Current Market Data
January may have seemed like a disappointing month of construction, but a deeper look at the trends reveals much to smile about. Overall construction spending in January was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $971.4 billion, according to the
Amidst Boston’s multifaceted housing market, what markets are showing the most strength? We recently reported that Boston’s real estate market remains a heavily nuanced terrain, with inventory, sales and prices all heading in conflicting directions. Regional trends, though, tend
Pending home sales shot up in January, suggesting positive numbers down the road. Pending home sales hit their highest level in 18 months in January, according to the latest analysis from the National Association of Realtors. The Pending Home
In the end, buying a home all comes down to dollars and cents, and Boston’s qualifying incomes differ in interesting ways with the rest of the U.S. To qualify for a mortgage on a 5 percent down payment, Boston homebuyers can
First-time homebuyers are a scarce bunch, these days. Just when it seemed that the news on first-time homebuyers could not get any more distressing, here comes a new report from RealtyTrac to pour salt on the wounds. In short,
It’s a whole new world out there for new construction, as stunning stat after stunning stat drives home. The Census Bureau’s latest report on new single-family home sales is out, and its findings, at least on the surface, were
The past few months, we’ve reported on the many thorny issues facing Millennials – that their wages in many industries have plummeted in recent years; that their savings rate is negative; that they have pushed roommate rates up to
Boston continued to follow the pack in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Home prices in the Boston metro area put up mixed numbers in the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, falling 0.2 percent from November to December but rising 3.8 percent from Dec. 2013. It
In a recent article on new construction, we reported that the multifamily share of total construction had risen from 17.2 percent of the market in Jan. 2002 to 35.1 percent of the market in Jan. 2014. Such a striking
Boston’s housing market did not quite begin 2015 with a bang. Home sales in the Boston area were down 8.5 year-over-year in January, according to the latest analysis from the Greater Boston Association of Realtors. Of course, that was
Agents are working hard to make 2015 a profitable year, but low inventories are keeping sales slow. January marked the start of a new year, but it was hardly the hit the ground running beginning the market was hoping
Whenever you see a report on America’s evaporating middle class, you should think about the implications for housing. Homeownership is a defining symbol of American middle class life; indeed, the quintessential image of a single-family detached house, complete with
Builder confidence is far above the rate of new construction; what gives? Here’s an interesting nuance to the housing recovery: the Housing Market Index, which tracks builder confidence, dropped a couple points from January to February, finishing at 55;
Just how dramatic has housing shifted towards rentals, in the last seven years? Sixty percent of Boston residents now live in rental housing, up from 55 percent in 2006; as if that weren’t enough, the renter population in Boston is up 23 percent in
Why are mortgage rates still so low? Allow us to count the ways. Average rates for the 30-year FRM may have ticked up last week, but they remain at their lowest point since May 2013. What’s behind the low stature
What Boston-area housing markets have seen median prices rise the most? The Boston area contains some of the most competitively priced housing markets in Massachusetts, but what areas have seen median sales prices rise the most since 2005? To