Prashant Gopal

Fidelity Investments has opened a new waterfront headquarters in Boston's Seaport district as it shifts employees toward full-time office work. The company now requires Boston employees to work in the office five days a week and will retain both its new 735,000-square-foot headquarters and existing 855,000-square-foot downtown location to accommodate more than 6,000 workers. Designed around collaboration, the new facility includes shared workspaces, cafes, courtyards, health facilities and other amenities. The move comes as Fidelity's assets under management reached $7.8 trillion and its Boston workforce grew 24% from 2016 to 2025, reinforcing the company's commitment to the city.

Mortgage rates rose for a fourth week, coming ever closer to 7%, a threshold that stands to worsen things for borrowers in the already-stalled US housing market.

Less than a week after listing his Marlborough, Massachusetts, home for $1.28 million, Alton Bradshaw had already cut the price twice.

Mortgage rates surged to the highest level since November 2023, further straining a U.S. housing market already hampered by high borrowing costs.

Mortgage rates climbed above 7% in late September, putting a premium on a skill Tony Anczer has practiced for years: haggling.

Mortgage rates surged to the highest level since November 2023, further straining a U.S. housing market already hampered by high borrowing costs.

US mortgage rates increased for seven straight weeks for the first time in three years, adding pressure to an already weak housing market.

The return of 7% mortgage rates has further quieted the US housing market, with sellers cutting prices last month and the few buyers left calling the shots.

A city long known for country music is at the center of a massive shift of wealth to the US South.

A city long known for country music is at the center of a massive shift of wealth to the US South.