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THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND REAL ESTATE WEEKLY FOR MASSACHUSETTS BY THE NUMBERS
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County close-up: Barnstable Spotlight: Wellfleet
IN PERSON
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Unlike many architects, Jamie Kelliher started his career in the building trades, first as a framer and a cabinetmaker before branching into other finishing trades. Kelliher is the second person in his family to help lead Hanover-based Axiom Architects, a firm his father James Kelliher founded over 40 years ago.
WEEK OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2019
RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE BY THE NUMBERS
4,613 The number of homes in Wellfleet. See By the Numbers on page 6. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$5.25 million The price of the most expensive home in this week’s Gossip Report. See page 9. Source: The Warren Group
$15,000 The amount parents can give their children tax-free, helping first-time homebuyers. See Lew Sichelman’s column on page 4. Source: IRS
Massachusetts legislators are considering data privacy legislation modeled on California laws. With technology at the core of banking today, lenders of all stripes could be affected.
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DATA PRIVACY BILL WOULD AFFECT BANKS
10 percent Massachusetts condominium prices grew by 10 percent in August. See Scott Van Voorhis’ column on page 3. Source: The Warren Group’s Statistics Module
$549,000 The median home price in Wellfleet. See By the Numbers on page 6. Source: The Warren Group’s Statistics Module
2,186 square feet The size of the most expensive home in this week’s Gossip Report. See page 9. Source: The Warren Group
12th December can be an excellent time to sell a home. See Lew Sichelman’s column on page 4. Source: Rae Catanese, RE/MAX
-8.2 percent Condominium prices dropped 8.2 percent in New York in August. See Scott Van Voorhis’ column on page 3. Source: Douglas Elliman
Unless otherwise noted, all data is sourced from The Warren Group’s Mortgage Market Share Module, Loan Originator Module, Statistics Module
Financial Industry Concerned About Impact BY DIANE MCLAUGHLIN BANKER & TRADESMAN STAFF
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anks and credit unions could face additional regulations as state legislators seek to govern what companies do with consumer information in the absence of federal standards. Last year, California passed the nation’s first comprehensive consumer data pri-
vacy law, and state Sen. Cynthia Creem has introduced a bill on Beacon Hill to bring similar regulations here. With technology now integral to the banking industry’s products and services, the proposed legislation will have an impact beyond the tech companies whose behavior dominates the data privacy debate. The Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure is scheduled to hold a hearing on several consumer-related proposals on Monday, Oct. 7, including Creem’s bill, S.120. The bill is cosponsored by Sen. Jamie Eldridge
(D-Acton) and Sen. Michael Moore (DMillbury). Rep. Tommy Vitolo (D-Brookline) is carrying its counterpart in the House of Representatives. Modeled after the California Consumer Privacy Act, which was passed in 2018 and goes into effect in January, S.120 would require companies to notify customers what types of data have been collected, the business purposes for using the data, the categories of third parties that will receive the data and the business purposes for disclosing data to third parties.
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