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Home flipping hits two-year low as profits dip, study says

Despite a slight increase in recent months, home flipping has now hit a two-year low, and home flippers are seeing lower returns on their investment, according to the Q1 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report by ATTOM Data Solutions. Home

Boston and climate change: 1 in 6 homes could be underwater by 2100, report says

When a home is referred to as “underwater,” it generally means that a homeowner owes more on the mortgage than the home is worth. In the future, the term might take on a new, much more literal meaning. With

Cool, neutral paint colors may help increase home sales, study says

Choosing the right paint colors can make a major difference when it comes to home sales, according to a Zillow study. Zillow conducted its 2017 Paint Color Analysis of more than 32,000 photos of U.S. homes sold between 2010

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The Realtor of today: breaking down NAR’s 2017 member profile

What does the typical Realtor look like, and how was business for them in 2016? The answer obviously varies from market to market and from age group to age group. But the survey results in the National Association of

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Three masterplan community trends that are attracting new residents

Masterplan community developers are looking to expand the amenities and conveniences offered to residents in order to bring in new buyers. According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting, there are three major features that developers are offering in their

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Boston suburbs adding 3x as many renters as city, study says

Boston’s suburban markets are looking more desirable — or, at least, more affordable — than the city itself, as the number of new suburban renters has tripled the growth in city renters, according to a new study. Between 2011 and

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Foreclosure starts inch up in March, bucking years-long trend

    After the largest dip in foreclosure petitions in three years in April, March saw foreclosure activity in Massachusetts jump nearly 6 percent, according to The Warren Group. March was the first time in six months that foreclosure

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Inventory continues to hit record lows throughout state, report says

Boston’s inventory issues show no signs of stopping, as new statewide figures show that record-low new listings and available houses continue to plague the market. The Massachusetts Association of Realtors has released its report for March, and noted that

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Home construction continues to drop in Boston

Boston’s housing inventory issues likely won’t be resolved any time soon, as housing construction starts fell dramatically in March, according to the latest figures released by Dodge Data & Analytics. A look at March’s home starts shows a 56

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The 4 Boston neighborhoods where home prices have dropped the most this year

Boston is one of the least affordable and most competitive housing markets in the country, and recent sales figures show the trend is not slowing. “Increasingly, we’re having to go back at least a decade to see sales and

High Boston home prices keeping empty nesters in their homes

More aging parents are staying put rather than selling their homes as the amount of “empty nester” households has risen to record highs, according to Zillow. The number of empty-nest households, or homeowners aged 55-plus who have no kids

Here are 6 ways consumers use tech to buy real estate

  In a new report, Real Estate in a Digital Age, the National Association of Realtors offers insight into homebuyers’ technology usage habits. It’s a rare consumer who doesn’t incorporate technology into his or her homebuying pursuits – 95

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A fresh look at real estate tech: 6 agent and brokerage habits

  For today’s real estate agent, technology is indispensable in getting the job done quickly and efficiently. According to NAR’s recent 2017 Real Estate in a Digital Age report, agents and brokerage firms rely on a variety of tools

Boston ranks 12th for Millennials living with their parents, study shows

The current generation of 18-to-34-year-olds – otherwise known as Millennials — is more likely to be living with their parents than in any other living situation for the first time in 130 years, according to a recent study. Just over

Jack Conway & Co. latest company to jump into the mortgage lending business

  There are trends that come and go, and then there are trends that evolve into the norm; the concept of real estate firms expanding into mortgage brokering, as Norwell, Mass.-based Jack Conway & Co., has done, may ultimately

Buyers and sellers open up: 6 things that influence homebuying decisions

  To better understand the perspective and experiences of people who were in the market to buy or sell a home in 2016, Redfin recently commissioned SurveyGizmo to ask 3,352 Americans what would influence their buying or selling of a

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