The Greater Boston Real Estate Board has announced its 2025 leadership team representing its 13,000-plus members.

01/14/2025

More than 100,000 LA residents have been displaced in one of the most devastating wildfires in California history. Urgent assistance is needed to help the Los Angeles area recover and rebuild from the overwhelming destruction. You can support victims through your REALTORS Relief Foundation. Through 1/31/2025, 100% of contributions earmarked for CA wildfire relief will go directly to helping relief efforts. GIVE NOW! Text RRFCAStrong to 71777 or visit rrf.realtor.

DONATE NOW TO HELP CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE VICTIMS DONATE NOW 100% of your support through Jan. 31 goes directly towards those impacted by California wildfires. More than 200,000 Los Angeles area residents have been displaced in one of the most devastating wildfires in California history. Urgent assista...

12/11/2024

This year we worked hard to tell the story of the 13,000 real estate professionals we represent. Efforts included raising public awareness regarding rent control and a proposed sales tax on homes and commercial property.

11/21/2024

GBREB and the Massachusetts Apartment Association (MAA) were proud to host the National Apartment Association roadshow with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Boston. The NAA roadshow brings together housing providers, HUD officials and local public housing authorities to discuss the critical Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program. This collaborative roadshow gives HUD direct access to active housing providers and an opportunity to hear, in real time, the operational realities of the HCV program. Local GBREB leaders met with HUD officials and exploring mutually beneficial ways that the program can be revitalized and improved.

08/21/2024

New Law In 2025: Sealing of Eviction Records
The Housing Bond Bill included a new law sealing eviction records. The new law does not take effect right away. State regulators must develop regulations first. Until the regulations are finalized, and the law takes effect, GBREB is sharing this helpful legal advisory from the team at Turk and Milone, LLP. GBREB will provide additional guidance to members after the regulations are finalized.

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08/06/2024

Governor Maura Healey today signed into law the Housing Bond Bill. The Affordable Homes Act will support the production, preservation and rehabilitation of more than 65,000 homes statewide over the next five years.

“We applaud the Governor and her administration, the Speaker, Senate President and all the stakeholders who are dedicated to leading the Commonwealth through this moment and championing reforms which are paramount to making Massachusetts a more affordable place to live and work,” said Greg Vasil, CEO of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board.

https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-maura-healey-signs-most-ambitious-legislation-to-address-housing-costs-in-state-history?4

07/22/2024

“It’s simple economic supply and demand,” said Greg Vasil, the CEO of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board. “We are where we are because we haven’t built enough … for a long time, for a couple of decades at least, and that’s a problem.”

As the median sales price for a home in the Boston region inches closer to $1 million, many feel hopeless about finding housing.

06/13/2024

2024 GBREB Chair Mike Edward on the real estate sales tax currently under consideration on Beacon Hill.

We hear it time again and time again: Massachusetts must build tens of thousands – if not hundreds of thousands – of homes to meet demand. Failure to do so means residents moving out of state, which harms not only our economic competitiveness, but also things like the world-class healthcare and ...

04/24/2024

Tell Governor Healey, Lt. Governor Driscoll and State Legislators - No New Real Estate Taxes!

YES to new housing, NO to new taxes.
https://stopnewtaxesma.com/

04/08/2024

Could Boston be facing a budget crisis due to declining commercial property values? GBREB CEO Greg Vasil talks to Jon Keller.

WBZ TV's Jon Keller spoke to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu about her plans to keep collapsing commercial property values from impacting the city's budget.

01/19/2024

Despite the cold weather and a ten hour public hearing that lasted well into the evening, GBREB Chair Mike Edward, and Treasurer Dino Confalone joined CEO Greg Vasil in testifying before the Joint Committee on Housing yesterday. The GBREB leadership team voiced support for the Affordable Homes Act, and urged lawmakers not to include a real estate sales tax as part of the Housing Bond Bill.

01/12/2024

Here’s how Massachusetts can make housing more affordable
The state must build 200,000 housing units in the next six years. These steps will help. Check out the recent op-ed in the Boston by GBREB CEO Greg Vasil which appeared in the Boston Globe:

The state must now take action and build 200,000 housing units in a little more than six years.