Lawmakers on Beacon Hill in Boston have just passed a budget bill that includes legislation to eliminate renter-paid broker ...

The measure lawmakers sent to Governor Maura Healey this week will require the fee to be charged to whichever party, landlord ...

Gov. Maura Healey says she'll sign off on a new policy that says whoever hires a real estate broker has to pay their fee — ...

"From now on, whoever hired the broker is on the hook for the fee, because it should be that simple," Healey announced.

The change will make a big difference in Greater Boston, where the cost of renting an apartment could soar past $10,000.

The proposal represents a deal between House and Senate leaders that slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in spending from ...

Local News Mass. to ban forced broker fees ‘in coming days,’ Healey says The new law, which is in Healey's budget proposal, will allow tenants to move without paying sometimes thousands of ...

Gov. Maura Healey said she plans to sign the fiscal year 2026 state budget “in the coming days,” and will leave intact a ...

A surprisingly fast state budget deal reached over the weekend includes a provision that's aimed at banning tenant-paid apartment broker fees.

Gov. Maura Healey proposed a change in who pays broker fees, adding that it’s part of a bigger plan to address the state’s ...

Here’s the new fight over brokers’ fees on Beacon Hill — same as the old one. But with a twist. And it comes down to your definition of “contact.” Because this is the Massachusetts ...

By spring 2021, broker fees for tenants were legal again in NYC. INDUSTRY BACKLASH. Real estate groups have opposed efforts to regulate broker fees in Massachusetts and New York City. Last August, the ...