How has Boston’s rental market developed in 2015’s second quarter? New data from Reis provides some perspective. Boston’s rental market has been one of the hottest in the nation, and new numbers from Reis on the second show show that trend

What details in latest jobs report bear the most significance for housing? The nation’s unemployment rate fell from 5.5 to 5.3 percent in June, while the overall economy added 223,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor

Over the last year, distressed home sales have become far less prominent in Massachusetts’ housing market Distressed sales throughout Massachusetts comprised 13.1 percent of all home sales in May, an increase from the 12.2 percent market share of a year ago, according to RealtyTrac’s

Residential construction spending may be up in 2015, but some areas performing better than others Residential construction spending was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $359.5 billion in May, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census

Home prices positive in latest Case-Shiller, but are there signs of a slow down? Home prices in the Boston area posted lukewarm gains in Standard & Poor’s latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, rising 0.3 percent from March to April and 1.8 percent from April

Construction is down in the market’s lower end, and economists say they know why The construction industry continues to make strides bringing more new homes to the market, a Census Bureau report on housing permits recently showed. But while

May was a solid month for pending home sales activity, but uncertainty remains for housing’s future Pending home sales continued their hot streak in May, rising by monthly and yearly measurements to their highest level in nine years, according to

Two surveys, one from Bankrate and another from Capital One, spotlight Americans’ financial insecurities Twenty-nine percent of Americans have no emergency savings, and another 21 percent only have enough savings to cover three months of expenses. Those troubling statistics came

Progress has been made on negative equity front, but troubling trends persist In the Boston housing market, 8.5 percent of mortgage holders remain underwater, and a majority will not reach positive equity for some time. That was the sobering finding of latest

Some builders have avoided green building for fear of costs. Turns out, it could help them make money Environmentalists have long urged developers to design more green buildings, but faced with the high immediate cost of sustainable materials and

In May, Boston’s housing inventory fell, while affordability worsened and sales declined – sound familiar? Single-family housing inventory in the Greater Boston area fell 16 percent year-over-year in May to a 3.3-months supply, while condo inventory dropped 16.7 percent

Many wonder why renters are not buying homes at a higher rate, but when one analyzes the numbers, it makes perfect sense. First, there was the notable study from John Burns Real Estate Consulting, which found that only 14.7 percent

Brokers and their businesses face 10 big dangers – none of them easily solved The real estate industry is on a precipice, and how it falls from that point will determine its future. That was the central statement – if not

Boston one of the least affordable cities for Millennials The average Millennial can’t afford to live in Boston, according to the new Bloomberg Millennial Housing Affordability Index. Bloomberg L.P., a financial software and data company, compared the median home

New construction up in 2015, rising on the shoulders of the multifamily sector Housing starts may have been down 11.1 percent from April to May in the Census Bureau’s latest report, but building permits were an entirely different story.

CoreLogic’s newest equity report finds rising home values have pushed 90 percent of homeowners into positive equity A new analysis from CoreLogic found that rapacious home price appreciation over the last year has had the well-received effect of dredging the