Current Market Data
The Greater Boston housing market continued its strong pace in the most recent Case-Shiller Home Price Indices, which covered home prices through June. Per S&P’s computations, home prices in Greater Boston rose 0.6 percent from May to June and 4.7 percent from
There aren’t enough homes, and that’s a problem in multiple markets. But it might not be for too much longer. “As most real estate professionals know, housing costs are still climbing,” National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun wrote
McMansions – the mass-produced, over-the-top, poorly appreciating eyesores that became the poster children of the housing bubble – seemed to be on the way out. Average and median home size had fallen considerably during the market downturn, as builders trimmed their ambitions
The Melrose district in is the most improved school district in Greater Boston, according to a new analysis from Trulia. In a partnership with SchoolDigger.com, Trulia analyzed test scores from the past five years to find which local school districts vaulted
The Greater Boston new construction market continued its solid 2016 performance in July, according to new numbers from Dodge Data & Analytics. In July, Greater Boston saw more than $235 million in total residential construction spending, a pronounced 62 percent decline
Donald Trump spoke to the National Association of Home Builders this month, and it turned out to be one of the most important speeches of his campaign: it was about housing. He reminisced about what it was like growing
High prices and low inventory finally got the best of the Greater Boston housing market in July, with home sales in both the single-family and condo markets falling by double digits. According to the latest analysis from GBAR, single-family
Multigenerational households – those that include two or more adult generations, or grandparent and grandchildren – are at an all-time high in the U.S., according to a new Pew Research Center analysis. Based on census data through 2014, Pew
What do seniors look for in a neighborhood? It’s a smart question for real estate agents to ask, considering the rapid growth of the country’s 65-and-older population. In 2014, 46.2 million people in the U.S. were at least 65
From falling sales to rising levels of negative equity, the housing crisis affected Greater Boston’s market in a number of ways, but how did the metro area’s homeownership rate fair amidst all that upheaval? To find out, we consulted new research from
Average closing costs in Massachusetts are among the highest in the nation, a new report from Bankrate confirmed. The implementation of TRID, and its new closing disclosure form, has helped reduce confusion around what closing costs actually entail. But
The statistics are hardly encouraging: student debt has more than tripled in the last 10 years; its serious delinquency rate is higher than any other form of debt, including mortgages and credit cards; it now totals $1.37 trillion, and
Boston is already among the three most walkable cities in the U.S., and new research finds that Beantown’s current construction boom will only boost the city’s walkability further. According to a report from Redfin, a whopping 85 percent of
Cambridge was Greater Boston’s top luxury housing market in the second quarter, according to new research from Redfin. Within Cambridge’s luxury market, the average sales price was $3.703 million in Q2, a 53.8 percent increase over Q2 2015; that dwarfed the
The Boston luxury housing market is among the top-performing in the nation, according to a new analysis from Redfin. In 2016’s second quarter, the average sales price for luxury housing in Boston was $3.556 million, a 15.7 percent increase over last
By 2100, one in five Boston homes, nearly 22,000 homes, could be underwater, according to a new study. The paper, authored by professors Robert Deconto, of the University of Massachusetts, and David Pollard, a senior scientist with Pennsylvania State