The Greater Boston new construction market is slowing down somewhat in 2016, according to research from Dodge Data & Analytics. In August, Greater Boston saw nearly $287 billion in total residential construction spending, a 52 percent decline from Aug. 2015. Monthly totals, though, are notoriously erratic,

See our chart below for the top-selling housing markets in Greater Boston in August, 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 Jamaica Plain

For most buyers and sellers, contacting a real estate agent isn’t their first step. Their first move is to go online. Sixty-six percent of Realtors and 70 percent of brokers have a website, the National Association of Realtors’ 2015 Member

Last month, there were 121 home sales in Newton, making it the top-selling suburb in Greater Boston. So far this year, there have been 645 sales in the town, which also puts it at the top. What is it

Home prices in the Greater Boston housing market have continued their ascent in 2016, according to the latest Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard & Poor’s. Greater Boston prices rose 0.6 percent monthly and 4.2 percent year-over-year, both of which were slower

In one of his more famous speeches, Don Draper, the central character of the “Mad Men” television series, stated that advertising is based on one thing – happiness. And though his focus was on the ad world, Draper could

For the second year in a row, realtor.com has ranked the 02176 ZIP code in Melrose as one of the hottest in the country. Citing Melrose’s convenient location, realtor.com emphasized the area’s appeal to younger professionals, what with its close

The Greater Boston housing market contains several of the most exclusive markets in the U.S., according to a new analysis from Coldwell Banker. Billing itself as “the most extensive home price comparison tool in the United States,” the Coldwell Banker

The Greater Boston Association of Realtors (GBAR) has released its August statistics for the area’s housing market, and as usual, they are chockfull of implications for both the market’s current status and where it is heading. Below, we have

The “Profile of Real Estate Firms” is among the most interesting annual surveys from the National Association of Realtors. Conducted among its executive members, the profile offers an in-depth look at the higher echelons of the industry, as well

For some time now, agents and analysts alike have wondered why so few Millennials are buying homes, but new Census data has provided a remarkably straightforward answer – they’re all living at home with their parents. Compiled by Time magazine,

Both economic and personal concerns are stopping renters from buying homes, according to the latest Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) survey from NAR. Conducted on a quarterly basis, the HOME survey polled Americans about their confidence in the

In Jan. 2005, Alan Reynolds, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, said that it would be “financially foolhardy” to listen to “housing bubble worrywarts.” A few months later, Jude Wanniski, a former adviser to President Ronald Reagan, authored

Numerous towns in Greater Boston are seeing strong real estate activity in 2016, but which areas have seen the greatest rise in home prices over the last year? And even more interestingly, which areas have defied market trends and

About one in five homes purchased last year was bought as an investment property, according to the National Association of Realtors. The average investor had a median household income of just over $95,000 and bought a single-family home within

Redfin data scientists analyzed all properties sold under Redfin in 2015 to find the top 10 greenest neighborhoods across the nation. Two Greater Boston neighborhoods, Newton and Dedham, made it to the top 10. The term “going green” shouldn’t be new to