Cash sales dropped ever closer to the pre-crisis norm of 25 percent in July, falling from 34.2 percent 12 months earlier to 30.8 percent, according to a new report from CoreLogic. With traditional financing becoming a more realistic option

Home prices in Boston have risen steadily, albeit in line with the national averages Home prices in the Boston metro area rose 0.4 percent monthly and 4.6 percent year-over-year in August, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s.

New numbers are out for Greater Boston’s housing market – is the news good or bad? “The third quarter of 2015 has ticked its last tock with the hands pointing firmly upon a reliable clock of a market.” So

The economy on a whole may be doing better, but most Americans are not directly experiencing those gains The unemployment rate is currently 5.1 percent, down substantially from where it was five years ago. Since bottoming in March 2009, the

Without the surging apartment sector, where would new construction be in 2015? Housing starts in September were up 6.5 percent from August and 17.5 percent from Sept. 2014 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.026 million, which is the

According to the new Better Money Habits Millennial Report from Bank of America, while 84 percent of Millennials are self-reliant when it comes to managing their own finances, 41 percent are constantly stressed about money. Moreover, the report found that money stress

Builders are now more confident than at anytime since the housing boom Builder confidence in the market for newly constructed single-family homes rose three points in October to a level of 64 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells

The Business Journals, analyzing the latest Census Bureau data, has compiled a list of the most profitable U.S. cities for a wide range of professions, including loan officers and real estate agents. In Boston, 2014 salaries for loan officers

What Boston neighborhoods see the highest share of luxury home sales? The 02116 ZIP code, which includes the Back Bay and Bay Village neighborhoods, was the top luxury housing market in Boston in the second quarter, with 77 sales

Yet another study finds that a majority of Americans are on financially insecure footing Sixty-two percent of Americans have inadequate savings. That alarming statistic was the main finding of a Google Consumer Survey that GoBankingRates, a national website that

Recovery continues as foreclosure levels dropped yet again in August. National foreclosure inventory fell 25.2 percent year-over-year and completed foreclosures dropped 20.1 percent, according to a new report from CoreLogic. The latest decline in foreclosures is only the latest step

The Urban Land Institute released its 2016 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report and survey recently – the 36th edition of the institute’s trends and forecast report – providing analysis of the nation’s top real estate markets, and subsequently

Housing has made considerable progress the last few years, but elements of the downturn still linger. Recently, there have been many promising developments in housing. New construction, for instance, is becoming more affordable, and new home sales are up

Mortgages were slightly easier to attain in September, according to a new analysis by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The MBA’s Mortgage Credit Availability Index (MCAI), which tracks access to credit, rose 0.3 percent in September to 126.5; any increase in

According to the new Mortgage Applications Survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage applications increased 25.5 percent from the week prior. Refinancing activity increased by 24 percent, while purchase mortgages rose by 27 percent. Refinancing comprised 57.4 percent of all mortgage

The rental market in Boston has been red-hot for some time now, and it is approaching a milestone The average rent in Boston’s housing market is nearly $2,000, and the area’s rental growth remains strong. Those were the main findings in the latest