Real Estate

With a drop in inventory and a rise in multiple-bid offers, confidence among Massachusetts Realtors in market activity and home prices soared last month, the state's Realtors association reported.

A five-story office building that sits next to the Framingham-Southborough line and formerly occupied by Genzyme Corp. was sold last week to a New Jersey firm that's planning a major expansion and renovation, according to a broker involved in the deal.

Home remodeling across the country was up 8 percent in February, according to the BuildFax Remodeling Index.

A proposal to develop a $200 million slots parlor near Worcester's Kelley Square has residents and business...

Whether it be new hotels that have been in the works for several weeks or several years,...

As homebuyers become more aware of how energy efficiency can save them money, more developers and homeowners are applying it to their properties, creating a fledgling market for green homes.

Pro Lawn Supply, which supplies lawn products to markets such as nurseries and golf courses, has purchased a new location in Worcester.

Massachusetts is the top state in the country for science and technology assets, according to the Milken Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based in California.

The office vacancy rate in Natick and Framingham dipped below 10 percent in the first quarter of 2013, according Boston-based Richards Barry Joyce & Partners, a favorable development for landlords in the two MetroWest towns.

The state's finance and development agency MassDevelopment is seeking a developer to build up to 120 residences in Devens, the 4,400-acre regional enterprise zone it oversees.