Our chart below features the top-selling condo markets in Greater Boston in July, according to research from GBAR. Additionally, we have included stats on median sales price, and how the markets have changed over the last year. Area July Condo Sales Percent Change

See our chart below for the top-selling housing markets in Greater Boston in July, according to research from GBAR. Click on the tabs to adjust between suburban and city housing markets. Top-Selling Neighborhoods Top-Selling Suburbs Neighborhood Home Sales YOY Change South Boston

July marked the second highest reading in over a decade for pending home sales, with the Midwest being the only area to see a decline in contract activity during the month. The Pending home Sales Index (PHSI), which tracks the

In case you haven’t noticed, Greater Boston is experiencing a building boom – its biggest in decades, and one that will profoundly shape the tone and character of the metro area in the decades to come. The latest housing report from

The Greater Boston housing market continued its strong pace in the most recent Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which covered home prices through June. Per S&P’s computations, home prices in Greater Boston rose 0.6 percent from May to June and 4.7 percent from

There aren’t enough homes, and that’s a problem in multiple markets. But it might not be for too much longer. “As most real estate professionals know, housing costs are still climbing,” National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun wrote

McMansions – the mass-produced, over-the-top, poorly appreciating eyesores that became the poster children of the housing bubble – seemed to be on the way out. Average and median home size had fallen considerably during the market downturn, as builders trimmed their ambitions

The Melrose district in is the most improved school district in Greater Boston, according to a new analysis from Trulia. In a partnership with SchoolDigger.com, Trulia analyzed test scores from the past five years to find which local school districts vaulted

The Greater Boston new construction market continued its solid 2016 performance in July, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In July, Greater Boston saw more than $235 million in total residential construction spending, a pronounced 62 percent decline

Donald Trump spoke to the National Association of Home Builders this month, and it turned out to be one of the most important speeches of his campaign: it was about housing. He reminisced about what it was like growing

High prices and low inventory finally got the best of the Greater Boston housing market in July, with home sales in both the single-family and condo markets falling by double digits. According to the latest analysis from GBAR, single-family

Multigenerational households – those that include two or more adult generations, or grandparent and grandchildren – are at an all-time high in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. Based on census data through 2014, Pew

What do seniors look for in a neighborhood? It’s a smart question for real estate agents to ask, considering the rapid growth of the country’s 65-and-older population. In 2014, 46.2 million people in the U.S. were at least 65

From falling sales to rising levels of negative equity, the housing crisis affected Greater Boston’s market in a number of ways, but how did the metro area’s homeownership rate fair amidst all that upheaval? To find out, we consulted new research from

Average closing costs in Massachusetts are among the highest in the nation, a new report from Bankrate confirmed. The implementation of TRID, and its new closing disclosure form, has helped reduce confusion around what closing costs actually entail. But

The statistics are hardly encouraging: student debt has more than tripled in the last 10 years; its serious delinquency rate is higher than any other form of debt, including mortgages and credit cards; it now totals $1.37 trillion, and