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Tallahassee doesn't have an NFL team, but Florida State University fans are having more fun than Patriots fans this season.

Sunshine, Florida State football, and affordable housing. Are you game for Tallahassee?

The lack of affordable housing has become a defining characteristic of the Boston region.

After tense debate, Arlington adopts new housing plan
The town is the largest yet to approve a plan required by a 2021 state law that mandates denser housing in communities served by the MBTA.

Meet the new millionaires tax: A proposed fee on home sales over $1 million
Communities would be able to adopt a real estate transaction fee of 0.5 percent to 2 percent on the portion of a property sale over a $1 million and put the funds toward affordable housing programs.

Healey’s big new housing push includes $4 billion in funding — and controversial tax and zoning changes

State officials estimate that the proposal could create more than 40,000 new homes — a large portion of which would be set aside for low- and middle-income households — over five years.

Ten things to know about Governor Healey’s $4 billion housing bond bill
The bill proposes more than two dozen policy changes and three executive orders.

Cambridge passes new affordable housing rules, paving the way for taller buildings
The amendments, which passed the council on a 6-3 vote, mark one of the more ambitious local efforts to address the affordable housing crisis in Massachusetts.

It’s fall and Greater Boston’s housing market is still frozen by interest rates
The 752 houses sold in and around Boston in September represented the lowest tally for the month since 1995.

In Cambridge, a battle over affordable housing revives longstanding political tensions
The Cambridge City Council is considering an expansion of its landmark affordable housing law, putting the city’s left-leaning ideals to the test.

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Homes in Hercules, Calif. Mortgage rates rose for a fourth straight week, reaching the highest level since December 2000.

Mortgage rates reach highs last seen in 2000

The average for a 30-year fixed loan was 7.49 percent, up from 7.31 percent last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. 3:55 p.m.

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The St. Regis Residences condo building at 150 Seaport Blvd.

St. Regis developer looks to jump-start lackluster condo sales

After a slow start, the developer has lined up new financing and brought in a high-powered marketing firm. 3:14 p.m.

A housing developer proposed two big buildings with 495 units in Braintree, which would have taken the place of underused parking lots next to the South Shore Plaza. Then residents killed the project.

A developer proposed nearly 500 apartments on South Shore Plaza. Then residents killed it.

A plan for what would have been Braintree’s largest apartment project ran into a buzz saw of neighborhood opposition. 2:58 p.m.

David Portnoy attends the annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald and The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund on September 11 in New York City.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy buys Nantucket estate for $42 million, a record price

The 1.2-acre estate has three dwellings with private beach access. 5:57 p.m.

State Rep. Mike Connolly at the State House received notice that his petition to lift the statewide ban on rent control was certified by Attorney General Andrea Campbell on Sept 6.

As progressives split on rent control tactics, ballot campaign pushes ahead

A progressive state lawmaker is forging ahead with a bid to bring rent control back to Massachusetts — despite opposition from within his own movement. 4:20 p.m.

An apartment building in Quincy under construction in 2019.

Home prices are dropping in some places. Not Greater Boston.

August was one of the slowest months for the region’s housing market in recent decades, but our housing shortage is so acute that prices are still near record highs. 2:57 p.m.

State Representative Mike Connolly and his supporters gathered in front of the State House after he received notice that a petition to lift the statewide ban on rent control was certified by Attorney General Andrea Campbell.

Rent control in Mass. is one step closer to making it on the 2024 ballot

Rent control advocates are left to decide whether the divisive, sure-to-be-expensive fight is one they want to wage right now. 2:50 p.m.

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On Wednesday, the Archdiocese of Boston and its partner St. Francis House formally notified the BPDA about their plan to convert the shuttered Constitution Inn in Charlestown into affordable housing.

‘It’s good for the city’: Plan officially filed to convert shuttered Charlestown hotel to affordable housing

The Archdiocese of Boston and its partner St. Francis House on Wednesday formally notified the BPDA about their plan to convert the shuttered Constitution Inn into much-needed low-income housing, including some for formerly homeless people. 10:10 a.m.