At the start of 2020, Mansion’s reporting stretched from the Koch brothers’ vast (and very expensive) real-estate portfolio to how retirees could apply for mortgages on a fixed income. Like many industries in the U.S., the coronavirus pandemic shook real estate down to its foundation, flipping markets upside-down and changing the way developers, designers and especially real-estate agents conduct business. Many stories that appeared in The Wall Street Journal’s real-estate section this year examined the industry through the lens of Covid. If the world is spinning, real estate is happening. Some of Boston’s Priciest Real Estate Is Sinking Into the EarthRotten wood pilings are threatening to sink some of the city’s most expensive homes.

Source: Mint December 27, 2020 04:18 UTC