The economy continues to recover, but Americans’ finances are still stuck in the mud A surprisingly large share of Americans are in a precarious financial state, according to a new, detailed study from The Pew Charitable Trust. For its study,

Despite adding jobs, November offered more of the same for America’s economy The U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in November and the unemployment rate held steady at 5.0 percent, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. November’s

The housing market continues to struggle despite an increase in high-quality mortgages Even though houses are selling at their fastest rate since 2007, sub-700 credit score buyers are still at the same level they were mid-2010. According to a

In September, distressed sales accounted for 9.7 percent of total home sales nationwide; the culmination of declines that span the past few years, according to CoreLogic. Considering the current pace of distressed sale declines, CoreLogic researchers determined that the

Next year is bound to be a good one for Atlanta real estate The Greater Boston real estate market will be one of the best in the country in 2016, according to a new analysis by realtor.com. In the site’s

The fall slump hasn’t hurt the market’s strength, as home prices across the country continued to climb in October, CoreLogic reported. The coupling of a healing economy and spotty but persistent inventory shortages are largely to thank (or blame,

Spending per dollar of equity is at its lowest level since the mid ’90s. Home equity has doubled to $12.1 trillion since the market bottomed out in 2011. Builder confidence has remained strong, despite a small, recent slip. New home

2015 has been a great year for new construction in Boston Residential construction spending in the Boston housing market totaled $362 million in October, a 10 percent decline from Oct. 2014, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. Despite that drop, 2015

According to the National Association of Realtors, pending home sales were mostly unchanged in October, but shifted marginally higher after two straight months of declines. Gains in the Northeast and West were offset by declines in the Midwest and

Why do some consumers buy new homes, while others buy existing homes? NAR’s 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers provided the answer, and in our continuing coverage of NAR’s report, we’ve assembled the following graph on the topic:

New home sales are hot, but what are the larger market trends? Sales of new single-family houses rose 10.7 percent from September to October and 4.9 percent from Oct. 2014 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 495,000, according

Why did U.S. consumers decide to buy homes in 2015? That question was one of many that NAR’s 2015 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers tackled, and the results were many and varied – especially when the consumers’ disposition

Many potential avenues cited to help alleviate costs The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2015 was released last week, the news was not good. The report called the situation in Boston “fundamentally unmanageable,” thanks to high development costs and strong

How have home prices progressed in the 2015 housing market? Home prices in the Boston housing market rose 0.1 percent from August to September and 4.8 percent from Sept. 2014, according to the new Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard &

The ins and outs of buyer traffic around the holidays It has been long been considered common knowledge that the buying craze of Black Friday does not extend to real estate, thanks to a lack of large savings for homes

High development costs and restrictive zoning plague Boston Affordability has been a reoccurring problem in the Greater Boston area thanks to a population boom, especially among young professionals. The influx of people has vastly outpaced the amount of new